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Another week done and gone. DOW year to date +0.97% DOW five days (-2.50%) SP500 year to date (-1.68%) SP500 five days...
OK.....I managed to squeeze out a small GAIN today....thanks to PLTR, NVDA, GOOGL, and AAPL. BUT...I still got beat by the SP500 by....0.44%.
One last comment before I give up on the markets today. To complete the circle....COST....is down by 6.3% today following the earnings mild-BEAT...
AND.....we now have a pretty solid indication of the market direction early today.....RED......as is typical lately.
Here are a number of typical headlines that are indications of the markets being obsessed with politics lately. Well.....make that the financial...
And....now we are back to a mixes market in the big averages. TOO crazy for me to even keep up. YAWN.....the insanity of the short term is just...
AND.....with the blink of an eye all the big averages are now green......this is the type of day we are in for......confusion and volatility and...
As you can see I am generally IGNORING the short term markets again today. We opened in the green but are now moving to the red side of the...
I see a LOT of politics behind many of the little day to day articles in the financial media. Much of it is very subtle....but it is still there....
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Here is a nice little basic...but important....article. With the many baby boomers now in or near retirement creating an income from a lifetime...
Here is the economic news of the day.....as usual lately the data is SOFT......hopefully the FED is paying attention. February jobs report: US...
A little reminder for long term investors. KEEP IN MIND.....we are NOT currently in a market crash. We are simply in a typical correction....
Moving on as.....I continue to be fully invested for the long term as usual.
If you care to review the past......and the insanity....here you go. Having just liv3ed it I dont care to comment one way or another.....since I...
No doubt this will lead to PUNISHMENT tomorrow. Costco reports mixed second-quarter earnings...
An easy report for me today.....ALL RED. Plus a loss to the SP500 by 1.68%. The IDIOCY continues as the market continues to take my money....on...
I am looking forward to my COSTCO earnings later today. They do actually matter....in spite of how the market reacts to even earnings good...
I like......my own......phrase a few posts above as a description of what is driving the markets right now. The phrase is a contradiction....
Ok.....I am making some progress. I now have FOUR stocks in the green......MSFT, GOOGL, HD, and AAPL.