Summary:
V is for volatility. Counting intraday swings, my portfolio had not moved less than 3% for the 10 trading days to Wednesday. Most of those days the close was also greater than 3%.
This week saw five up days, with large gains from Monday to Wednesday and more subdued ones on Thursday and Friday. [...]

Summary:
My 3.3% gain Monday confirmed that I am an investment genius who has the guts to last out market fluctations.  I did well on Friday too running up 5%.  It was a pity about the 15% drop between Tuesday and Thursday.  On Thursday morning I was probably down about 12% at one point, though thankfully [...]

Summary:
I found no shelter from the volatility induced by the subprime mess and credit worries.  Yet when all was said and done I was able to pick up some bargains and have a good feeling going forward.
I awoke Monday to find myself down about 1.5% with my tanker stocks sinking.  After a brief moment of [...]

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I will be moving to a weekly for a time as pressing other commitments are cutting into my blogging time.
The portfolio stabilized after the drubbing of last week and ended with about a 0.1% gain. I added some FFHL, ERF (higher oil prices and a rec from a knowledgeable poster), and BWLRF (also a [...]