Month: May 2008

  • Beautiful Spring weather!

    The past week or so the weather here in Flanders has been exceptionally well. Lots of sunshine, no rain and temperatures in the range of 22-25°C! Maybe Carmen and I will make a trip to the beach this weekend as the weather forecast looks pretty good for the next couple of days . Later today…

  • Scared of heights?

    I wouldn’t like to walk on the Caminito del Rey lol: In 1901 it was obvious that the workers of the Chorro Falls and Gaitanejo Falls needed a walkway to cross between the falls, to provide transport of materials, vigilance and maintenance of the channel. Construction of the walkway took four years; it was finished…

  • NVIDIA, the dollar and CMB

    NVIDIA (NVDA) Yesterday I wrote NVIDIA gained another 2.81% and today the rally continued. NVDA has gained $1.02 (+4.74%) today and went up 11.76% in the last five days – a pretty nice rally on a high volume. More than 28.28 million shares were traded today, that’s 50% more than usual and a good sign.…

  • Nice tech rally today

    The stock market has already recovered quite a bit since the crash earlier this year. The Dow Jones closed at 13,010 (+1.48%) today, the highest level since early January. Especially tech stocks did really well today, Nasdaq gained 2.81% and is now at the highest level since mid-January. The markets seem to be happy as…