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Archive for December, 2009:

Happy Holidays!

Its been a while since I posted, and as the holidays are upon us, its been even more difficult to communicate with those that have followed my stock market activity. During these last few months, as my life has changed in terms of my medical career aspect, its been even harder to trade at times, [...]

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Upgrades and Healthcare Vote in Senate Boost Stock Market

The bull run was instant from the open as ratings for Aloca (AA) and Intel (INTC) were both upgraded which lead to a nice run up for the boards. In addition, healthcare stocks moved upwards after a key vote in Senate. Potash which has come off deep lows earlier this year also got a boost [...]

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Winning Streak Halted Tuesday

Markets turned back into the red near the end on Tuesday and never managed to recover to close down for the first time in a four days. Mixed data on inflation and manufacturing caused investors to pull back from the the tables. Some of the big losers came from financials: Bank of America (BAC), JP [...]

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Dollar Strengthens while Market Drops

Depending on how you invest, today was either one of those days you wish your money was not on the table, or you were somehow in the Forex markets or shorting stocks and walking away a big winner. Fears of the recovery of the global economy once again jilted the good news of some companies [...]

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