Monthly Archives: January 2014
Cold and Snow
Since a week before Christmas, it has snowed (sometimes a lot; other times, 1 or 2 inches) or been cold. This weekend, it combined: cold and snow. How many weeks have you been in the house or out of electricity? … Continue reading
Portfolio Under Perform by 23%-30%
Portfolio which followed Action Alerts mostly and a little Doug Kass with a $4.95 cost for each trade, under perform the Indexes this year. The Indexes profits trounced the Portfolio’s growth. 2013 Returns $198.70 4.38% gains for portfolio Market … Continue reading
First Wkend. “at-the-close” for 2014
Portfolio 1/3/2014 HOLDINGS (Drag to reorder) Sym Description Qty Underl. Stock Days to Exp Cost Basis Avg Price Price Change (%) Daily G/L Total G/L (%) Market Value AAPL Apple Inc 1 $437.13 $437.13 $540.98 -$12.15 (-2.20%) -$12.15 $103.85 (23.76%) $540.98 ADBE … Continue reading
Congress Steps on USA Economic Returns AGAIN!
http://blogs.marketwatch.com/capitolreport/2014/01/03/workers-lose-400-million-in-first-week-without-jobless-benefits-report/ Congress took $400 million OUT of the economy (essentially taxed the GDP) by not extending unemployment compensation. Every time the economy starts to recover, the CONGRESS steps on the recovery. WHY SO OUT OF STEP? Answer? I think it … Continue reading
First Day of New Year2014
Portfolio down 1%=$49+=$4681.71 Market as a whole was down .89%(S&P) and DOW down .82% All kinds of speculation as to why: China has some bad numbers; traders selling to lock in an up-year; Market valued fairly or over valued or … Continue reading