I was hoping that my "feelings"....about the markets this week would not be in line with reality. BUT......NOPE.....I had a real CRAP week in the markets. Last week at the Friday close my entire portfolio was at year to date......+28.07%. Today I am at a year to date for my entire portfolio of......+25.77%. AND....the drop and BS market this week happened as the FED gave us another rate cut. Of course....the Ten Year Yield was UP significantly today to.....4.188%. Rate cut....what rate cut. Apparently when the FED is cutting rates...the big banks, credit card companies, etc, etc,etc....dont care and neither do the Treasury yields.
HAVE A GREAT WEEKEND EVERYONE.....get out there and shop.....only about 1.75 weeks left for that Christmas and Holiday shopping.
The DISMAL close today. At least we now get a break for the next couple of days. S&P 500 retreats from record Friday, closes down for week as investors rush out of AI trade https://www.cnbc.com/2025/12/11/stock-market-today-live-updates.html “The same things don’t outperform in markets month after month after month for forever, so this is normal,” Ellerbroek also said. “It’s to be expected, but it is unwarranted.”
I did get a bit of good news today. I have had a pending legal claim for about 3 years now. I got a call from my attorney and it settled for $30,000. SO...I will see about $18,000 after everything is paid for. GREAT....since I was expecting to perhaps clear about $8000. It will take about 30 days to see the money....but my plan....put about $7000 into the SP500 Index.....put about $8000 into 2X LEVERAGE ETF's for NVDA and PLTR for the long term (A WILD and CRAZY gamble with found money). Hold back $3000 for my new tires and vet expenses that we have had recently for the dogs and horses......and for future vet costs that we might have over the next 2-4 months.
DUH.......and i am severely doubting the....."YET"....in this headline. The stock market’s ‘Santa Claus rally’ hasn’t come to town yet — despite what you’re hearing Odds of a rally before Christmas are no better than at any other time of year — and maybe even worse https://www.marketwatch.com/story/t...own-so-ignore-the-caroling-c76d847e?st=JM1RH1 ".....the Dow’s average trailing five-day return is actually negative during the middle of December. We’re just entering this middle-of-the-month period, which means that the seasonal odds point to a down market until just before Christmas. (Don’t blame Santa.)"
This should be a BIG ONE. BUT expectations have a way of just fizzling in the markets when reality hits. SpaceX sets $800 billion valuation, confirms 2026 IPO plans https://finance.yahoo.com/news/spacex-sets-800-billion-valuation-014652886.html "SpaceX is moving ahead with plans for an IPO that would seek to raise significantly more than $30 billion in a transaction that would make it the biggest listing of all time."
READ THIS.....before you consider any single stock ETF. Know the big RISK. Single-stock ETFs can amplify returns, analyst says, but there’s ‘significant risk that the bet goes wrong’ https://www.cnbc.com/2025/12/12/single-stock-etfs.html
