Apr 3, 2020
Summing Up The Week The markets were turbulent this week as President Donald Trump and his administration finally started to appear to take COVID-19, the novel coronavirus, seriously. From estimates of potentially 250,000 U.S. with proper precautions taken, a somber...
Mar 27, 2020
Summing Up The Week Following its worst week since 1931, the markets rallied to have their best week since 2008 this week. That’s little solace for investors as the markets are still nearly -25% off their highs. Let’s look at the news that moved the...
Mar 20, 2020
Summing Up The Week It’s not getting easier as both monetary and financial solutions are being applied to a biological problem. Until science develops effective treatments and/or cures for COVID-19, the notorious whipsaw volatility we saw this week will...
Mar 13, 2020
Summing Up The Week While I’ve been trading successfully for nearly 20 years, I’ve only been running the Get Irked website for a little more than a year-and-a-half. Unfortunately, this isn’t the first time I’ve written a note like this (see...
Mar 6, 2020
Summing Up The Week Coronavirus news headlines continue to grip the markets. While the Democratic contest clearing out a number of candidates to leave only Joe Biden and Bernie Sanders seemed to cause a market pop following Super Tuesday, the markets gave back those...
Feb 28, 2020
Summing Up The Week I’ve been wondering for weeks why no one seemed to be concerned about the coronavirus in the stock market. Well, those thoughts were finally put to rest this week after numbers released over the weekend made investors realize that the...
