BloggingStocks http://www.bloggingstocks.com BloggingStocks http://www.blogsmithmedia.com/http://www.bloggingstocks.com/media/feedlogo.gif BloggingStocks http://www.bloggingstocks.com en-us Copyright 2012 Weblogs, Inc. The contents of this feed are available for non-commercial use only. Blogsmith http://www.blogsmith.com/<![CDATA[BloggingStocks turns one today. Cake for all.]]>http://www.bloggingstocks.com/2007/04/27/bloggingstocks-turns-one-today-cake-for-all/http://www.bloggingstocks.com/2007/04/27/bloggingstocks-turns-one-today-cake-for-all/http://www.bloggingstocks.com/2007/04/27/bloggingstocks-turns-one-today-cake-for-all/#commentsFiled under:

About a year ago, the team at BloggingStocks started seeing articles and blog entries around the financial world start to creep up. Why? Because one year ago today, BloggingStocks went live to the world with the intent to bring a human and unfiltered face to commentary and facts reporting on a stable of eight stocks. To this point, that stable has grown tremendously, and BloggingStocks sits right up there with the most popular financial portals on the planet. Not bad for a one year-old infant.
In the last year, we've seen quite a bit happen on the financial landscape:
  • Google, Inc. (NASDAQ:GOOG) continues its dominance in web advertising (and $$ income) over Yahoo! (NASDAQ:YHOO) and Microsoft (NASDAQ:MSFT)
  • Wal-Mart (NYSE:WMT) has one scandal after another while U.S. same-store sales tank
  • The DJIA moves above 13,000 (and stays there) for the first time in history
  • Toyota (NYSE:TM) tops General Motors (NYSE:GM) in 2007 as world's largest seller of automobiles
There have been many other top-flight financial stories from the last year we've been here, and those above are just a few personal favorites. While I rarely make bold predictions for stocks, you can rest assured that the team here at BloggingStocks follows and obsessively tracks the entire financial landscape every trading day. Why? To give our readers the most informative and varied, colorful commentary we possibly can. No PR spin here -- it's unvarnished opinion. That's what makes financial blogging so unique (and blogging in general). There's no red tape here, so you get access to the relentless gunk floating around inside our collective brains.

Here's hoping to another productive year providing you -- our readers -- with the most entertaining and relevant content we can give. We hope you'll continue to join us for the ride.

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We've asked each of our bloggers to introduce themselves and talk a little about why they love the market and what positions they call their own. We encourage our bloggers to own common stock and abide by a common code of conduct.

Who are you, and why are you passionate about stocks?
My name is David Kretzmann and I live in Nevada City, CA.

I enjoy investing in stocks because I feel they are the best choice for long-term investors. For each stock in which I invest, I have a minimum of a seven-year time frame placed with that stock, because I believe that is the time you should let a stock "run." I have always liked the idea that you can actually invest in your favorite companies, whether it be Starbucks, Whole Foods, or Palm. It is a fun way to see your money grow.

What was the first stock you owned?
I first starting investing in stocks last July when I was 12 years old, starting by investing in a total of nine different companies (which was a mistake, because I didn't do nearly as much research as I should have). Some of those companies included Palm, 7-Eleven, Netflix, and Electronic Arts. All of the stocks I invested in were recommended by either David or Tom Gardner of The Motley Fool from their various newsletters.

What was your worst investment ever?
I haven't had that terrible of an investment yet, because I've only sold a stock twice (AT&T and Cutter & Buck), and you don't lose any money on an investment until you've sold. So, I haven't had any disappointing investments yet. Only if in seven years I see one of my investments is down, will I consider it not-so-good investment.

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