Category: Portfolio Update

It was a great year at The Time & Money Group.  In the New Year, I hope to share more insight on how I broke the shackles of my 9 to 5.  Who knows – I may get back to writing my book (check out the Prequel).  However, in the mean time I will continue sharing stock trading / investing strategies with those that are interested.

Our most conservative strategy once again delivered double digit returns and handily outperformed the S&P 500: 13.8% vs. 3.5%.  As far as investing strategies goes, it doesn’t get much easier.  To my dismay, most will find a reason not to employ it. If it wasn’t so simple I would charge big bucks for it.  Here it is gift wrapped, free of charge, for you again – read  “The No-Brainer Investment Strategy to Double Digit Returns” for the details.

If you need a little more oomph – sign up for The Time & Money Report. As some of you may recall, The Time & Money Report started out as a thread on my blog.  It has evolved into a real-time alert service.  Now, subscribers receive emails when I buy and sell stocks in the Real Money portfolio.  In 2007, subscribers that followed the alerts pocketed 28.6%. 

Here are the year end statistics for the 2007 Real Money Portfolio: 

 

There is no guarantee of similar results, but I am certainly going to try.  Give The Time & Money Report a try in the New Year.

I have added a monthly subscription option that can be cancelled at any time.  No partial month refunds are given.

Just when you think that we must be on the naughty list – Old St. Nick comes through.  We can thank companies such as Adobe Systems (ADBE), Oracle (ORCL) and our old friend Research in Motion (RIMM) for putting the market in such a festive mode.  All reported earnings last week that beat expectations.  Has the slowdown in US enterprise spending been overstated? Some analysts are now are questioning that hypothesis.

For the week, the DOW, S&P 500 and NASDAQ were up 0.8%, 1.1% and 2.1% respectively.   Commodities soared.  Gold, silver, copper and oil were up 2.2%, 3.6%, 4.8% and 1.9% respectively.  Gold stocks, as represented by the XAU, were up 1.3%.

Continue reading “Time & Money Review 12/21/07 – Santa Spotted on Wall Street”

The Fed didn’t win any friends last week.  The market sold off 300 points after their policy announcement on Tuesday.  The market’s poor response prompted the Fed, the following morning, to announce a coordinated plan with the European Central Bank, the Swiss National and the Bank of England to address the credit crunch.  After an initial positive reaction, the market sold off as investors attempted to decipher the plan.

Many traders were outraged as they were blown out of their positions courtesy of the Fed’s actions.  Well-respected trader, Dennis Gartman, called for Bernanke’s resignation on CNBC.  The outcries will only grow louder as Bernanke continues learning on the job.  Unfortunately, investors are being stuck with his student loans.

Continue reading “Time & Money Review 12/14/07 – Investors Suffer as Bernanke Learns on the Job”

The DOW popped for 196 and 175 on Wednesday and Thursday as the bulls anticipate Bernanke spreading good cheer in next week’s FOMC meeting.  There is so much turmoil surrounding the credit markets and the sub prime debacle that passing out a lump of coal (no rate cut) can’t be a serious option.  Will a ¼ point cut be enough to kick off the traditional Santa Claus rally?   Tune in around 2PM on Tuesday to find out.

For the week, the DOW, S&P 500 and NASDAQ were up 1.9%, 1.6% and 1.7% respectively.   Commodities were mixed.  Gold and silver were up 1.4% and 2.4%, while Oil and Copper were down 0.5% and 1.8%.  Gold stocks as represented by the XAU were up 1.9%.

Continue reading “Time & Money Review 12/07/07 – Bernanke: Saint or Grinch?”

It was a tough week for the major market indices.  The DOW, S&P 500 and NASDAQ closed off -1.5%, -1.2% and -1.5% respectively.  The DOW closed below its August lows on Wednesday signaling a DOW Theory sell signal. Whether you subscribe to this theory or not – enough traders do; that it has caused extreme volatility around this price level.  Friday’s rebound was comforting, but it was on low volume.  The course of the market for the remainder of the year may be determined over the next few days.

On the commodity front, Oil continues to flirt with $100 per barrel, but the watched pot is having trouble boiling.  For the week, Oil was up 4.6% closing at $98.18.  Gold and Silver shined and were up 4.8% and 1.5% for the week.  Gold stocks as represented by the XAU were up 2.0%.

Continue reading “Time & Money Review 11/23/07 – Is the DOW on the Ropes?”