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As noted a few days ago, the market has turned extremely challenging in that computer algorithms of the big guys — or perhaps from central banks — are forcing traders into changing their trading styles. We must now switch from what had been a good market for swing traders into

As I say, we ought to buy and hold only what we need. We don’t need any particular stock. After all, they’re not our children. What we need as an investor or trader is Growth, Value or Income, as our circumstances apply. For example, do I need Time&Space, the boat

2016-08-20 It seems there are a large number of Humongous Investors like George Soros, Bill Gross, Stanley Druckenmiller, Paul Singer and Carl Icahn, who are trying to talk the market down. Many of them offer compelling reasons for selling. Maybe they are right. My question is, why do they have

2016-08-14 While most people think stock prices included in the major indexes, e.g., S&P 500, have had very little movement in the past year or so, prices actually have been rising at a faster than normal pace. The S&P 500 ETF (SPY) was up +6.97% over the past year, which

2016-08-06 Friday’s US Jobs Report turned the broad market from loser to small winner this week. The benchmark S&P 500 index gained +0.43% W/W, which is now up +8.1% YTD. This was a busy week for me after starting anew with my portfolio management responsibilities. In the market, I have

2016-07-30 An industry group I like these days are the Autos. In fact, when Ford Motor Company (NYSE:F) unloaded a terrible earnings report before the market open on Thursday, I soon afterwards bought some General Motors (NYSE:GM). Unlike Ford, GM recently released a solid quarter-yearly report. In my Cara 100,

2016-07-24 I’m still thinking of the impact BREXIT has had on the capital market. After a major immediate loss of market values in London, some stocks have seen a partial rebound whereas others are still suffering. Britain needs a Common Market with Europe, not a political union, and the European

2016-07-16 My mind is more on Bonds than Gold for the past couple weeks. I’m thinking ahead. As you know, 10-year bond yields have been falling for ten years and dropping rather quickly since January 2014, which means that long-term bond investors (i.e., some of us) have profited while governments

2016-07-13 Thanks so much to Karl for finding 169 educational gems from my blogs over six months from March 1 to August 23, 2007 and to Kyle for locating the file and sending it to me! This is a real blast from the past. Was I accurate in my assessment

2016-07-10 From my Friday morning June 24 blog, where I opined that the rapidly falling Dow Industrials Average would stabilize at just over 17,000, which it did to the surprise of most money managers and traders, through Friday July 7, two weeks later, the Dow has lifted over +1,000 points.