Finance

The winter term has been going pretty good so far. I've actually picked up a bit of an appreciation for Finance. Our professor, Ken Hartviksen, gives an entertaining lecture. I think I like his lectures because he goes off topic and talks more about personal finance than corporate finance (which happens to be the title of the text book). But I find finance very facinating. Crunching numbers trying to find ratios and tax rates is boring, but investing, stocks, portfolios, that's just plain sexy!

Recently I've gotten into a stock exchange game on Simustock.com. It's pretty fun and it's a good way to learn how to invest. I'm doing all right in it, I guess. I haven't covered my overhead on purchasing the different stocks, but I haven't been playing very long and I started with a pretty low amount. I would like to get everyone in on a competition on one of these sites, but I realize it isn't for everyone.

So, as facinated I am with the stock game these days, I still have a healthy fear of BUSI 2039 (Corporate Finance II) and I hope to just pass it... With a little help from a CMA I know. ;)