Happy New Years Investors! I hope everyone had a fun and safe time last night.
Things are going to be a little slow around the site today. I’m going to be doing some work behind the scenes but I’ll try and get a few news posts in later this evening. Enjoy the day off, if you have it, and here’s hoping everyone has a wonderful and prosperous 2009.
-Justin
Note: I will be taking a little break over the next couple of days from updating the site. There will not be any updates on Christmas Day but I will check in late Friday and over the weekend to see if I can get a few posts in. Regular updates will resume next week on Monday.
Merry Christmas and Season’s Greetings Investors! I just wanted to take a little time to thank everyone who has contributed with a tip, posted a comment, or just looked around the site over the last year. 2008 had a lot of ups and downs around here, but all in all it has been an incredible experience for me. Thank you for all of your support!
-Justin
Ignition Entertainment sent out their Holiday cards last week and was kind enough to send one our way. Packed in with the card was a Blue Dragon Plus 2009 desk calendar featuring some beautiful artwork from the game. So, thank you very much Ignition and Happy Holidays right back at you!
-Justin
Note: I’ll be taking Thanksgiving off to spend some much needed time with family and friends. I will return for a few updates on Friday and hopefully get totally caught up to speed on Saturday. There will also some site maintenance between now and Monday so there may be about 30 min. or so that the site will be off line.
I just wanted to take the time today to thank everyone who has visited the site since we launched last February. Working on Gamer Investments has been a wonderful learning experience and it is truly something I look forward to each and every day.
Happy Thanksgiving Investors!
-Justin
Investors, then, have two ways to express their outrage:
- Withdraw money from the market and wait for current market conditions to subside.
- Put more money in the market and take advantage of current prices to build a portfolio of excellent companies on the cheap.
We’re all about the latter strategy at Hidden Gems, and we’re excited. There are so many more buying opportunities today than there were last summer, when our returns were flying high. Fortunately, investing isn’t about short-term returns; it’s about making a fortune over the next decade or more.
Wise words. Read the full article here.
-Justin
The waters boiled and the papers unread, so it’s time for the wife and me to head off to the hospitial to close the deal on our latest acquisition.
I have checked and apparently the birthing center has limited Wi-Fi thanks to a Panera Bread located across the street. I don’t know about you but that sounds incredibly reliable and rock solid to me. Somehow I will find a way to update this post to let you know how everything is going. Obviously, don’t expect to see much in the way of news updates over the next several hours / days but once things calm down and everyone is fine I will do my best to get back to work.
I have posted up as much news as I could this morning and there is also part of an interview with Publisher X that I did on digital distribution so make sure to check that out while you wait for our triumphant return.
That’s it for now, I’ll update on how things are going as soon as I can.
-Justin
Update:
Sorry it took so long to update, but as I suspected Wi-Fi is nowhere to be found at the hospitial.
Anyway, we had a baby girl born at 5:06 PM (central time). 8 lbs. 12 oz.
Momma and baby are both doing great! I’m going to put up a quick post of the closing stock prices for today and head back up to the hospitial. I will have some time tomorrow to get some news posts up.
Well we just got back from the hospital with the baby still on the inside. Turns out my wife is still in early labor and we still have up to a couple more days left to go. All that could change at any moment so at the very least it was a good practice run.
-Justin
Bear markets don’t just take away your hard-earned investing profits. They also mess with your head.
In many ways, prolonged bear markets are harder to endure than the quick, painful market crashes. During crashes in 1987, 1990, and 1998, sharp declines lopped off double-digit percentages from major market indexes. But the key to long-term success in those cases was simply not to panic. If you didn’t sell right after the crash, then you didn’t have to wait too long before stocks went to new all-time highs.
Serious bear markets, on the other hand — the ones that take years to play out — challenge your conviction and your investing discipline. No matter how many bears you’ve gone through, experience doesn’t make them any easier to handle. And unless you’ve been investing for more than 30 years, you have at most one long-term bear market under your belt to guide you through the current downturn.
Now that is some good investing advice. It’s not often that I post something that is not video game relate, but this strikes home.
Read the full article here.
-Justin
Five years ago today I somehow managed to trick the most beautiful woman in the world into marrying me. I’m not sure how I was able to pull it off, but I’m sure thankful that I did.
Sami, I love you more than anything.  Being able to share my life, and spend my days, with my best friend has been more amazing than I could have ever imagined. Happy fifth anniversary.
-Justin
Investors I would like to point out a very important change to the staff at Gamer Investments. As of today we no longer have anyone to cover video games from a 3-year-old’s perspective because my daughter, Claire, has turned 4 years old! You can expect all of her future reviews to be much more insightful and mature in their content. Although don’t expect anything other than glowing reviews about Mario Kart Wii (which was the early birthday present she got yesterday and has been playing non-stop since then) for at least a few weeks.
Happy Birthday Claire! Mommy and Daddy love you too much!
-Justin and Sami
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