All transactions are time stamped, posted upon execution on the Beat the Dart Financial Message Board and independently verified. All transactions for the week are shown below. FOR THE MONTH OF DECEMBER 2009 a net performance gain was 97.13% in its BTD portfolio was a closing market value of [...]
December 24, 2009, 7:00 am The Standard & Poor’s 500 index futures up 3.60 to 1118.70, as Japan’s Nikkei stock average rose 1.5 percent, while Britain’s FTSE 100 rose 0.2 percent and France’s CAC-40 rose 0.2 percent. — All the noise on expectations that China will maintain loose monetary policy. Not so, Virginia! [...]
December 23, 2009, 4:00 pm … Closing Thoughts The Standard & Poor’s 500 index closed up 2.57 to 1120.59, as precious metals gained momentum to the upside as the dollar sold off. Meanwhile, personal incomes rose in November at the fastest pace in six months, as spending posted a second straight increase. However, the [...]
December 23, 2009, 7:00 am The Standard & Poor’s 500 index futures up 4.10 to 1117.70, as oil prices rose to near $75 a barrel in Asia after a report showed U.S. crude inventories fell last week and a jump in housing sales suggested the world’s biggest economy is picking up speed. Benchmark [...]
December 22, 2009, 4:00 pm … Closing Thoughts … The Standard & Poor’s 500 index close up 3.97 to 1118.02, as the the National Association of Realtors said home resales jumped 7.4 percent in November, which was more than the 2.5 percent increase analysts expected. The government’s tax breaks have spurred sales to their [...]