Marco den Ouden
Bio
Marco is the published author of two books on investing in the stock market. Since retiring in 2014 after forty years in broadcast journalism, Marco has become an avid blogger on philosophy, travel, and music He also writes short stories.
Stories (71/0)
- Top Story - November 2021
The Joy of ReadingTop Story - November 2021
If there's one skill I value above all others, it is the ability to read. My mom told me that at an early age I could read back some of my favorite stories, though she wasn't sure whether I had just memorized them. In any event, reading came easily to me and I was always quite good at it.
By Marco den Ouden2 years ago in Education
A Month on Skid Road
In February 1972, I was in the fourth year towards a Commerce degree at McGill University in Montreal. I was struggling and my grades were poor (involvement with campus politics had become a huge distraction), so when my friend Tony asked if I wanted to take time off and go to California with him, I jumped at the chance. "You bet!" I cried.
By Marco den Ouden2 years ago in Confessions
Life and Death in Ocean Reef
The young believe they are invincible. They believe they can take great chances and great risks. Their concept of death is that it is something that happens to others. It is something that affects old people, never them. But this foolhardiness, sadly, sometimes becomes hubris. And it comes back to bite them.
By Marco den Ouden2 years ago in Families
My Favorite _________
The local cable access station created a game show of sorts a while ago called My Favorite Blank. That was how it was generally referred to as the last word changed from show to show. Each show had a theme and three guests were drawn by lot each week to participate in the next show. It so happened that recently, the subject was sandwiches. Oh! The show is about to begin. Let’s join the host, Monty Spellbinder.
By Marco den Ouden2 years ago in Fiction
Jesse Livermore: World's Greatest Stock Trader
"The stock market is the world's biggest gold mine, a gold mine that opens its doors every day and invites anyone and everyone in to plumb its depths and leave with wheelbarrows full of gold bars, if they can!" That was Jesse Livermore telling his two sons about the stock market. And he knew because he had done it.
By Marco den Ouden2 years ago in Trader
The Procrastinator
I can't put off writing this any longer. In an hour I may be dead. My name is George Marlin. I am a procrastinator. Yeah. Yeah. I know that sounds like what drunks say at their first AA meeting, but there is no such thing as Procrastinators Anonymous. Too, bad. If there had been, maybe I wouldn't be in this predicament. But it'd never fly anyway. Nobody would ever attend their first meeting. They'd keep putting it off!
By Marco den Ouden2 years ago in Fiction
Blockhead! Nah! Too cryptic. The Blocked Head. Better.
What’s the biggest obstacle a writer faces? Writer’s block! It doesn’t matter whether you write fiction or prose, getting those first words down on paper can be a bitch. And now here I sit - stuck! Trying to come up with a story idea. Mind’s a blank. Damn!
By Marco den Ouden2 years ago in Fiction