Category Archives: Stocks

Swing Trade, Round 5: – Buy More POT

Awhile ago I started a swing trade with Potash Corporation of Saskatchewan. I used $600 to purchase about $2,000 worth of POT shares using leverage. Unfortunately some time after my purchase, Russia’s Uralkali got out of the potash cartel which sent the price of potash lower, which of course meant all potash producers around the world had their profits… Read More »

Google the Tech Giant

Last Friday Google Inc surprised the world with its latest financial numbers and their shares jumped by more than 13%, Heyo!(⌒▽⌒)The company’s market capitalization grew by about $40,000,000,000 in a single day 😀 Each share of Google is now over $1,000 for the first time ever. I believe Google is a terrific long term investment. Sure, it doesn’t… Read More »

Nothing Gold Can Stay

The popular Robert Frost poem is a great reminder that financial rallies cannot be sustained indefinitely, especially in the resource sector.  About a year ago the price for one ounce of gold was about $1,800. Today that same piece is only worth about $1,300. As a result the world’s largest gold company, Barrick Gold Corp, lost half of… Read More »