Week in Review #158

Week in Review #158

Summing Up The Week Despite plenty of potentially market-moving news this week, traders and investors were all about the Federal Reserve Bank’s annual conference in Jackson Hole, Wyoming, even though the conference was virtual this year due to COVID. Let’s...
Week in Review #156

Week in Review #156

***It’s Get Irked’s 3-Year Anniversary!!!*** Summing Up The Week Can you believe it’s been three years since I started Get Irked?! Time really does fly when you’re having fun! Three years ago on August 8, 2018, I decided to set up a website...
Week in Review #154

Week in Review #154

Summing Up The Week The news is starting to make the markets feel toppy with more and more potential negative catalysts comparable to positive ones. U.S.-China tensions rise, the housing boom seems to be over, and the economy doesn’t seem to be growing as fast...
Investments in Play #133

Investments in Play #133

 July 23, 2021 Click above image for larger version The Week’s Biggest Winner & Loser Square (SQ) When the rates on the 10-year treasury fall, the traditional financials do poorly but fintech companies like Square (SQ) and PayPal (PYPL) excel. This week was...
Week in Review #153

Week in Review #153

Summing Up The Week The rise of the delta variant of COVID resulted in a particularly nervous market this week. While the indexes did regain their losses, the unstable nature of the selling pressure may be showing an undercurrent of a market ready to roll over and...