Tag: stock market

  • Consumer Confidence, Home Prices and Markets

    Prices of U.S. single-family homes fell 18.7 percent in March from a year earlier, while prices in the first quarter dropped at a record pace, according to the Standard & Poor’s/Case-Shiller Home Price Indices released on Tuesday. The Conference Board Consumer Confidence Index™, which had improved considerably in April, posted another large gain in May.…

  • Don’t Be Impressed with Yourself

    While reading “Better Than Good” by Zig Ziglar, I came across this quote “Don’t be impressed with yourself”. I thought those were quite meaningful words of wisdom, particularly for those who deal with stock markets. It’s very easy to be “impressed with ourselves” when we have a winning streak, just to realize profits being taken…

  • OPNewsletter : Oct’08 (+9%)

    What a tubulent week! For the week ending Oct 17, here is the market tally. Dow closed at +4.7%, S&P500 almost similar +4.7%, NDX: +3.3%, Nasdaq (COMPQ) +3.6% and Russell 2000 almost flat at +0.75%. For OPNewsletter, it was rather an unusual month. We opened one mini-portfolio consisting of options in Russell 2000, that was officially closed for…