A nice....calm, quiet, day in the markets. DRIFTING further into the green in the averages so far. In reality....NOTHING going on today. I like it.
No day is a bad day when I make money in the markets. I had a big....small gain today in my stocks. I had only two RED stocks today.....PLTR and MSFT. I also beat the SP500 by....0.06%. An "ok" start to the week.
Be careful out there. Social Security warns that email scams are surging: What to know, how to respond https://finance.yahoo.com/personal-...ng-what-to-know-how-to-respond-191414326.html
Seems like a good way to find out the truth. Too bad the news organizations dont do "stuff" like this. Upstart Wall Street research firm says it sent an analyst to Strait of Hormuz. Here’s what they learned https://www.cnbc.com/2026/04/06/wal...rait-of-hormuz-heres-what-they-found-out.html “Tankers passing through four or five a day, completely dark on AIS. The volume, they said, is higher than what the data suggests, and it’s been accelerating in the past couple days through the Qeshm channel,” Citrini’s post said."
The mild but nice market today. S&P 500 posts fourth winning day, rising on hopes for last-minute Iran ceasefire https://www.cnbc.com/2026/04/05/stock-market-today-live-updates.html
I'm not generally someone to spike the ball but Samsung just reported YoY profit increase of 755%. The weird thing is, they have a lot of clean air in which to run and they are absolutely nailing it with their chip fabrication and the world beating technology they have developed for 2nm that has doubled the speed of output over fabs using ASML gear. Countless people who wrongly consider themselves knowledgeable are nonplussed and caught off guard by the massive gains from a non-nVidia/TSMC company. It's no joke when I write that I'm considering switching to short term investing. Long term investing is a belief that economies will grow and carry a representative assortment of companies across all sectors with them. It has been this way forever. I'm not confident it will continue on the short or even medium term. The S&P 500 will probably be higher next year but I don't know that. Long term is something I no longer concern myself with, due to the constraints of mortality.
FWIW, I recently hit a couple of bond IPOs pretty hard. One is producing at 5.1% and the other 5.6%. Both were issued by power generation projects and both have PPAs with companies I trust. I'm happy with those yields. Both of the bond series have appreciated significantly on the spot market. I have no plans to sell before maturity but you never know. If interest rates go up, the value of my bonds will go down. This is not a speculative play. It's a long term position for parked money. My risk tolerance is going down, as it should at my age.
My earnings calendar: GOOGL............April 23 MSFT................April 29 AMZN...............April 30 AAPL................April 30 PLTR................ May 4 NVDA............... May 20 COST................May 28
Some good lessons here. Ten Enduring Lessons from Adam Smith https://thedailyeconomy.org/article...-250-ten-profound-quotations-from-adam-smith/
The DRAMA and NOISE driven down market today. Stocks fall as ceasefire hopes fade ahead of Trump’s Iran deadline https://www.cnbc.com/2026/04/06/stock-market-today-live-updates.html
I cant see this article....but the headline says it all. Goldman and Wells Fargo say buy tech stocks, it’s rare for them to get this cheap https://www.cnbc.com/2026/04/07/gol...ocks-its-rare-for-them-to-get-this-cheap.html
YES.....it is going to happen. SpaceX lays out IPO details, targets early June roadshow: Reuters https://www.cnbc.com/2026/04/07/spacex-lays-out-ipo-details-targets-early-june-roadshow-reuters.html "“Retail is going to be a critical part of this and a bigger part than any IPO in history,” Chief Financial Officer Bret Johnsen said during the virtual meeting, the two people said, asking not to be identified because the discussion was private. Johnsen said the large retail component is by design as “those are folks that have been incredibly supportive of us and of Elon (Musk) for a long time, and we want to make sure that we recognize that.”"
Of course the stock is down today. Apple's iPhone sales continue to surge as iPhone 17 outpaces iPhone 16 https://finance.yahoo.com/sectors/t...s-iphone-17-outpaces-iphone-16-104946177.html
YES....it is the war. Why the largest and safest companies in the world are being hammered....no idea. Same situation with earnings and getting hammered.....no idea. Tech is doing everything right and getting left behind https://finance.yahoo.com/news/tech-is-doing-everything-right-and-getting-left-behind-100054765.html Well I have one idea......look in the mirror.....MEDIA.
DUH.....WOW....really scintillating analysis here. How ridiculous. Americans are uniquely vulnerable to Iran war volatility after years of buying stocks https://finance.yahoo.com/news/amer...y-after-years-of-buying-stocks-100044862.html
I give up for now.....NOTHING....out there to post that is meaningful or intelligent. I have a single GREEN stock....GOOGL.
Well it doesn't look like I'm going to win today either. NVDA still sitting at July 2025 pricing. More sitting and waiting. Starting to feel like 2018 again...
Well at least it was good to see the markets come back today. I was gone all day and just got back to find out that I had a small GAIN in my stocks today. I also beat the SP500 in my stocks by....0.14%. A nice surprise ending today......and perhaps a good sign for the markets going forward. Not that you can predict anything just from one or two days.
FUTURES.....up big right now. Dow futures jump 900 points, oil tumbles after Trump suspends Iran attacks for two weeks https://www.cnbc.com/2026/04/07/stock-market-today-live-updates.html
The LAST PLACE.....I would look for investing advice....social media. AND...keep in mind this site is...... NOT INVESTING ADVICE....just a place for investors to gather and share experiences. Young investors tap social media for investing advice, with mixed results https://finance.yahoo.com/markets/s...ting-advice-with-mixed-results-204433279.html
