just to play around with stock picks without actually risking any money, i've started a fake portfolio on the motley fool. maybe eventually i'll whip something up that will let me put it here and have a 'portfolio performance' thing on my page.

the first 'investment' is apple, which i mentioned the other day. in fact, i just went ahead and assumed i bought 50 shares of apple at feb 22's closing price (18.81).