I charted a little more than the past eight months of the S&P 500’s ($SPX) daily prices after it finished the week at 1,343.80 on Friday, July 8, 2011. After ripping higher from the floor set by the rising 200 day moving average (dma) the SPX looked like it was going to be on a…
Month: July 2011
2011 Stock Picks Contest – Q2 Update
It’s that time of year again. The end of the quarter calls for another update to our 2011 stock picking contest. My all out bullish picks looked like they were going to be in danger for a while and I started slipping in the ranks, but the last four days of the quarter helped me immensely. My…
Dow Jones Chart – July 1, 2011
I charted daily prices for the past three months on the Dow Jones Industrial Average ($DJIA, $INDU, $DJI) after it closed on Friday, July 1, 2011 at 12,582.77. This past week was huge for the Dow. Not only did it pull out a weekly return of more than 5%, it brought out a handful green…
End of the Month Summary – June 2011
June finished its seventh year in a row as a losing month for the Dow Jones Industrial Average. This helped me gain back some footing on the major indices for most of the month and even pushed me ahead of them briefly, but the final four days of the month saw such a big rally…