Four years ago today I wrote my first post for MyTradersJournal.com. While I haven’t earned the riches from blogging that I dreamed of originally I’ve learned a lot from many of you and continue to enjoy writing it. In the past four years I have only missed blogging about a trade once on the same…
Month: April 2011
2011 Stock Picks – Q1 Update
At the beginning of this year I joined a stock picking contest with some other top financial bloggers from the US and Canada. I came into the year bullish and went all in with a diversified equity portfolio. So far that plan seems to have been a good one and puts me in third place…
Dow Jones Chart – April 1, 2011
I charted daily prices for the past eight months on the Dow Jones Industrial Average ($DJIA, $INDU, $DJI) after it closed on Friday, April 1, 2011 at 12,376.72. When I posted a chart two weeks ago I questioned whether or not the turn higher was just a dead cat bounce or not. It turns out…
End of the Month Summary – March 2011
What looked like might be a good correction in March ended up shaking some froth out of the markets, but not a lot due to its brevity. While I sat there expecting a slightly bigger fall and not such a quick recovery I didn’t add enough new exposure and could’ve done a little better, but…