Doll Street and Ball Street - When Your Stock is Down

BOSTON
(Noodad) — Shares of foodad (symbol: FOO) stocks ended lower Monday as Gong Fu Dad
Conglomerate International allowed a later than average bedtime, but disallowed
a pre-snooze snack.

Gong Fudad, the household’s largest supplier of father
related goods and services, reported net bedtimes of 7:45, netting 15 minutes
below expected bedtime, or 2 minutes per share, compared with a loss of 10
minutes the night before.  Gong Fu Dad
also reported later than expected work nights and a reduced overall quality
time with the kids  resulting in a lower
overall consumer confidence rating and causing investors and kids to look
elsewhere for parenting services.  Super
Mom Inc (SMOM) stocks were up +5.00 on the news.

Kids go through phases. Sometimes they prefer you and
sometimes your wife.   Kids can be fickle,
just like Wall Street.  On Wall Street
it’s earnings, competition, interest rates, product quality and P/E ratios. On Doll Street or Ball Street it’s bedtimes, snacks, toys, activities and timeout ratios.  Your kids take all of these variables into
account and though they probably cannot explain their little subconscious
reasoning, they gravitate toward one parent or the other.  Now your stock may still be a strong
investment as a stock, but your wife’s may be experiencing ridiculous growth
because she has been taking the kids on cool trips (+.84), feeding them their
favorite foods (+.45) and because they’ve been on very good behavior and
generally easy to get along with, they have not been sent to timeout (+.35).  She is probably rewarding them often for
their good behavior (+.22) resulting in a very strong stock. 

You can also perform well on one market and not the other.  If your stock is high on Ball Street because you have been playing trains with your son(+.75) or playing catch with him in the yard (+1.00) every night and your daughter is not into that, you can experience long term gains on Doll Street by participating in a tea party (+2.00) or playing dress-up (+3.25). The more you take these opportunities seriously and the more regularly you participate in them, the more likely your stock is going to be a long term winner.  Remember also that discipline is also helpful for a stock. Not disciplining your kids will result in long term losses. Just be careful not to overdiscipline with excessive force. That is a long term loser as well.

When you’re working late (-.40), working at home and ignoring them (-1.10),
short with the kids from work stress (-2.00) or you hang out with the guys
instead of with them (-3.25) your stock is going to plummet.  The good news is that the market is usually pretty
forgiving and you can turn around your performance by putting in a little extra
time with them.  This does not mean that
you need to artificially inflate your value with candy, soda and buying them
toys. These have short term affects on your stock, but I can assure you that
spending time with your kids will result in steady long term gains. Good luck
in the market noodads!