Archive for the 'Finance' Category

Crazy Market

Friday, January 25th, 2008
     I know the market is going down.  I’m just happy it’s finally stopped going sideways.  I personally don’t sell short or deal with put options (or options in general).  I had quit looking at my accounts for the past six months (I’m exagerating) because it was always the same number.       Now, where [...]

Selling

Thursday, November 8th, 2007
     For any of you who have been tracking my investments with me, here’s what I’ve experienced and seen lately:      First, IBD has suggested that the market is now in a correction.  After teasing us with 5 or 6 rolling distribution days for what seems like the past two years (or at least [...]

Shipping

Thursday, October 18th, 2007
     Wow! Here’s something you don’t want to see the day you buy a stock — a huge drop in price in high volume! Two days ago I purchased shares of a shipping company.  The sector looks like it’s doing pretty well, and I picked what looked like the best of the bunch.  [...]

Marketing

Friday, October 5th, 2007
     I haven’t written about investing for awhile.  I recently sold my holdings in Apple, it gapped up about a week ago and the volume seemed to be drying up.  I made my 20% gain on it, although not in the IBD-recommended eight weeks or less.  So I sold, making a small profit.  [...]

Chris’s Market Watch

Wednesday, February 28th, 2007
    Yesterday’s market action was a bit of a surprise.  I wouldn’t quite say it’s time to go short on all positions, but it certainly looks like cash is king right now!    Never forget, all you stock investors out there, if the big money is leaving stocks, it’s got to be going somewhere.  The housing [...]

Chris’ Market Watch

Friday, July 21st, 2006
     I am by no means a professional investor.  I’m not just a hobby investor, either.  Call me a serious amateur, perhaps with a serious lack of time to really get good at being a part-time pro on the side.      In any case, here are some things I know that I [...]