Stock Investment

September was just an ugly month for me.  There’s no way to sugar coat it.  I expected a flattening or possibly even a rise from the lows of the end of August, but we didn’t see the carry through that started at the end of August, instead we saw further selling and since Read More

The Dow Jones and S&P 500 lost close to 4.5% and 5.5% respectfully in July.  My losses were more than that, but it appears some of it is tied up in time value as volatility spiked which leaves me good room to recover, even if the markets stay flat.  The shift pushed me below the [...] Read More

June finished its seventh year in a row as a losing month for the Dow Jones Industrial Average.  This helped me gain back some footing on the major indices for most of the month and even pushed me ahead of them briefly, but the final four days of the month saw such a big rally [...] Read More

January turned out to be a good month after I came into it expecting some give back, but from what I’ve read on the S&P 500, it has never had a streak of four straight down months for January.  2011 ended the streak at three and kept the rally’s momentum going.  Read More