Shake hands

One of the new measurements to prevent H1N1 is to stop shaking hands with your business counterparts, according to Taiwan government's latest advertisement.

And I wonder if one day I will tell my grandchild this: "You know, in my generation, we used to shake hands in business meetings."

And the grandchild screams: "No way, shake hands with someone you don't know? are you kidding me?"

Dow is now for good money

On March 5th, 2009, The Dow Jones Index is sitting at 6594.

Now I don't understand too much about money for value in the market, and I confess. But then nor do I think those analysts running up on day time tv (tvb or atv, I don't have cable so I don't get the mighty bloomberg or CNBC) really know that much either, after I spent about 2 weeks watching and listening to them daily (while I am not working).

But I dare to say this (and embarrasse myself if it comes to that), buy some Dow Jones index tracking fund now!

Taking note of the financial crisis

So now I realize the financial crisis is really making some ground.

My monther, who has retired and busy her time by learning English to kill time, surprised me one day by asking: "What is the Hang Seng Index?" and "What really is the Lehman Brothers?".

It shocked me because it is the first time she asked me something of the finance world. She probably has heard a lot about how financial institutions screwed the market, and naturually she wants to know who exactly are these 'brothers'?

Of course, with all I could, I tried my best to provide her with some answers. In particular, that, these Lehman Brothers were not exactly like a family of brothers, as its name would suggest. But then again, they were probably not that destinct from those harlem brothers who worked together for some bling bling. I mean, working 'exclusively' for the bling bling.