There’s this car that is always in the front parking lot of our building. A few nights back, I was leaving late. In fact, I thought I was the last out of the building. The last one out has to set the alarm, so I turned on the intercom and requested that anyone left in the building call my extension.

no on called.

but there was a car parked in the front lot. Could they be using our lot for their own personal use? Nay. there’s nothing around my building. It’s a mini-sanctuary amongst the swampy wetlands of east haven.

Sure enough yesterday morning I arrived early and the car was still there… but this morning.. it’s gone. Was this the fabled East Haven Phantom car? I’ll keep you updated.

The Question

Shaun of Mystery,
Why does the business section of the newspaper still have pages and pages of stock activity?
Aren’t investors wired these days and just looking this stuff up via fancy webpages and such things?

Comment by jon abad — 9/24/2004 @ 2:10 pm

The Answer

Three reasons.

One is tradition. That’s the way it’s always been; that’s the way it is.

Another is because the newspaper financial listings aren’t intended for the stock market guru – they are targeted at the personal investor who wants to quickly check the stocks over coffee and a bagel. Not all personal investors are as tech-savvy as you and me, buddy!

The final (and most influential) reason is because grandmothers reads them there, and if they disappointed that group, whoo boy, trouble would be a-coming.