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Weekly Investing Report 10/20/08

October 20th, 2008 | No Comments | Filed in Investing

Here we are beginning another week that hopefully will be a good one, however I am not holding my breath. I am going to take it one day at a time and roll with the punches, that is about all I can do. My account was down $89.60 for the week and even though it isn’t as bad as the previous week I am never happy when I lose money but that is ok, patience little grasshopper.

Scottrade Account (29)

I had no trades last week.

My investments look like this now, 10 Ford (F) shares, 10 Marvel (MVL) shares, 10 International Coal (ICO) shares, 10 Star Bulk Carriers (SBLK) shares, 20 Visa (V) shares, 40 JPMorgan (JPM) shares, 40 Bank of America (BAC) shares and 70 National Bank of Greece (NBG) shares.

I start this week with a total account value of $4,352.27

403-B/DCP

October 17th, 2008 | No Comments | Filed in 403b

Time for the second 403-B/DCP report of the month with one more to go. The market has been acting up as usual and the good thing about it is that I have not been paying attention to it at all for about one week. I have been sick and as a result I have been medicated and all I could really do was smile. Anyway, lets check them numbers which are news to me and after looking at them I think that I am going to go take my medicine and hopefully forget about it for one more day.

403-B  
Started $1,220.92
My Contribution $     50.00
Down $   213.16 
Balance $1,057.76 Rate of return -45.5%
   
DCP  
Started $560.96
My Contribution $    0.00
Down $  78.61
Balance $482.35 Rate of return -38.4%
   
Total $1,540.11
Down $   291.77

Alive and Kicking

October 15th, 2008 | No Comments | Filed in Business

If you are a regular reader of this blog then you know that I have been paying a lot of attention to the market and my investments. However, I have not forgotten my dream of one day having my own business. So many ideas and so little effort on my part when it comes to that that it can be depressing at times. I have no one an I mean no one to blame but myself. Maybe if I keep the blame coming long enough I will do something about it. 

Weekly Investing Report 10/13/08

October 13th, 2008 | No Comments | Filed in Investing

The beginning of another week and I am hoping that it will be a good one. That is all I can do because as we all know the market seems to have a mind of its own nowadays and that is ok because sooner or later this brat will head the right direction and I’ll make some bucks along the way. In the meantime I am going to have to deal with the current market. Last week my account was down, that is not a surprise, only $1,008.17 and that is all I am saying about it.

Scottrade Account (28)

I had no trades last week.

My investments look like this now, 10 Ford (F) shares, 10 Marvel (MVL) shares, 10 International Coal (ICO) shares, 10 Star Bulk Carriers (SBLK) shares, 20 Visa (V) shares, 40 JPMorgan (JPM) shares, 40 Bank of America (BAC) shares and 70 National Bank of Greece (NBG) shares.

I start this week with a total account value of $4,441.87

Taking A Pounding

October 8th, 2008 | No Comments | Filed in Investing

Things have been going the wrong way and I don’t know when they might turn around. My investments have taken a big hit and even though I don’t like it there is nothing I can do about it. I am going to ride the wave and hopefully things will get better soon. In the meantime I am going to go relax for a while if you don’t mind and forget about the market even if just for today, I suggest you do the same.