Apr 03 2023
Goodbye March, hello April! Here in the Pacific Northwest, winter’s grip has loosened a bit but has not entirely given way to spring. A mix of snow and rain is in the forcast for tonight, but soon the expected temperatures are predicted to rise a bit, with more rain. In early March, the market got …
Mar 14 2023
With February over, we’re a month closer to seeing the end of winter, although it seems winter isn’t done with us yet here in the Pacific Northwest. In February and March, we had plenty of snow and rain, certainly more than average for my area. As of the time of this writing, the markets are …
Feb 08 2023
Wow, one twelfth of the year is already gone. If you have any New Years resolutions, you better get cracking! Here in the Pacific Northwest, we had a particularly cold week in January but now things are warming up a bit and it has just become rainy and dreary. As for the stock market, January …
Jan 15 2023
Happy New Year! I hope the holiday season was good for you and yours. For me, it was okay and nothing to get too excited about. Here in the Pacific Northwest, it’s been nothing but rain, rain, and more rain. I guess that’s why they call it WASHington. As for the stock market, it declined …
Dec 08 2022
I hope you had a great Thanksgiving and your holiday shopping is going well. As for me, my Thanksgiving with my in-laws was smaller than usual with a couple families out with sick kids and another family now living in Alaska. In November, the market’s upward climb slowed (in comparison to October) and was still …
May 13 2022
Ah, April. Here in the Pacific Northwest, spring is full swing and the cold, grey, wet days of winter give way to more frequent days of warming, sunny, and dryer days. Unfortunately for my finances, this particular April has been less than great. Thanks to recession fears and rising interest rates, the market took a …
Apr 16 2022
With February done, March is now here and spring is in the air. Here in the Pacific Northwest the weather has warmed a bit and other than a few sunny days it has largely been rainy and overcast for much of the past month. The stock market is proving to be quite a roller coaster, …
Jul 03 2019
June was certainly an unusually busy month for trades, with two sells and two buys. With all the dividend cuts my portfolio has suffered this year, I decided to sell off some low yielding (but tax-free) stock and buy stocks with higher yields. Plus I needed to tap my portfolio for some cash to cover …
