Ellen's Investment Club

Ellen's Investment Club meeting on Sept 21, 2010: We reviewed the two conglomerate holdings/investment firm: Berkshire Hathaway Inc. (NYSE: BRK.A) and ONEX Corporation (TSE: OCX). While both companies have done well this year, one must remember the success or failure of such hold companies is often dependent on a particular individual (in this case, Buffet or Schwartz). I am pleased to announce our winners for the Investopedia challenge. Congradulations to: USD winner: Bouffina USD: 1,099,047.33, 9.9% gain over the course of the Challenge. Top 3 USD holdings (as of Sept 21, 2010): TTM or Tata MOters Ltd ADR (+44.07%), KO or Coca-Cola (+13.41%), ABT or Abbott Laboratories (+10.16%) CAD winner: lukezskywalk CAD: 1,152,618.56, 15.2% gain over the course of the Challenge. Top 3 CAD holdings (as of Sept 21, 2010): MFC.TO or Manulife Financial Corp (-18.04%), SU.TO or Suncor Energy Inc. (-0.85%) The next Investment Challenge game will start on October 18, 2010. Please visi...

ELLEN’S DEGENERATES SHARE CLUB AGENDA: September 21, 2010 @ 7:30 - 9:30 p.m Miles Nadal Jewish Community Centre 750 Spadina Ave (southwest corner of Spadina & Bloor) Room#: Please ask the front desk where the meeting is held ITEM # TIME TOPIC DETAILS 7:30 PM: Sign in and payment ($10) 7:45 PM: Member introduction and stock purchase discussion 8:20 PM: Sector Review – Conglomerate Holdings/Investment Firm: Berkshire Hathaway Inc. (NYSE: BRK.A) and ONEX Corporation (TSE: OCX) 8:50 PM: Announcement: Investopedia Winner 9:00 PM: Open discussion / Google Group and Twitter help (Optional) Luke Zhang

Many members have questions regarding the behaviour of the Google Group so I am providing some feedbackhere: 1. You will be able to email the mailing list ellensdegenerates@googlegroups.com under your current registered email regardless if you have a Google Account or not. 2. If you registered with Ellen's club with a Gmail Account you have access to both our mailing list (link above) and posting features on web front http://groups.google.ca/group/ellensdegenerates . If you registered with our club using a non-Gmail address, you will need to create a Google Account (note: this account is not the same as a Gmail account) using your non-Gmail address. You will be prompted to do this once you accept the invitation. I encourage everyone to accept the invite to Google Group since it is a more secure and efficient way for us to stay in touch online. You can either email me or email the mailing list above for an invite if you have not done so. Luke.

ELLEN’S DEGENERATES SHARE CLUB AGENDA: June 15, 2010 @ 7:30 - 9:30 p.m Miles Nadal Jewish Community Centre 750 Spadina Ave (southwest corner of Spadina & Bloor) Room#: Please ask the front desk where the meeting is held ITEM # TIME TOPIC DETAILS 7:30 PM: Sign in and payment ($10) 7:45 PM: Member stock purchase discussion 8:00 PM: Reward Points discussion follow up 8:20 PM: Sector Review – Commodities: Gold 8:50 PM: Investopedia Topic of the Month: American Depositary Receipt or ADR 9:00 PM: Open Discussion Google Group and Twitter help Fixed income suggestion (requested by our member) Sundry items Please note this will be our last meeting before the summer so please do your best to attend. Luke Zhang

Invites have been sent to our existing members for our new Google Group. Web Access: http://groups.google.ca/group/ellensdegenerates Email Access: ellensdegenerates@googlegroups.com Please use this to carry online discussions.

Please find the link below for the next edition of the Ellen's Degenerates Investment Challenge. I hope to see all of our members taking up the challenge, even if you don't regularly come to the meetings, it continues to be a safe, but great way to try out different strategies, and/or try something you wouldn't normally do with your own money.  You may not win the prize, but you'll certainly learn something about investing, and as I did in the first challenge, what type of investor I am. The Investopedia's link is here:   http://simulator.investopedia.com/Portfolio/?gameid=124793 Game Name: Ellen Invest Password: mnjcc Remember it doesn't start until May 18th so you cannot trade until then, but you may start your research now. See you all online. Luke & Gord

Dear Members, Please see the link below to a presentation on Option Trading. http://docs.google.com/leaf?id=0B0nRg71V-3-zMDA0YjdmYzgtN2RhOC00YzAzLTk5NGMtNWZhZTEwMjFiYTQ3&hl=en   If the link doesn't work please copy and paste it into your browsers address bar. Thank you