Market and Economic Meltdown? Keep things in perspective.....

I am not excited about what is happening in the economy right now.....but if you read my BLOG for a while, you know I have been jittery about it for a while.

But not everything is doom and gloom.....we have to appreciate the gains we still have from our past positions. I have an example below of some stock I bought after my Vonage Meltdown.

I bought $3000 in Vonage stock thinking it was the next best thing since sliced bread....and Vonage just kept messing up the parade......the result....it's value fell to $2000 where I got out.

I bought the stocks below...and even after a 10% fall yesterday alone, I still have a hansome profit. (if i sell that is)

Check it out: (I wish the rest of my 401K did this well though)

Unrealized Positions for *******

As of: 01/21/2008

Created: 1/22/2008 8:12:39 PM

LONG INVESTMENTS		SHARES	COST/ SHARE	TOTAL COST	CLOSING PRICE	CLOSING MKT. VALUE	SHORT TERM GAIN/LOSS	LONG TERM GAIN/LOSS	% CHANGE
CHINA UNICOM (CHU)		99	10.8707	1,076.20	22.49	2,226.51		1,150.31	106.89
ISHARES FTSE/XINHUA CHINA (FXI)		11	95.3864	1,049.25	156.94	1,726.34		677.09	64.53
			Total	2,125.45		3,952.85		1,827.40	85.98