Get Irked – Week in Review – Episode 4

Get Irked – Week in Review – Episode 4

The Get Irked Week in Review Episode 4 – September 9-14, 2018 In the markets: The markets edged higher this week, with all three indexes – the S&P, the Dow and the NASDAQ – all closing out the week at least 0.8% higher. Getting Started – Tools &...
“Buy When There’s Blood in the Streets”

“Buy When There’s Blood in the Streets”

Originally posted September 14, 2018. Last Updated April 18, 2021. Buy on Red Days, Sell on Green Days Baron Rothschild – the famous real estate investor known for his shrewd tactics and ruthless investing style – once said “When there is blood in...
How do you improve your loss rate? Don’t be a monkey.

How do you improve your loss rate? Don’t be a monkey.

Originally Posted September 11, 2018. Last Updated March 22, 2019. Reacting to the Two Investing Outcomes There are two outcomes for most new investors – the investment’s value goes up and the investor is ecstatic or the investment’s value goes down...
Monthly Report Card #1 – August 2018

Monthly Report Card #1 – August 2018

If you had purchased equal positions in every one of Get Irked’s stock suggestions from throughout the month of August beginning with our first selection on August 9 you would be up 13.977% in August alone! Keep in mind, this isn’t buying our winning picks...
When Exchanges Crash: Coinbase’s 17-hour outage

When Exchanges Crash: Coinbase’s 17-hour outage

Coinbase, the U.S. exchange for Bitcoin ($BTC), Bitcoin Cash ($BCH), Ethereum ($ETH), Ethereum Classic ($ETC) and Litecoin ($LTC), crashed on the evening of Thursday, August 9, 2018 at about 5:37 p.m. PDT and stayed down for 17 hours. Irk was, of course, mid-trade....