Graduation

On Tuesday, May 19, I participated in my graduation ceremony from The Fordham Graduate School of Business. I finally graduated. It had been a long time coming. I enrolled in September of 2005. The school operated on a trimester schedule, so I pretty much attended school non stop since then, save for 3 weeks a year and one trimester off. When I entered, the economy was flying and had high hopes. What a time to graduate, staggering unemployment and decreased opportunities in the market.

The ceremony was held at The Beacon Theater in NYC. The featured speaker was Joseph Moglia, the former CEO and current Chairman of TD Ameritrade. He is also Fordham alum. He spoke about what it takes to succeed, in both your career and life.

Keep an even balance in work and life. Don’t get caught up in materialistic pursuits. Take everything in and enjoy life. What ever you do in life, commit yourself to it. Don’t act halfheartedly. Dedicate yourself. And lastly, make sure you love what you do. A love of something will lead to the dedication, which in turn will lead to success.

Next up, a posting on my trip to Walt Disney World with my kids.

Hallelujah

I finally finished school. I have been attending The Fordham Graduate School of Business part time since September 2005. I earned my MBA with a concentration in Finance. I have been going nonstop since then. Fordham had trimesters, so I only had 3 weeks off a year. I feel like I have so much free time now. Not having to worry about when I am going to do my homework or study for tests. My upcoming graduation is May 19th at The Beacon Theater in NYC.

Hopefully now I will be able to post more often than I have.

New Year, Old Interest

I haven’t had a chance to post anything new in a while. Our holidays have been extended, seeing out of town family the past couple of weekends. I also just started my last semester of school at The Fordham Graduate School of Business. I will finally graduate in April (Hallelujah). I have been attending since September 2005.

I am taking a class called ‘Technical Analysis of Financial Markets”. This is probably the most interesting class I have taken yet. I have always been somewhat interested in the technical aspect of the markets, bust most of my studies have been on the fundamental side. The technical side makes for sense to me. It is pretty much “what you see is what you get”. There is really not that much guess work as with the fundamental side. 10 analysts might each come up with a different conclusion when looking at the fundamentals, while with technical analysis, 8-9 analysts out of 10 would probably be in agreement when they study the charts. It also helps with day trading or swing trading immensely, which is something I would like to do full time.

Well, I will post again soon.