Archive | January 2014

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PATIENCE

January 30. 2014 SPY 1773.00  Go to “Investments Core Portfolio” for current holdings. The market is up today………..but we have NO technical indicators telling us that this pullback is over.  Typically you see a reversal when we see a decline of 5%.  So all you can do is be patient and watch for those bargains […]

BUY STUFF THAT’S ON SALE!

January 23, 2014 SPY 1828.00  Go to “Investments Core Portfolio” for current holdings. Funny Quotes:  Margaret Thatcher:  “…and Socialist governments traditionally do make a financial mess. They [socialists] always run out of other people’s money. It’s quite a characteristic of them.” (Update January 29.  Momentum is down short term …but long term the trend is […]

“THIS RECOVERY IS 100% FAKE” (The Aftershock Investor)

January 17, 2014 SPY 1844.00  Go to “Investments Core Portfolio” for current holdings. If you are a regular reader of this blog, I assume you have an interest in the stock market, and specifically dividend investing.  You are probably managing your own money, and you more than likely have a vested interest in where the […]

CVY GUGGENHEIM MULTI ASSET INCOME ETF BUY

January 15, 2014 SPY 1844.00  Go to “Investments Core Portfolio” for current holdings. I have been taking a close gander at CVY, a multi asset etf. I talked about this category recently. CVY is very interesting for readers of this blog because it holds 150 dividend payers that we talk about here all the time:  […]

BUYING CORPORATE BOND: FEDERAL FARM CREDIT SYSTEM

January 14, 2014 SPY 1825.00  Go to “Investments Core Portfolio” for current holdings. FFCS is offering individual corporate bonds at 4.0%.  Cusip is 3133FXFF9.  This bond offers a reasonable but not spectacular rate of return.  You will want to hold this to maturity which is 2029….a long time!!!  So this is really a parking spot […]

MARKET WANTS TO GO HIGHER. HOLD POSITIONS.

January 9, 2014 Go to “Investments Core Portfolio” for current holdings. SPY 1835.00  SHORT TERM Possible pullback.  LONG TERM Bullish Go to “Investments Core Portfolio” for current holdings. The Fed is continuing with Quantitative Easing. And Companies are buying their stock back which reduces the pool size and results in increased share prices. We are […]

WATCHING IBM-AGAIN

January 2, 2014 SPY 1831.00  Go to “Investments Core Portfolio” for current holdings. The long bond has been hanging around 3%.  And the stock market does NOT like high interest rates. So…..people started to take action today and we saw a pullback.  I would not be shocked to see it go lower. Start watching those […]

2014 IS LOOKING GOOD

January 1, 2014 SPY 1846.00.  Go to “Investments Core Portfolio” for current holdings. SHORT TERM Possible pullback, buying opportunity. LONG TERM  Bullish. Happy New Year to the readers and followers of this blog.  I hope my thoughts and investment suggestions have been helpful in 2013.  I started with the hopes of helping people discover dividend […]