Summary:
Finally a positive week: my portfolio rose almost 3%. The week started off badly, with my Canadian investments taking big hits on Monday while the US markets were closed. The rate cut helped on Tuesday, and a good Thursday put me into plus territory.
I don’t think we’re completely out of the woods, but [...]

Summary:
After a good Monday, it was a miserable week in which I dropped 6.5%.  Just about everything fell with ALSWF leading the way.  NRF and AHR also got hit as a big commercial real estate default fueled speculation that commercial will follow residential into the toilet.
I was regretting not having much cash at the beginning [...]

Summary:
I got back on Tuesday in time to see ALSWF drag down my portfolio for the week.  Other positions such as NRF however seem to be in recovery mode.
I added some AHR, JRT (good yields), some more SNEN, and a dab of ALSWF.  I closed some WM and my XLF as financials staged a mild [...]

BehavioralTrader.com’s inaugural year turned out to be my best financial performance to date.  My total return was 60%:: 52% in my margin account and 88% in my IRA.   Its hard to say how much blogging helped  — did it improve my execution or did I just have good picks?  I think its too early to [...]

Summary:
Still on vacation.  Bought yet more NRF and some more AHR.
Positions:
Long: ALSWF ANH ANH-A CMO-A DRYS FFHL GA GREXF MDNNF MLKKF MMG NRF ONAV QADMF SNEN XSI NFIYF SGTI MFA GDOCF
Short: GCI KBH MEG MNI TOL XLF WM.
Options: long BQI Jan 2.5 call; short BQI Jan 5.0 call
Cash: ?
Short Pct: ?
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Summary:
Still on vacation.  A sell order I had for ALSWF got hit in my IRA.
Positions:
Long: ALSWF ANH ANH-A CMO-A DRYS FFHL GA GREXF MDNNF MLKKF MMG NRF ONAV QADMF SNEN XSI NFIYF SGTI MFA GDOCF
Short: GCI KBH MEG MNI TOL XLF WM.
Options: long BQI Jan 2.5 call; short BQI Jan 5.0 call
Cash: ?
Short [...]

Summary:
Was on vacation so not much trading or following the market. I bought a little SGTI, DHT and NRF, some of which I later sold.
On vacation so no feel for the market.
Positions:
Long: ALSWF ANH ANH-A CMO-A DRYS FFHL GA GREXF MDNNF MLKKF MMG NRF ONAV QADMF SNEN XSI NFIYF SGTI MFA GDOCF
Short: [...]