Checking back on an old friend
Sunday, May 3, 2009 0:20I wrote about Aman’s website back in February. Back then I mentioned the slightly peculiar composition of his site. Here is a guy who makes avalanches of money in the stock market, but on Monday’s writes about free birthday deals etc. Also, instead of focusing on making money in the stock market, he goes on to study medicine. Vulcans would say that this sort of behavior is illogic, unless his purpose is to ultimately go and heal people.
PERPLEXED
I’ve been oddly mesmerized by this blog and I can’t explain why. It is not very good news blog as it basically refers news from here and there, also it is really hard to find any segment that would be under special focus. Another thing it is not very good at is giving analysis that is done by stating the result - you know that worn out statement that market journalists offer: “Market was down on profit taking.” Third thing that it is not very good at is injecting personality to writing. Surely the combination of these three “not very good”s will result into a not very good blog.
WRONG
The blog is actually hilarious! For some reason I enjoy reading posts like this where the money is stated to have been made without telling how it came. Personally I use this method a lot. I can say that I sold a project worth of 560 590 euros and that I didn’t give any discount. That’s making lot of money, right? Some people would believe me and some wouldn’t but see if I care, this is my personal blog and not a public account of my businesses. I believe Aman is treating his blog in the same way. Go and visit it.
FREE
Here’s a free idea for Aman, a battle between two stocks in the same industry. Which one is going to be the bull and which will be a bear…
SAAB
You know Saab - the obscure but strangely fascinating car brand that GM ruined - they had a quirky little brand going and going well. It was all about being a private jet on a road. Remember the beauty of Saab Aero? Amazing 175 horse powers already back in 1985 and that was for a family car.
Saab was advertised by associating it to airplanes and it worked, because the car delivered. During 1978 there were only two cars imported to the States that had turbo and they were Saab and Porsche. Under GM management the marketing remained more or less aviation inspired, but it just didn’t work, because the car was just like any other car and you didn’t get that special jet feeling. In a sense, they made promises that they weren’t able to keep
GET A TASTE OF IT
The purpose for this? Well, beats me but if you come across a Saab 900 Aero in eBay, you better make an offer, those babies are still hot.
Jake Stone says:
May 3rd, 2009 at 8:10 pm
Testing my Gravatar.
Jake Stone says:
May 3rd, 2009 at 8:57 pm
And it finally worked! Had some issues with Wordpress 2.7 it didn’t allow me to update my email settings at first.
Aman@BullsBattleBears says:
May 4th, 2009 at 9:48 pm
lol..great review Jake..
When I started the blog, it was actually from the start of a newletter I used to send out on what stocks I was buying and selling and as that newletter grew, I was growing sick of having to manage new emails…so started a blog.
When I talked about that weekend cap, I was talking about the trades I posted on Thursday and recapping my results of the week.
Also, you are right, my mandate is to become a physician and to heal people. I am only trading to build a financial foundation for the things that require funding in my life (properties, school, etc).
In terms of not saying where the money is coming from, I actually do mention the sectors I am looking at the night before. With the volatility that is on the markets, its hard to say “tomorrow xyz will go up”. But based on the news I sift through in my limited time, I can narrow on a sector and then look for potential break outs.
On Mondays I do post free stuff, hell we all love free stuff. And on Sunday’s, I post a free lesson on how to understand the market. Again, that, unlike others who sell ebooks or video lessons for $$, I just write it up.
I’m not am not going to pump stocks for any of my readers, its just to show others that it can be done. No special books, no special membership.
You are right, there is not a real consistent tone to the site. For that to be established, I would need to spend much more time and its more than I can afford. So far, I’m just sharing what I have to offer and doing the best as a “new” blogger.
Great review boss, really need to work on some points when I have the chance.
Aman@BullsBattleBears’s last blog post..Monday Watches…
Jake Stone says:
May 4th, 2009 at 11:58 pm
Aman, this was the longest blog comment ever (here on FAKE MONEY BLOG - dramatic effect). I have to think up a special prize for you.
You have to excuse my way of writing. I get to do well enough report writing and I just can’t deal this blog with similar serious attitude… all work and no play… you know how that ends.
Kudos to you for just writing it up. Here at FAKE MONEY BLOG (I’m going for an Oscar for special effects) we just make it up! Big difference and that’s why I have my reader pointing to your site.
—SIDE NOTE—
I recall Ken Evoy to be a medical doctor.
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Trust me you can’t truly appreciate that joke unless you subscribe Ken Evoy’s newsletter or read some of his free ebooks.
What comes to ebooks, I still think you should make one. Keep it free, even better than charging for it. Would be a good tool in putting all your advices together.
By the way, now that you are going to be a doctor, doctors care deeply for classic Saab 900 Aeros, because certain well-known movie doctor drives it (I made that fact up, but could be true, you never know about doctors and cars).