More on this portfolio here. Not doing so well! I chose not to re-invest the distributions* Profit/loss includes paid out distributions * Distributions = dividends
readJanuary 1990 through December 2009 (a period of 20 years) a total of 1,003 unique companies have been constituent members of the S&P 500. Isn’t
readLatest insider buy/sell stats, as of March 8th. In addition to this, there’s been some selling on strength of SPY, not super significant but around
readInsiders aren’t shopping much lately: Click to enlarge And for comparison, here’s the $SPX Chart for the same period
readLink of interest: FOUNDATION FOR THE STUDY OF CYCLES, INC. The World Center for Cycles Research Their predictions made in 2009. Established in 1941 by
readS&P500 vs TSX Composite charts. Particularly interesting is the 5-year chart. There have to be some people who have been waiting for the last 4
readAccording to Finviz, short float on [[SPY]] is 42%!!! Incredible. Hmmm, not too comfortable with that, seeing as I’m short SPY as of last Friday.
readI haven’t looked at this in awhile: search term popularity according to Google. Of course, a lot of the searches are for meDals, not meTals,
readIn July 2011 I wrote an in-the-money call against [[SLW]] and it expired worthless last Friday. Hooray for me. Time to write another one. Based
readIan Telfer, Goldcorp CEO, will be at the MaRS center tomorrow, more info here. This week come and hear Ian Telfer, Chairman of Goldcorp Inc.
readSome practical tips on how to stick to your new year’s resolutions. By Sandra Aamodt and Sam Wang DECLINING house prices, rising job layoffs, skyrocketing
readSomeone sent this to me – probably the best illustration ever to take something that can be made overly complicated and boil it down to
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