Week in Review #251

Week in Review #251

Summing Up The Week With the Federal Reserve meeting next week on June 13-14, the members are in a required “communications blackout,” so this week’s price action was muted, being driven by relatively unremarkable stories such as OPEC+ upholding its...
Week in Review #242

Week in Review #242

Summing Up The Week A holiday-shortened trading week certainly doesn’t mean it will be a slow one. Despite markets being closed on Friday for the Good Friday / Easter Holiday, a deluge of negative news catalysts flipped markets from the exuberance seen last week...
Speculation in Play #220

Speculation in Play #220

March 24, 2023   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 fit...
Week in Review #240

Week in Review #240

Summing Up The Week The markets remain on edge after last week’s regional bank fiasco, and there’s no sign of relief when just a few off-hand comments made by Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen in front of Congress can send the markets reeling out of control!...
Week in Review #239

Week in Review #239

Summing Up The Week Many stock market pundits have complained for well over a year that the stock market’s narrative has been all about the Federal Reserve Bank’s next moves and inflation.  Well, be careful what you wish for. When Silicon Valley Bank,...