Archive for April, 2008
Weekend Diversions: The Yankees and Your Investments
The official numbers are out and the Yankees once again top the list for highest payroll in baseball at a whopping $209 million ($71 million more than the next highest team). The Yankees are Fiscally Irresponsible no doubt about it! Before I begin, let me take some time to announce that I will be selling [...]
read more »Fibonacci Retracements
Every person who graduated the third grade has heard of the Fibonacci numbers – 1, 1, 2, 3, 5, 8, 13, 21, etc. Each new number in the sequence is created by adding the two numbers preceding it. Surprisingly enough, this sequence has been studied by various cultures throughout history, but its first appearance in [...]
read more »Contrarian Ripple Trading
Say what? I was recently contacted by Martha Brozyna, one of the co-authors, of the book Contrarian Ripple Trading and she offered to get me a copy of this book to read and review. I do accept these generous offers from time to time but, as many readers of this blog can probably tell, I’m [...]
read more »Q1 Curious Investments Update Part 2
Today, we’ll wrap up the first quarter summary with a quick look at my two longer term portfolios – Portfolio B and the hypothetical Curious Investments Equity Income Strategy. Portfolio B This strategy performed admirably through the turmoil this quarter. While it posted a total loss of 12%, it was up in March and most [...]
read more »Q1 Curious Investments Update
It seems these Curious Investments updates have been coming on a funny schedule. Sometimes, monthly, sometimes quarterly. I apologize. I do do my best to give regular updates on my portfolios to provide transparency and hopefully provide some lessons from my investing successes and failures. Overview The last quarter was tough. After a pretty good [...]
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