During the same period the S&P 500 was down 20.57% before dividends, down 19.29 after dividends. My brokerage account and IRA accounts are now mostly in money market funds. Just waiting for the storm to clear.
Links for 2009-12-05 [del.icio.us]
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- What's Your Least Favorite Physical Trait In A Guy?
SHORT BALD FAT (surprise!)
- Meredith Kercher's family 'pleased' at guilty verdicts
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Lost Decade For Stocks? Wait Till You See This
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Guest Post by Robert Folsom A well-known business magazine recently
published a story with this headline: Stocks: The “Loss” Decade A disastrous
ten years ...
Reflections on Winning and Losing
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* Overcoming failure;
* Excellent trades come from reverse engineering failure;
* The psychology of taking losses;
* Emotionally intelligent ways of losin...
My monthly post?
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Posted by Tom C.
I am still toying with the idea of blogging on a more consistent basis - but
the cons outweigh the pros. I have until X's return in June t...
Weekend Linky Dinks
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Al Gore’s home, on the right, portrays his undying loyalty to his cause. The
markets ended the week higher as Bank of America paid back, gold hit more
all ...
Headlines…The New Bubble
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There is a bubble in headlines. Headlines are the newest commodity. It’s not
anyone’s fault. It is technology at work and our hunger for speed and thirst
f...
Line in the sand
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The line in the sand was drawn for many commodity stocks today. Take a look
at these levels:
ANR bounced on the trend-line today. If you're a bull, you wan...
It Might Be Time To Buy The U.S. Dollar
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I have been patiently waiting for signs of a bottom in the dollar and I think now may be the time. Above is a weekly chart of the dollar going back about 2 y...
Initial TARP Recipients are 57% Repaid
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With the news that Bank of America hurried up a sale of securities in order
to pay back their TARP loan, the story of the many billions loaned to the
“big ...
The 5 Laws of Successful Swing Trading
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If you had to pick your top 5 most important technical analysis rules to
follow as a swing trader, what would they be? Here is my top 5: 1. Trade
Stocks Th...
From The “You Get What You Pay For” Department…
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During my trip a few months ago to New York City, I picked up some “I Heart
NY” t-shirts as souvenirs. After some haggling at one of the hundreds of
tour...
Spending More For Kinder Food
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Our vacation to Australia has changed the way we eat. When we were in
Australia we got to experience so much of our beautiful planet and see
wildlife up ...
Giving Talk at Las Vegas Traders’ Expo
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I’m scheduled to give another talk this year on automated trading at the Las
Vegas Traders’ Expo. I’ve heard from a handful of users that they will be at
t...
Why Big Government Doesn't Work
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In an economy dominated by the government, the ruling class fulfills its
ambitions by serving faithful constituencies at the expense of others. It
tries ...
Google Wave
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Anyone of you fine readers happen to get an invite for Google Wave? I would
be forever in your debt should you send me an invite as well :)
Thanks!!!
May 8, 2009 Stock Market Recap
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Last week was huge for the financial stocks with the BKX up 36% and XLF up
over 22%. That outperformance helped the S&P 500 to play catch up with the
Nasda...
Correct Web Address
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From this day forward all updates will be made at *ALPHATRENDS.NET*alphatrends.blogspot.com will no longer be updated.
There is very good free trading infor...
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