Reading B.I.F.

You could expect to make $62,689 a year as a trader of corporate bonds in Los Angeles, according to Salary.com

According to the U.S. Department of Labor's Bureau of Labor Statistics, by 2010, it is expected that the U.S. will face a shortage of 10,033,000 workers. This is due in large part that 70 million Baby Boomers are expected to retire over the next 15 years and only 40 million workers are expected to enter the workforce in that same period.

I don't have the article available as I was reading this from some magazine at an office, but what the graph indicated was job available is an upward sloping curve and higher than the upward sloping civilian labor. The unemployment curve was downward sloping.

The point of the article was intended towards companies in making sure they develop a strategy in keeping talented employees from staying within the company.

Memo to college freshman, jobs in IT pay quite well according to this article.

Since 1999, median annual IT staff compensation--salaries plus bonuses--has risen 5.8% a year to $71,000; manager compensation has increased 5.5% annually to $95,000.

You probably have heard the news about now, on how Exxon Mobile, in their latest quarterly report, had nearly 10 billion dollars in quarterly profits...that's just three months worth!

One Year Chart


chart provided by: prophet.net

This is a snapshot of their 8k report (source: EDGAR online)

EXXON MOBIL CORPORATION ANNOUNCES ESTIMATED

THIRD QUARTER 2005 RESULTS

	Third Quarter				Nine Months
	2005	2004	%		2005	2004	%
Net Income
$ Millions	9,920	5,680	75		25,420	16,910	50
$ Per Common Share
Assuming Dilution	1.58	0.88	80		4.00	2.59	54
Earnings Excluding Special Items
$ Millions	8,300	6,230	33		23,540	17,460	35
$ Per Common Share
Assuming Dilution	1.32	0.96	38		3.70	2.67	39
Capital and Exploration
Expenditures - $ Millions	4,414	3,634			12,368	10,652

My mock portfolio is up 21% for the year. My best winners so far have been, BMHC, BOOM (sold most of profits near it's high), KONG, STMP, and STU. My biggest losers are, NAPS, YDIW, RCII, and JRJC. I bought nearly all of the stocks in the portfolio in February. Here is the portfolio:

Symbol	Last Trade		Volume	Paid	Gain %
BMHC	12:04pm	89.83	140,276	34.77	+158.35%
BOOM	12:06pm	25.49	1,107,303	9.46	+169.45%
CTRX	12:06pm	14.70	201,951	10.11	+45.40%
DCAI	12:05pm	10.37	163,841	12.941176	-19.87%
EEEE	12:06pm	12.08	45,752	12.51	-3.44%
FXI	11:57am	59.84	103,200	52.60	+13.76%
GORX	12:05pm	3.15	124,911	4.40	-28.41%
JRJC	11:31am	6.44	6,100	9.14	-29.54%
KONG	12:03pm	12.69	27,733	8.21	+54.57%
MAGS	11:53am	9.36	23,684	10.74	-12.85%
MDII	11:34am	0.71	50,255	0.75	-5.33%
MMSI	12:05pm	12.12	46,299	13.03	-6.98%
NAPS	12:06pm	3.50	1,514,663	8.00	-56.25%
NG	12:01pm	8.52	117,200	7.51	+13.45%
RCII	12:05pm	18.79	241,013	26.87	-30.07%
SNTS	12:05pm	6.22	125,613	7.96	-21.86%
STEM	12:06pm	4.54	426,894	5.19	-12.52%
STMP	12:06pm	21.01	78,626	14.13	+48.69%
STU	11:59am	216.87	4,800	177.95	+21.87%
UCI	12:00pm	36.02	116,200	31.85	+13.09%
WTR	12:01pm	34.26	153,300	34.05	+0.62%
YDIW	11:47am	2.359	16,500	3.55	-33.55%
$$CASH				-	-
Total(USD):					+21.77%

This energy stock is listed on the Toronto stock exchange, UTS. I have been following this stock since March 05. Volume has really picked up the last 4 months.


UTS Energy Corp (UTS.TO)

Everytime I watch this video clip, I can't help but laugh. The host is trying to refrain from laughing at the gentleman's voice, although he's not doing too well at it. Watch him just completely loose it.

I like using post-its but this guy takes it to a whole new level.
This guy is either really organized or really disorganized depending on your point of view.

This is a list composed of peoples' top 50 foods people should try before they depart this world. I think I've had about 40 of the 50 on the list. I'm pretty sure I'm not going to eat morenton bay bugs, guinea pig, or caviar anytime soon.