Friday 6/8/2013

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

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