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Posted by Martin March 06, 2018

Cohn resigned futures crapped

Once confident investors pushing this market higher are now spooked by anything and everything. Trump once boasted about the stock market, talking heads were praising him, investors had bright future in front of them and the bull was unstoppable. It all changed suddenly on a dime. They are now all spooked by the same man Continue reading →

Posted by Martin March 05, 2018

Fear is gone, or is it?

Trump’s tariffs were an overreaction, probably better to say an excuse for selling. Today, Trump and his administration eased up on their rhetoric and conditioned any tariffs upon renegotiating NAFTA treaty which caused the market rally hard again. Will this last or are we going to find some other reason for getting the market slammed Continue reading →

Posted by Martin March 02, 2018

February 2018 trading, investing, results

February is over and it was a very wild month. Very volatile, dramatic, and to some scary month. At the beginning of the month the market corrected more than 10%, then we recovered some but Powell first then Trump with his tariffs sank the markets again. No matter how scary these moves are, I actually Continue reading →

Posted by Martin February 20, 2018

So Walmart (WMT) slowed down… OMG, end of the world!

Today, the markets paused their recovery streak and dropped approx. 16 points (-0.58%). I have seen a few panicking about it already predicting the end of recovery and another crash. There are many predicting that S&P 500 will now reverse down and re-test the previous lows. When too many expect one thing, it for sure Continue reading →

Posted by Martin November 19, 2012

New trade – adding McDonald’s (MCD)

Today I bought more shares of MCD to my dividend portfolio at $84.61 per share. 11/19/2012 09:30:13 Bought 5 MCD @ 84.6099 Total shares held as of today: 15 Estimated annual dividend: $46.20 Consecutive Dividend Increase: 35 years Dividend yield today: 3.66% Dividend 5yr Growth: 20.40% Dividend paid since: 1976

Posted by Martin November 02, 2012

New trade – McDonald’s (MCD)

Today I bought more shares of MCD to my dividend portfolio at $87.25 per share. 11/02/2012 09:30:43 Bought 10 MCD @ 87.25 Total shares held as of today: 10 Estimated annual dividend: $38.80 Consecutive Dividend Increase: 35 years Dividend yield today: 3.20% Dividend 5yr Growth: 34.87% Dividend paid since: 1976