Wow- the last few days have been quite interesting- or stressful if you saw your stocks drop like a rock- My gold, uranium, and oil stocks got hammered- In three days, I had a 10% loss- But that’s fine- It’s all part of playing the commodity cycle- The only thing Continue Reading
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[2022/4/4] Investing Update
It has really been a while but wow- glad to be back. Teaching and taking care of family really takes time. But very thankful for my job and family- So how was the first quarter of 2022? Quite volatile with supply chain disruptions and the invasion of Ukraine. Fortunately, despite Continue Reading
[2022/12/6] Gold Crash Over?
Past month was rough with gold and silver mining stocks dropping literallly like a rock- Magna Mining (#MAG) and Hecla Mining (#HL), two of my large long term positions, took such beating that I put more money in and took even more beating- But it’s ok- 20-30% volatility and 50% Continue Reading
[Investing] Gold/Silver Crash?
Whoa- Yesterday was not a fun day for gold/silver- -2% ouch! Thankfully, I had cash. So I bought HL, MUX, AG when they dropped 3-4% and sold at 1% profit- Not bad considering that I had to trade with my phone being outside. Very thankful for apps 😀 I checked Continue Reading
[Investing] Retail Frenzy
A article from Zerohedge points out that retail is likely all in– I know that we are almost there as well. I have students trading crypto, FOREX, and gobbling investment forums. And just one or two year ago, they didn’t even know about stocks and markets- It is also scary Continue Reading
[Investing] 2021/7/22
Markets slowly recovering but not so much movement in gold and oil- This recovery is precarious…with lack of breadth, any bad news will likely trigger a panic selling- So today, I just set out most of the time. I bought MUX because I saw volatility with traders coming in to Continue Reading
[Investing] 2021/7/19
Tough few weeks- With gold and silver rollercoaster- My super gold/silver miner concentrated portfolio took a 15% hit! Yup that is what happens when you have a concentrated portfolios with junior miners- However, I did expect a wild ride- It’s just more violent than expected. I am below 10% cash, Continue Reading
[Investing] 2021/6/30
Finally, I am back- What a busy month- Teaching, research, family- I am almost forgot about blogging…Well…I did- But now I am back- It has been a rough few weeks for gold, as it crashed to $1760 and silver also dropped- My concentrated positions (GOLD, NEM, MUX, HL, AG) all Continue Reading
[Investing] 2021/5/19
It’s only Wednesday and the markets have been quite interesting as always- I have swing traded #HL, #MUX, #EMX, #BRG, and #BRT- Nice 1-2% returns. The intraday volatility is definitely not normal. For #MUX, I bought it -2%, then sold at -1%. Then it went down again to -2% and Continue Reading
[Investing] 2021/5/14
Another crazy week- My portfolio went down from -2% to -6% then back to about -4%- Thankfully, I swing trades REITs and miners- Hecla Mining did really well- I will start accumulating more housing REITs now as AMH has increased vacant home rents by 10%- Housing price and rent will Continue Reading