Jan 5, 2021
Never, EVER sell into Panic! One of the key rules to long-term investing is to never sell into a panic. While it can be incredibly painful and difficult to resist the urge to liquidate your positions when a market-wide selloff happens, selling into a panic never pays...
Jan 4, 2021
How did Buying and Selling in Stages do in 2020? The below chart shows the overall performance of my Investments in Play portfolio in two ways: 1. The light blue bar shows how the position fared if an investor bought at the beginning of the year and held for the...
Jan 2, 2021
Get Irked Destroyed the S&P 500 in 2020 Speculation in Play: +53.75% Investments in Play: +43.31% S&P 500: +16.26% Click on the chart to enlarge it for a bigger view The most overused word to describe the events of 2020 was definitely...
Dec 31, 2020
December 31, 2020 Click above image for larger version The Week’s Biggest Winner & Loser Tesla (TSLA) Tesla (TSLA) rode to the end of a year on a high note, closing near its all time high made on December 31 and locking in +6.63% in gains to earn itself the...
Dec 31, 2020
December 31, 2020 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...
Dec 31, 2020
Summing Up The Week 2020 is finally gone – in the markets, at least! This was another shortened four-day holiday week, this week was all about the stimulus package and the delays in rolling out vaccines to the population. The markets made new highs for much of...
