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Posted by Martin November 22, 2008

Picks 11/17 – 11/21

No [tag]new picks[/tag]. There is nothing to buy out there. Existing holdings: 100% CASH Contribution this week: $0 Starting account value = $1,903.78 Account value = $1,809.80 (without margin) Buying power = $1,809.80 [tag]Portfolio Gain/loss[/tag] this week = -4.94% [tag]Portfolio[/tag] Gain/Loss for NOVEMBER 2008 = -5.74% Portfolio Gain/loss since inception = -19.19% [tag]Annual Return[/tag] (CAGR): Continue reading →

Posted by Martin November 21, 2008

AFAM sold

Here we go, AFAM hit my stop loss and has been sold. 11/21/2008 10:57:50 Sold 10 AFAM @ 38.1306 Now I am 100% in cash and waiting for the market to provide new opportunities. Until then I will be saving money and wait. Subscribe to Hello Suckers today!

Posted by Martin November 20, 2008

AFAM dragged down by the stock market weakness

AFAM dragged down by the stock market weakness

This is the post from Hello Suckers. The stock market sank by 445 points again. Leading [tag]stocks[/tag] such as AFAM headed south pulled by the market without mercy and became a proof that [tag]trading[/tag] against the market is [tag]fools’ play[/tag]. Do not buy any new positions and wait for the market.

Posted by Martin November 19, 2008

Stock Market diving

Stock Market diving

This is the post from Hello Suckers [tag]Dow[/tag] –427.47 -5.07% 7,997.28 [tag]Nasdaq[/tag] -96.85 -6.53% 1,386.42 [tag]S&P[/tag] -52.54 -6.12% 806.58 The [tag]stock market[/tag] suffered another huge [tag]sell-off[/tag] today. Volume was light, however Dow ended below psychological level of 8000 points and erased all gains since April 2003. The path to lower levels is now open. Tomorrow Continue reading →

Posted by Martin November 15, 2008

Investor’s checklist II.

This is a post from Hello Suckers. In my previous post of [tag]Investor’s checklist[/tag], I tried to emphasize how an [tag]investor[/tag] can prepare himself for [tag]investing[/tag]. Now (November 2008) we have the best time for such preparation. The [tag]market[/tag] is in correction and nobody knows when this decline stops, so the best to do now Continue reading →

Posted by Martin November 14, 2008

Picks 11/10 – 11/14

No [tag]new picks[/tag]. There is nothing to buy out there. Existing holdings: Symbol Qty Last Gain($) Gain(%) [tag]AFAM[/tag] 10 46.53 50.84 12.27 Contribution this week: $0 Starting account value = $1,953.16 Account value = $1,903.78 (without margin) Buying power = $1,438.48 [tag]Portfolio Gain/loss[/tag] this week = -2.53% [tag]Portfolio[/tag] Gain/Loss for NOVEMBER 2008 = -0.85% Portfolio Continue reading →

Posted by Martin November 12, 2008

What can we do to save our economy?

This is a post from Hello Suckers As the president-elect Barack Obama said; “It will not be any quick easy fix…” he was very right about it. [tag]FED[/tag] took some not easy, but wrong steps at the beginning of this crisis, which prolonged this agony and started the drop-down spiral, the exact same way as Continue reading →

Posted by Martin November 07, 2008

Investor’s checklist I.

This is a post from Hello Suckers Are you [tag]new to investing[/tag]? Were you thinking you would [tag]start investing[/tag] some [tag]money[/tag] in the [tag]stock market[/tag] to make some [tag]additional income[/tag], but you have no idea how to start? Don’t worry, we all were beginners once, so do I. This article shall give you an “implementation Continue reading →

Posted by Martin November 07, 2008

Picks 11/03 – 11/07

No new picks. There is nothing to buy out there. Existing holdings: Symbol Qty Last Gain($) Gain(%) AFAM 10 51.47 100.24 24.19 Contribution this week: $0 Starting account value = $1,920.05 Account value = $1,953.16 (without margin) Buying power = $1,438.46 Portfolio Gain/loss this week = 1.72% Portfolio Gain/Loss for NOVEMBER 2008 = 1.72% Portfolio Continue reading →