Money and Finance
Did you really expect anything else to close out what was a crazy month of January? You just knew that we'd be doing anything but remaining flat over the week. The S&P 500 added 1.75% for the week and had a whopping 2.48% gain on Friday alone. Oil staged a comeback as well and is now around $33.74 after rumors of production cuts from OPEC/Saudi Arabia. I for one would love to see some cuts to increase oil prices and bring about some more stability, and hopefully income, from my day job. Who knows what February will bring for both the stock and oil markets?
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- Weekly Roundup - March 19, 2016
Well another week gone and another week home. Even though oil prices have been climbing higher I haven't seen an uptick on the exploration side. Although I don't really expect to see too much of an increase because even in the high $30's/low...
- Weekly Roundup - February 13, 2016
The craziness of the markets right now doesn't show any signs of ending. Last week saw the S&P 500 have big fluctuations and was down 3.7% at it's worst from the close of last week. Then came Friday with a huge positive day where the...
- Weekly Roundup - February 6, 2016
Another week down and another crazy week for the stock markets. The S&P 500 had the following returns this past week -0.04%, -1.87%, +0.50%, +0.15% and -1.85%. All told it worked out to a 3.10% decline for the week. It appears that January's...
- Net Worth Update - February 2013
I knew February would end up being a pretty good month with high than normal income and the profit sharing from my employer hitting my 401k. Considering the markets didn't have a repeat 5-6% gain, I got pretty close to topping January's personal...
- Weekly Roundup - March 2, 2013
Another week has flown by and now it's time for another roundup. At least as of Friday's close the markets had shrugged off the sequester cuts. For now all the worry was much ado about nothing,but we'll see if a patch is made over the...
Money and Finance
Weekly Roundup - January 30, 2016
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- Weekly Roundup - March 19, 2016
Well another week gone and another week home. Even though oil prices have been climbing higher I haven't seen an uptick on the exploration side. Although I don't really expect to see too much of an increase because even in the high $30's/low...
- Weekly Roundup - February 13, 2016
The craziness of the markets right now doesn't show any signs of ending. Last week saw the S&P 500 have big fluctuations and was down 3.7% at it's worst from the close of last week. Then came Friday with a huge positive day where the...
- Weekly Roundup - February 6, 2016
Another week down and another crazy week for the stock markets. The S&P 500 had the following returns this past week -0.04%, -1.87%, +0.50%, +0.15% and -1.85%. All told it worked out to a 3.10% decline for the week. It appears that January's...
- Net Worth Update - February 2013
I knew February would end up being a pretty good month with high than normal income and the profit sharing from my employer hitting my 401k. Considering the markets didn't have a repeat 5-6% gain, I got pretty close to topping January's personal...
- Weekly Roundup - March 2, 2013
Another week has flown by and now it's time for another roundup. At least as of Friday's close the markets had shrugged off the sequester cuts. For now all the worry was much ado about nothing,but we'll see if a patch is made over the...