Speculation in Play #103

Speculation in Play #103

 December 24, 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...
Week in Review #123

Week in Review #123

Summing Up The Week This week was a 4-day trading week thanks to the upcoming holiday tomorrow, but that didn’t mean it was quiet. Quite the opposite, in fact! New news on the suspected Russian hack, a more contagious Covid-19 strain, and U.K.’s Christmas...
Week in Review #122

Week in Review #122

Summing Up The Week It was definitely a busy week with Pfizer shipping its vaccine, the Electoral College making President-Elect Joe Biden’s results official, and lots of negative news about the economy. Yet, Congress still hasn’t reached a deal. The...
Week in Review #121

Week in Review #121

Summing Up The Week The stock market started to soften up a bit this week between increasing COVID numbers combined with the government’s inability to come to an agreement about a second round of stimulus. From here, there are three schools of thought about how...
Week in Review #119

Week in Review #119

Summing Up The Week Thanksgiving Week is always a weird one with the markets closed on Thursday for the holiday and open for only a half-day on Friday for… holiday shopping, I guess? At any rate, it results in a 3-1/2 day trading week which can get wonky. So,...