Category Archives: Economics

Call it what you will…why sell at the end of a selloff? I’m out of reasons to doubt that a crash is not right around the corner. There’s much more I need to say, and most of that is below. … Continue reading →

Update:  PBR doubled that gain by the end of today’s session.  This raised my return over 8 months to 30%.  PBR is up 12.5% today, and my advice September 17th ‘Buy Gold‘ was good, as my gold ETF shares are … Continue reading →

Interesting times, of which I’ve got plenty of opinions, but actions speak louder than words, and so I sold all of my position in Brookfield Asset Management (BAM) and shifted all of that into gold (IAU).  My five stocks fared … Continue reading →

It’s been a good month. PBR (PetroBrazil) and CNQ (CanadaNatlResources) are my two most solid picks, having generated over 100K since February, and surging to this day. I got out of ACI (coal) and cut my position in BAM (BrookfieldAssetMgmt) … Continue reading →

I’m not sure if everyone can see the content of these links, but I’m posting them just in case: Portfolio A Portfolio B Porfolio B – transaction log (on Yahoo, when you sell all of your holdings in a stock, … Continue reading →

Consolidating down to 11 stocks, I’ve recently gone in on STEM and added to my number of CNQ shares, while liquidating 6 stocks for $179K in cash. I’m looking closely at South Korean ADRs right now, and hope to allocate … Continue reading →

A – (70K start), the last 4 months (+10.17%) have outpaced the average for that same time period (+7%), which indicates an improvement over time. After 20 months the overall percentage gain has been 45.03%. I’m staying put with all … Continue reading →

The correction from last month, along with a significant drop in the value of NTES, has led to some stress with these two, but resisting the urge to overplay and reading up on what’s happening over the past few weeks … Continue reading →

Update: NTES is really the stock I’ve liked most for a long time, and it is part of my holdings in both portfolios. I increased my stake in it today and it currently accounts for about 15% of the entire … Continue reading →

The urge to inject new ideas using the portfolio I’ve posted on for about a year and a half goes against my desire to remain true to the game, so what I decided to do is start a new one … Continue reading →

Decision time in the fantasy portfolio got a lot easier today as shares of Google fell to 480 at this very moment (11:48 AM). The cash I already had on hand was $2,492.00 and added to the proceeds from the … Continue reading →

The 16 month return was 34.86%, and at this point I decided to take profits in a few areas and reallocate funds. Trades are all considered to have been carried out based on the open price of today’s market: ———SOLD——— … Continue reading →

The mock portfolio I posted in August of 2005 listed exactally what I’d have done with 70K if I’d had it at the time. Click HERE for the original post. The breakdown follows with the 8/30/05 price and value alongside … Continue reading →

Since it’s 70 degrees in January up here in New England, I figured we could all enjoy learning about the fine work being done on our behalf by ExxonMobil (h/t Crooks and Liars) to calm everyone down, and help us … Continue reading →

The CEO of Home Depot has been vanquished, but not before he makes off with over $200 million in severance. A weekly occurance it seems now, with pigs stepping down after losing billions in shareholder value, stuffing dinner rolls into … Continue reading →

Stories collide on a Wednesday, with the SEC changing a rule made in July that would have allowed stockholders to know exactally how much compensation their executives were receiving in the form of stock options. On a Friday, with no … Continue reading →

Due to legislation lurking in Congress containing the words “a wall between…”, Ladder Futures closed on Friday 67 percent higher than where they opened on Monday.  A spokesperson for the Chicago Mercantile Exchange was quoted saying, “the impact on prices that we’re seeing already is … Continue reading →

Many smart people in California are lighting up with Benjamins today. Knowing the IPO was less than a year and a half ago and it opened at 80, who else out there is hard at work trying to build a … Continue reading →