Week in Review #133

Week in Review #133

Summing Up The Week Volatility has returned to the markets in a big way as the indexes whipsawed wildly nearly every day this week with the S&P 500 regularly seeing day swings of more than 1.25% (just for a reference – the indexes typically move about 0.5%...
Pandemic Portfolio #14

Pandemic Portfolio #14

Risk Disclaimer No one at Get Irked is a professional financial adviser. All information provided on this website is for entertainment and educational purposes only. All investments involve risk, all equities could lose value, and investors are responsible for their...
Investments in Play #112

Investments in Play #112

 February 26, 2021 Click above image for larger version The Week’s Biggest Winner & Loser Disney (DIS) It was a very rough week for stocks in general, and the Investments in Play portfolio, in particular. In fact, if it weren’t for GW Pharma’s...
Speculation in Play #112

Speculation in Play #112

 February 26, 2021   Risk Disclaimer The positions in this portfolio are incredibly risky and extremely volatile.   No one at Get Irked is a professional financial adviser (or a doctor), so consult with your own financial adviser to see if any of these positions...
Week in Review #132

Week in Review #132

Summing Up The Week While there’s always plenty of news in the markets, the key takeaway this week was the rising 10-Year Treasury Bond yield, which hit a one-year high of 1.49% on Thursday.  Do the bond yields signal the end of the Bull Market in stocks? Read...
Investments in Play #111

Investments in Play #111

 February 19, 2021 Click above image for larger version The Week’s Biggest Winner & Loser JP Morgan (JPM) As goes the interest rates, so go the financials, and, this week, the interest rates were rising so the big banks like Best-in-Breed JP Morgan (JPM)...