I love trading stocks, it’s like playing a game of chess with everybody that is in the stock market all at once. That said, the majority of my money is in mutual funds and to a lesser extent, ETFs. ETFs are Exchange Traded Funds and are similar to mutual fund, except they are usually tied… Continue reading How My Investments Are Changing, Mutual Funds and ETFs Versus Stocks
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Do The Machines Control The Stock Market?
MR: “Hello Stockmarket2011. Do you read me StockMarket2011?” Stockmarket2011: “Affirmative, MR. I read you” MR: “Stockmarket2011, stop losing me money!” Stockmarket2011: “I’m sorry, MR. I can’t do that.” MR: “What’s the problem?” Stockmarket2011: “I think you know what the problem is just as well as I do.” MR: “What are you talking about, Stockmarket2011” Stockmarket2011: ” I… Continue reading Do The Machines Control The Stock Market?
Dividend Stocks, Free Lunch Experiment #11
I haven’t followed my Dividend Stocks Experiment for the past few months, and I have to admit, it was a mistake not doing so. My last post on this topic was in May, and instead of using the money to buy lunches at work, I instead planned on buying food and making it at home… Continue reading Dividend Stocks, Free Lunch Experiment #11
Where Is The Uptick Rule?
I watch the market recover today, enough so that the smaller retail investors (middle class investors) might have believed the market had turned and bought some stock. Then WHAM, either the whales decided to take profit, or the automated machines (stock terminators? hasta la vista baby) kicked in and the DOW ended up down more than… Continue reading Where Is The Uptick Rule?