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Alpacas: The "World's Finest Livestock Investment"
Did you know the Alpaca is among the world's finest livestock investments, at least according to ILoveAlpacas.com? Neither did I.
Alpacas are not inexpensive, ranging from $10,000 to $40,000 for breeding females and $5,000 to $35,000 for high quality males. High quality proven males with exceptional offspring have sold in excess of $200,000. In many cases, financing your alpaca purchase can be done right on the farm as many alpaca breeders offer financing.
Good to know I can get financing for my alpaca.
By the way, in case you're wondering like I was... the Alpaca is:
...one of two domesticated breeds of South American camel-like ungulates, derived from the wild guanaco. It resembles a sheep in appearance, but is larger in size, and has a long erect neck with a handsome head.
Yup. Now you know.
(via Steph)
· Alpaca Investment Potential [ILoveAlpacas.com]
· Alpaca [Wikipedia]
Posted in on July 28, 2005, 12:10 AM | Comments (1) | Permalink
Why Google's $300+ Stock Price?
Catching up on my sky-high backlog of USA Today, I found an interesting article on Google's $300+ stock price. As of July 14, only nine stocks had share prices over $300.
Why hasn't Google split its stock? Why haven't the nine other companies? The article discusses those points.
One side effect of the high stock price that I've felt:
And while a stock price in itself is meaningless, Google is clearly sending a message to investors by not splitting. "If you go back to Google's prospectus, it says Google is not a conventional company and does not intend to become one," says Jay Ritter, professor of finance at the University of Florida.
· Google joins ranks of stocks north of $300 [USA Today]
· Previous posts tagged with Google [ScottKidder.com]
Posted in on July 25, 2005, 02:29 PM | Comments (0) | Permalink
Google Does It Again: Real-Time Stock Quotes
Google has done it again... they now offer real-time stock quotes. This, to me, is huge! Hundreds of web sites will give you stock quotes, but they are all 15 or 20 minutes delayed.
Yahoo, for example, charges $9.95 a month for this service.
Wow.
· Show Me The Money [Google Blog]
· Google adds real-time stock, ride info [ZDNet News]
Posted in on April 20, 2005, 11:20 PM | Comments (0) | Permalink
