Friday, March 25, 2011
Journal 7
This week I didn't invest in any stocks. All of my stocks were down and I didn't wanna arbitrarily pick stocks that may or may not help me win the game. Right now, Walmart and Starbucks are down, maybe because there are more important things going on in the world than coffee and meteocre to overpriced priced grocery items. But, lucky for everyone today, Sirius XM radio is doing fabulous so, you won't have to worry about not being able to hear your favorite, overplayed ,generic version of someone's well written work of art. Ha.
Wednesday, March 9, 2011
Journal 6
This week I sold CREE because I lost $2,182.50. I bought the stock for $53.28 and you can now buy it for $48.43. I assumed it was best to just be rid of it than to see what happens. I'm not sure of the reason why CREE is taking a dive. I just wanted to get it out of my portfolio.
I invested in Starbucks (SBUX) this week as well. I bought it for $34.07 which is so far the 52-wk high price. SBUX low price for this 52 wks was $22.50. Ivestopedia's chart for Starbucks shows that their numbers have been going up since last september. I think this will make me some money. I predict that Strbucks will do well in the next 4 weeks, or more.
I invested in Starbucks (SBUX) this week as well. I bought it for $34.07 which is so far the 52-wk high price. SBUX low price for this 52 wks was $22.50. Ivestopedia's chart for Starbucks shows that their numbers have been going up since last september. I think this will make me some money. I predict that Strbucks will do well in the next 4 weeks, or more.
Tuesday, March 8, 2011
Job Shadow
For my job shadow, I went to Harry Jackson's art studio in Cody. I job shadowed his son Matt who is
now in charge of the gallery/studio since Harry is retired. When I got to the studio Matt showed me around
the behind the scenes stuff that most people don't get to visit when they come to see Harry's work. I had
already been exposed to some of this because, my mom is a former artist employee of Harry. (She painted
bronzes that Mr. Jackson had made.) Matt told me a little more background on Harry and all of the things
that there were to take inventory on, there were a lot! There's even more of Harry's work in his studio in
Italy. It was hard to believe that someone could produce so much art, and have so much talent and express it
all in only one life time. After we finished out tour of the place he took me to an office where he had been
photographing a number of Harry's paintings, sketches, charcoal drawings and every other kind of medium I
could think of. Matt was taking these photos so that he could upload them to a site, and people could see the
art without having to buy one of Harry's books, go to a museum or come to the studio. I had to crop the
images and straighten them so they looked professional. But, i also had to tag each photo so that Matt would
know, what portfolio the peice of art was from and what number he had assigned to it. I enjoyed it a lot
because, I got to see so many of Harry's peices that not very many people have ever seen. Like sketches in
his notebook from when he was in WWII, and even just doodles he did on drawing boards in his spare time.
I had an awesome experience and, I think it just set it in stone for me that I need to base my career off of art
because I know it's something I have a talent for and that will intrigue me for my whole life.
now in charge of the gallery/studio since Harry is retired. When I got to the studio Matt showed me around
the behind the scenes stuff that most people don't get to visit when they come to see Harry's work. I had
already been exposed to some of this because, my mom is a former artist employee of Harry. (She painted
bronzes that Mr. Jackson had made.) Matt told me a little more background on Harry and all of the things
that there were to take inventory on, there were a lot! There's even more of Harry's work in his studio in
Italy. It was hard to believe that someone could produce so much art, and have so much talent and express it
all in only one life time. After we finished out tour of the place he took me to an office where he had been
photographing a number of Harry's paintings, sketches, charcoal drawings and every other kind of medium I
could think of. Matt was taking these photos so that he could upload them to a site, and people could see the
art without having to buy one of Harry's books, go to a museum or come to the studio. I had to crop the
images and straighten them so they looked professional. But, i also had to tag each photo so that Matt would
know, what portfolio the peice of art was from and what number he had assigned to it. I enjoyed it a lot
because, I got to see so many of Harry's peices that not very many people have ever seen. Like sketches in
his notebook from when he was in WWII, and even just doodles he did on drawing boards in his spare time.
I had an awesome experience and, I think it just set it in stone for me that I need to base my career off of art
because I know it's something I have a talent for and that will intrigue me for my whole life.
Friday, March 4, 2011
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