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Issue 11; September 9, 2002 Ask Boomer Al is the fun newsletter of BoomerJournals.com. If you don't want to receive it, we don't want to send it to you. Unsubscribe info is located at the bottom of each issue. _.·´¯) Contents (¯`·._ 1) This week's questions 2) What's up with this? 3) Boomer HA! HA! 4) Remarks from the peanut gallery _.·´¯) Questions (¯`·._ “Ask Boomer Al” Issue 11; September 9, 2002 Dear Al I enjoy your column. You are obviously a learned man. I’m in my fifties and would like to get more involved in investing. I’m hesitant because of recent events with the stock market, but I have heard that it can be an excellent time to invest also. Any advice? Thanks, Loyal Reader Dear Loyal Reader Thank you for the kind compliment. Many men and women your age have an increased desire to strengthen their financial position as we approach the “golden years”. There are many ways to approach the stock market that can be beneficial regardless of market conditions. Those methods however require a considerable amount of skill that is beyond a novice. In good and bad times both, a very profitable method of playing the market is called shorting, where a trader borrows stock from his broker and sells it on the open market with the assumption that there is bad news about the stock or the market in general so he should be able to buy it back and replace it at a much lower price, keeping the difference for himself. Some of the most successful traders in history made their fortunes this way. Here is what I would do. Subscribe to a newspaper named Investors Business Daily. I recommend it over the Wall Street Journal because this paper assumes you need help and is full of very helpful information for the beginner. The publisher, Bill O’Neil has written a very simple book to help you learn the basics of stock trading. I also have a small book store at www.BoomerJournals.com that has two basic courses on market trading designed for beginners, and Mr. O’Neil’s book. You can order them online if you wish. This is a very difficult market so I would not invest a penny until I felt I had done enough research to know what I was getting into. Don’t skimp on the education. Good information costs in this field. I know of many excellent tools that you could find of value. I also suggest you consider a good discount full service broker and put a limited amount of funds in the account. Pick one that you can also buy Mutual Funds from. A good one has the initials CS . The limits of this column do not allow me to expand on this topic except in small bites. I do have considerable trading experience that I think could benefit some people. Go slow and learn the basics before investing one penny. Feel free to ask more questions. Al Dear Boomer Al I look forward to your column every week. It’s the first thing I read and I tell my friends about it. You should have a bigger picture like the sports guy. I read your advice to the guy who had a cheating wife. I recently caught my husband having an “Internet/E-mail” affair with a gal in another state. It was horrible! He says it was innocent fun. I say it’s cheating! I’m seriously thinking of divorce! What do you think? Signed, Hurt Dear Hurt, I’m sure you are hurt but divorce would be an over-reaction to this all too common silliness that goes on these days. Pornography is extremely addictive and the Internet has made access to it about as easy as you can get. It doesn’t take much of a leap from it to chat rooms where people bare their souls looking for people to commiserate with. These things happen in good and bad relationships alike. For some reason the participants usually don’t want to admit that they are basically playing with fire. Often times it begins with a simple exchange of messages that quickly escalates into more intimate details as the parties feel they are protected by the anonymity of the web. It is not uncommon for meetings to occur at some point, but most times it doesn’t get to that. Your husband seems to have gotten caught up and failed to use good judgment. We are frail all of us and sexual attraction is a very powerful drive. I think you should begin by discussing with him how this indiscretion on his part has upset you and shaken your trust somewhat. See if he understands. If not, make an appointment with a marriage counselor for one session. Perhaps there are issues that have been simmering that neither of you have recognized and dealt with. I feel all relationships could benefit from improved communications and sensitivity training at times. Learning everything from experience doesn’t work for many people. Your marriage is worth the struggle to fix things. For the time being your husband goes on the weenie list. He just needs to grow up a little and apologize for being an Internet weasel. Move the computer to your bedroom. Hehehehe. Al PS; Nice picture idea there  _.·´¯)What's up with this?(¯`·._ September 11 is coming up in a couple of days. We've got a discussion going on at the forum at Boomer Journals. Give us your two cents worth. I hope we don't forget because the terrorists won't. The Forum at Boomer Journals Pilots with guns. Remember Sky King? Mudd with two d's ... :) _.·´¯) Boomer HA! HA! (¯`·._ "She refuses to give him a divorce." "Why?" Says "I've suffered with the bum for fifteen years. Now I should make him happy?" _.·´¯)Remarks from the peanut gallery (¯`·._ "Talked to my oldest grandson this week. He's playing tight end on the football team ... too cool." Have fun. It's later than you think. Al Member Ezine PA _.·´¯) General Info (¯`·._ Ask Boomer Al is an opt-in ezine available by subscription only. 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