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A good screen for uptrending markets

Published on January 6, 2009 By BitLizard

It all seems so long ago… that wonderful time when we all (or at least most of us) had positive stock market returns. During those great days I developed a stock screen that performed very well for me. Unfortunately, I also discovered that it doesn’t give you much of an advantage in a bear market. [...]

A Brief Moment in the Sun

Published on December 20, 2008 By BitLizard

Since starting my model stock portfolio in mid-October, it sure has been a wild ride. TickerSpy, which is a great (and free) portfolio tracking sevice and community site, has shown my portfolio up by as much as 25% and down by a dismal 30%, all in just a short two month run. After trailing the [...]

$1 Trillion Dollars a month

Published on December 11, 2008 By BitLizard

Ritholtz reads the Federal Reserve Bank’s flow of funds and discovers that household net worth is falling at the breathtaking rate of $1 trillion dollars a month. Just 56 more months of this and the entire country will have negative net worth! Eeeeyyyaahhhhwww!!!