Mother's Little Helper portfolio was UP today +$0.43 (+0.00%). Overall GAIN YTD: +$99,995.43 (+0.00%). Our benchmark index, the S&P 500 will be tracked January 1, 2018 http://money.cnn.com/data/markets/sandp/ "The stock market is a giant distraction to the business of investing." - John Bogle (founder of Vanguard Funds) Today I made my buys for 2018, you can see the new portfolio by clicking the portfolio link on the web site or (Click Here). Last year I was a bit like a chi

Mother's Little Helper portfolio was UP today +$599.47 (+0.07%). Overall GAIN YTD: +$266,011.02 (+45.56%). Our benchmark index, the S&P 500 is up +19.82% Year To Date. http://money.cnn.com/data/markets/sandp/ Today is the final day of the 2017 Mother's Little Helper Portfolio. We started the year with an audacious goal of creating a DIY portfolio of stocks to see if we could beat the market. The portfolio consists of a selection of stocks, traded on U.S exchanges, that any

Mother's Little Helper portfolio was UP today +$1,683.04 (+0.20%). Overall GAIN YTD: +$266,590.86 (+45.66%). Our benchmark index, the S&P 500 is up +19.85% Year To Date. http://money.cnn.com/data/markets/sandp/ Be thankful that we don't get all the government we pay for. - Will Rogers Taxes First a disclaimer. It is not and never was the purpose of this blog to espouse my political opinions or that of any particular party. How I come down personally on the tax bill or anyth

Mother's Little Helper portfolio was UP today +$755.78 (+0.09%). Overall GAIN YTD: +$264,954.07 (+45.38%). Our benchmark index, the S&P 500 is up +19.91% Year To Date. http://money.cnn.com/data/markets/sandp/ There are risks and costs to action. But they are far less than the long range risks of comfortable inaction. - John F. Kennedy Recently I was having a conversation about how the portfolio had performed over the course of the past year. My friend was impressed by the 45

Mother's Little Helper portfolio was UP today +6,585.06 (+0.79%). Overall GAIN YTD: +$252,206.68 (+43.19%). Our benchmark index, the S&P 500 is up +18.94% Year To Date. http://money.cnn.com/data/markets/sandp/ This Friday morning I will be interviewed on The Bigger Picture, a New York based Facebook Live talk show. The show is hosted by actress Jordan Baker and entrepreneur Risa Hoag. The show airs this Friday December 15th 8:00am EST (5:00am PST), I think I come on about 8:

Mother's Little Helper portfolio was DOWN today -$5,296.88 (-0.63%). Overall GAIN YTD: +$245,655.88 (+42.07%). Our benchmark index, the S&P 500 is up +19.00% Year To Date. http://money.cnn.com/data/markets/sandp/ The Markets are waiting on tomorrow's Fed decision, which is expected to produce an increase for the fed funds rate. The tax reform reconciliation process should generate some attention tomorrow. Anecdotally, Bitcoin was up while gold was down? Are investors switch

Mother's Little Helper portfolio was UP today +$9,566.39 (+1.16%). Overall GAIN YTD: +$251,010.99 (+42.99%). Our benchmark index, the S&P 500 is up +17.78% Year To Date. http://money.cnn.com/data/markets/sandp/ Bulls read about the future. Bears read history. When markets crash, bears preach the Dutch tulip mania of 1637, the Banque Royale of 1719-20, the railway speculation of the 1840s, the great crash of 1929, Beanie Babies craze in the 1990s; regardless of whether or not

Mother's Little Helper portfolio was DOWN today -$6,836.84 (-0.82%). Overall GAIN YTD: +$242,116.55 (+41.47%). Our benchmark index, the S&P 500 is up +17.45% Year To Date. http://money.cnn.com/data/markets/sandp/ I grew up with six brothers. That's how I learned to dance - waiting for the bathroom. ― Bob Hope Sell Already! The past week or so has been hard on the portfolio with a number of external factors and one technical, internal factor impacting our returns. All told we