The Markets were down this week but the Portfolio was up .24%=$10.64 Today’s Portfikui at the close on 10/5/2013 HOLDINGS Sym Description Qty Underl. Stock Days to Exp Cost Basis Avg Price Price Change (%) Daily G/L Total G/L … Continue reading
The new banking system, isn’t regulated, serves the poor; the people that BANKS don’t want or serve. Two Americas? “Ya betcha! See this NYTimes article: Platinum Card and Text Alert, via Pawnshop BY STEPHANIE CLIFFORD AND JESSICA SILVER-GREENBERG http://dealbook.nytimes.com/2013/08/24/platinum-card-and-text-alert-via-pawnshop/?hp&_r=0
Being at a resort, my son’s house, makes it almost impossible to keep track of the Market. 5:30 rise is necessary to even attempt to know the news much less the Market and my individual stocks. CA time difference … Continue reading
the portfolio continues to out-pace the market indexes: Portfolio at the CLOSE: AAPL Apple Inc Apple Inc 1 $393.78 -$4.29 $393.78 AIG American International Group American International Group 5 $44.48 $0.86 $222.40 AMAT Applied Materials Inc Applied Materials Inc 5 … Continue reading
Bloomberg: http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2013-06-18/india-can-take-more-steps-to-temper-gold-imports-mayaram-says.html India Can Take More Steps to Cut Gold Imports, Mayaram Says By Tushar Dhara & Unni Krishnan – Jun 18, 2013 6:11 AM ET The inability to buy gold without filling out paper work or being on a company’s computer may have saved me … Continue reading
Me neither–Yet the papers are filled with reasons; the TV has so many people talking, yelling, wringin’ their hands. I’ve been trying to manage the risk of the Market vis a vis my reading of Finerman’s new book about life … Continue reading
Yes, article from same Math Prof but it occured to me that Bloomberg, CNBC, WSJ, etc and ALL the stock pundits are continually using “if -then” analyzes and comparisons to previous incidents. But are these predictors or just random ? … Continue reading
Professor Strogatz has me walking to Hawaii, understanding how little we own, and yet how the rich and poor agree on the distribution of wealth. We just don’t understand large numbers, really large numbers. I hope he excites your mind … Continue reading