Today increased over yesterday but the week was down. The economy seems to have settled down. There are those who have continued to get jobs; jobs are available but not abundant. Yet, the most in need, children, sick, elderly, fringe, receive less and less. We give, but reluctantly. We are no longer a generous nation seeing a hand-over to another as a gift to us all. We seem to be stingy with our charity, our tax dollars, our good wishes, and YET, in my own life I find a helping hand wherever I turn. People who owe me nothing and barely know me, are generous in spirit and kind in deed as well as welfare. I am most garateful.
At the close on Friday the portfolio looked like this:
Symbol | Description | Qty | Price* | Price Change |
Market Value |
|
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
AAPL
Apple Inc
|
Apple Inc | 1 | $441.8110 | $3.35 | $441.81 | |
ADT
Adt Corporation
|
Adt Corporation | 4 | $40.21 | $0.21 | $160.84 | |
AMAT
Applied Materials Inc
|
Applied Materials Inc | 5 | $15.49 | $0.54 | $77.45 | |
CIM
Chimera Investment Corporation
|
Chimera Investment Corporation | 50 | $3.10 | $0.00 | $155.00 | |
COST
Costco Wholesale Corp-New
|
Costco Wholesale Corp-New | 3 | $110.58 | -$0.51 | $331.74 | |
CSCO
Cisco Systems Inc
|
Cisco Systems Inc | 5 | $24.49 | -$0.06 | $122.45 | |
DD
E I Du Pont De Nemours & Co
|
E I Du Pont De Nemours & Co | 3 | $55.44 | $0.65 | $166.32 | |
DXJ
Wisdomtree Japan Hedged Equity
|
Wisdomtree Japan Hedged Equity | 5 | $44.86 | $1.43 | $224.30 | |
EBAY
Ebay Inc
|
Ebay Inc | 4 | $51.4520 | -$0.07 | $205.81 | |
F
Ford Motor Co
|
Ford Motor Co | 8 | $15.73 | $0.29 | $125.84 | |
FB
Facebook Inc
|
Facebook Inc | 5 | $23.2910 | $0.32 | $116.46 | |
GE
General Electric Co
|
General Electric Co | 4 | $23.86 | $0.48 | $95.44 | |
GS
Goldman Sachs Group Inc
|
Goldman Sachs Group Inc | 2 | $166.01 | $6.33 | $332.02 | |
GSK
Glaxosmithkline Plc
|
Glaxosmithkline Plc | 4 | $51.71 | $0.53 | $206.84 | |
KEY
Keycorp New
|
Keycorp New | 20 | $10.86 | $0.27 | $217.20 | |
LNCO
Linn Co Llc
|
Linn Co Llc | 5 | $38.43 | $0.78 | $192.15 | |
ORCL
Oracle Corp
|
Oracle Corp | 5 | $33.8150 | $0.47 | $169.08 | |
PF
Pinnacle Foods Inc
|
Pinnacle Foods Inc | 5 | $24.18 | $0.02 | $120.90 | |
SWK
Stanley Black & Decker Inc
|
Stanley Black & Decker Inc | 4 | $79.69 | $1.26 | $318.76 | |
TJX
Tjx Companies Inc New
|
Tjx Companies Inc New | 7 | $50.45 | $0.53 | $353.15 | |
VALE
Vale S A
|
Vale S A | 6 | $14.51 | -$0.19 | $87.06 | |
WFC
Wells Fargo & Co
|
Wells Fargo & Co | 4 | $41.25 | $0.53 | $165.00 | |
WY
Weyerhaeuser Co
|
Weyerhaeuser Co | 4 | $29.03 | $0.01 | $116.12 | |
Total Securities | $4,501.73 |
This is a very different mix. Very little industries and lots of banks and companies dependant on people spending. I think the money is out there and ready to be spent. However, for the first time ever, I am thinking about purchasing gold; not the ETF, but gold. Your opinion on gold and why? No rants and raves about anti government please. I’m not and I will delete. There are enough sites for that view. Some reasoned views and just plain fear or “think it is silly” is good enough and why. I love your stories and I hate the spam. The people that are selling the folks hawking products are being fleeced. No one is passing along their spam.
Now that I’m in my new girly country abode, I will try to be more prompt with my posting.
Thanks for hanging in with me for the last 6 months they have been a dilly. WATCH FOR THE E BOOK