Thursday, December 18, 2008

Market gave back from 1.71% to 2.49% ????

Markets were given one major surprise......No TARP money for autos...a pre-packaged bankruptcy????

Market HATES surprise...a well known practice...so DOWN we went to 8527.41 on the DOW...BUT we closed @ 8604.99.....

POT WARNED about EPS well below previous guidance for 2008..citing bleak world economy now @ $10.75 from $12...

IPI also warned cutting sales in half....for Q4

RIMM & ORCL were the bright spot in ER both slightly higher AH......

In my portfolio :

Sold Half of HQU...

Sold HSU...

Sold HFU...

Bought more HMU

Bought URE my cost $6.26....

My portfolio is HOU.TO,HMU.TO,HQU.TO & URE.....

Option expiry is on Friday......some of the selling was due to OE also......

To say the least...Today's tape was a big NEGATIVE.....

BLOG does NOT give buy or sell.

Saleem

5 comments:

Madmax said...

SALEEM
Looks like a poor opening today

POT was a disappointment I hope MON does OK

Since this is Friday we have options expiring
and a week before Christmas

Good News is oil is below $36 a barrel Who wee
who would have thought--this has got to put $$ in consumer pockets--who Rah!!!!

Stocks100 said...

Hi Madmax,

All AG stocks are suffering due to multiple warnings.....

Close could be stronger after OE is squared away....

Oil is hurting my crude ETF.....

Saleem

Madmax said...

I am so sorry that your ETF is hurting
GS says $30 oil coming
I dunno you hear do much junk

I do see that the markets want to go up
I had expected a huge rally today Not

Perhaps OE is the hold back (culprit)--CNBC says we close red--yuk

Stocks100 said...

Hi Madmax,

Bottled water is more expensive than crude....cannot stay this low...we MAY have seen the low today in CRUDE.....

CNBC ..I have stopped watching whole day only from 5 to 7 PM...

I watch BNN.COM whole day where there is in-depth discussions based on knowledge NOT OPINIONS...

Saleem

Madmax said...

SALEEM

thank you for your pleasant reply

Good LUck
Market is up nice so far

Happy Days!!!