[ncfool]

Embarassing as it might be that my 80 year old Mother beleives in the IBD fourmula. She spotted this on Saturaday and asked me what I thought. I agree with Would have, should have and could have. She gets the Sat copy of the IBD and I take the Online version since it was an add on to her subscription.

I better start studying IBD.

[expat_panama]

--and a very good morning to all!  We got stuck w/ an institutional sell off on both the NASDAQ & the S&P500 yesterday, but today we're starting (as of 5:42AM) with all market's futures are upbeat, especially stock indexes; maybe we're finally getting our--

january effect

Web definitions

The January effect is a seasonal anomaly in the financial market where securities' prices increase in the month of January more than in any other month. This creates an opportunity for investors to buy stock for lower prices before January and sell them after their value increases. ...

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/January_effect

Other news:

Yellen wins confirmation as Fed chief

Los Angeles Times - 9 hours ago WASHINGTON - The Senate confirmed Janet L. Yellen as the next chief of the Federal Reserve in a historic vote...
It's Best to Buy When the News Is Plain Boring - John Wasik, National Post

[expat_panama]

...start studying IBD.

IBD not only supplies answers to a lot of questions but they also warn about the importance of evaluating our own progress. After two years of disappointments my own experience told me that the 'cup'n'handle' buy points didn't work for me as well as they seemed to work for them.

Then again, it may have been something else; please let me know what you're finding.