Blizzfan and ATVI stockholder

Buying Aggressively, As Per Ben Graham

ATVI from the Blizzard/PC games side

Alot of the focus in this stock is on console games (eg Guitar Hero). ATVI is poised to gain a healthy number of subscribers from the WoTL launch.

Beta testers are telling me that WoTL is a major improvement on their first expansion. (Which was phenomenally successful.) In many ways that only a MMORPG player can appreciate, Blizzard will bring back attrited subscribers and keep subscribers longer. My server (one of the first West Coast US servers) is bringing back so many subscribers that we're starting to see server capacity issues.

I picked up another 500 shares on Monday. Good Luck

Why Does Wachovia Have to Pay Up for CDs?

Bank retailing footprints are cannot be simplified to location by location decisions. Having a downtown presence says to potential customers that the bank is investing in long term relationships with customers. They may transact face to face in a variety of locations. These retail spots are also client meeting sites for wealth management discussions. Wachovia's strength is it's ability to use it's financial centers (branches) to cross-sell brokerage and loan products. Ken T went overboard on aquisitions, but the retail strategy of the bank has always been its strength.