So stocks suck right now. Down and down they go, when they will stop no one knows. How does one react to such forces? I don’t know about you, but clearly, as you can see quite plainly, updated for you daily during the week and at least once a weekend, my portfolio has long since […]
(This first paragraph was written with intended complication—to avoid the hassle, you may skip it and still hit the main course starting in the second paragraph—new traffic persuades me to go fishing).
I think different kinds of people react in widely different ways to objectively bad situations. Did you catch the nuance there? I placed it […]
A lot of people I know would really love to make a million dollars. Can you imagine what you could do with that? Besides your initial spending spree (I think we almost all would do the same initial actions—pay off some bills, fix up a car, repair something or other in our house; in other […]
Of course, I don’t mean that literally; not in the “close your positions by market close” kind of way. What I mean (as strange as it might sound) is the um, actually “trade during the day” way. Believe it or not, I don’t actually have the opportunity to physically place trades during market hours (I’ve […]
As you might know (well, at least those very careful readers might—those who keep tabs on my portfolio without my needing to shine a light on it), I decided to avoid one of the things I often dislike about many commentators who write about the stock market: they can talk all day long but you’ll […]
I was carpooling this morning with my friend when we entered a discussion about the merits and drawbacks of using ADR’s as a means to benefit from already strong overseas companies during these weak times of the U.S. dollar. Even though the conversation was general, it got me thinking. Ultimately, later in the day, I […]
As the plausibility of a bear market continues to grow, I thought it would be useful to consider ways that we could react, should the market take a turn for the worst. Even better, let’s let Warren Buffett do it. Here are some quotes of things he’s said over the years that I think can […]
I guess I never really thought about it that much to be honest with you. As most of you who have been following along regularly know, I’ve really been enjoying the College Analysts. While reading this article, which could be summed up as chocked full of contrarian opportunities, I found myself salivating profusely. Really. Ask […]
Ideally, every time you buy a stock it would go up in value. Ideally. But, as most and even good investors know, this never happens every time. Instead, you end up buying a stock only to sit and watch it fall right away, and then, sometimes when you decide you’ve had enough, you sell it, […]
Occasionally, I think of little mantras which help guide my thinking. So, I started writing them down. Eventually, I began to notice just how much influence they began having on my perspective. It turns out they are little versions or even pieces of the abstract side of my comprehensive strategy. They are signposts in a […]