Jun 29
The following video from TED Talks explain how Canada’s System Care System. Here is the summary from Allison Hunt’s speech:
- Health care system in Canada is free.
- 10 months waiting to get appointment with surgeon to get x-ray.
- 18 months waiting to get appointment for surgery.
- If you want to get in front of the line, work as volunteer for the communities.
PS: When I got a dermatofibroma surgery in Canada last year, I had also to wait about 6 months. First, I had to make appointment with dermatologist, which took 2 months. Then, I need to make appointment with the surgeon, which took another 2 months. Finally, I had to wait for the surgery, which took 2 months again. Anyway, this is what you get for free service.
Jun 27
At the beginning of this month, NASDAQ announced that now they provide real-time stock quotes to Google (and some other media companies). Three weeks later, New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) also announced that now they provide real-time stock quotes to Google (and CNBC). Real-time stock quotes used to be quite expensive to subscribe. The standard stock quotes are normally 15 - 20 minutes delay.
Today, I am going to share how to use Google Finance function to display stock quotes on Google Docs. Since both NYSE and NASDAQ provide real-time stock quote, we can now create a document on Google Docs that shows real-time stock price. See also example of my stocks basket above.
How can we do that? It’s pretty straightforward.
- Create a new spreadsheet on Google Docs.
- Type in ‘=GoogleFinance("‘ followed by the stock ticker. For example, you can type ‘=GoogleFinance"GOOG")‘ to display the real-time stock price of Google.
Jun 26
(Picture is from Google Finance.)
It’s a doom day!
Dow Jones Industrial Average dropped to its lowest level since 2006. As I predicted last week, it finally dropped below 11,500. I should have written my prediction on this blog last week and become an "instant Wall Street analyst"… just kidding. 
According to Wall Street Journal, it is the worst June since Great Depression.
