“It was a monumental day for the New York Giants, a gritty, well-deserved victory in Super Bowl XLII.

For the New England Patriots, it was a monumental crash, the loudest in NFL history.

But in the big picture, it changed nothing about the landscape of the league. The Patriots remain the NFL’s model of excellence, the envy of every organization.

They still have four Super Bowl appearances in the past seven years and are one of the few teams that you can be sure will have another postseason 11 months from now.

The Giants? Besides being the reigning Super Bowl champions, they are a one-hit wonder for now. They are Hanson. They just sang “MMMBop,” and if they’ve got anything else to put on an album, well, we’ll just have to see.”

GREGG PATTON
The Press-Enterprise

http://www.pe.com/sports/breakout/stories/PE_Sports_Local_D_patton_05.3f947e5.html

Read your book and from your posts I am starting to learn that patience is the key. In the past I have entered positions too quickly and if I only had waited I would have been in better shape.

BTW, I fond this awesome site where I have been practicing being patient with investing. It is called UpDown.com. They actually pay you if you beat the S&P 500 (sounds like they do it by sharing ad revenue to help generate a user-base). I shorted about 6 homebuilders last night (completely lucky timing) and I will probably make $50 in my paypal account if I close my positions now and do nothing the rest of the month. Here is the info from the site for everyone else out there who want to use the site…..

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Aaron Wakling