Mother's Little Helper portfolio was DOWN today -$563.00 (+0.48%). Overall GAIN YTD: +144.11 (+0.12%). Our benchmark index, the S&P 500 is DOWN Year-To-Date -0.96% http://money.cnn.com/data/markets/sandp/ "Investing should be more like watching paint dry or watching grass grow. If you want excitement, take $800 and go to Las Vegas." - Paul Samuelson I made my buys for the year on December 28, 2017, see the new portfolio here (Click Here). The Boring Truth I lost 1/3 of my rea

Mother's Little Helper portfolio was DOWN today -$21.23 (+0.02%). Overall GAIN YTD: +391.85 (+0.33%). Our benchmark index, the S&P 500 is DOWN -0.14% http://money.cnn.com/data/markets/sandp/ "Find out just what any people will quietly submit to and you have the exact measure of the injustice and wrong which will be imposed on them." - Frederick Douglass I made my buys for the year on December 28, 2017, see the new portfolio here (Click Here). Measuring Myself Only do those th

Mother's Little Helper portfolio was UP today +$818.47 (+0.69%). Overall GAIN YTD: +417.83 (+0.35%). Our benchmark index, the S&P 500 is DOWN -0.25% http://money.cnn.com/data/markets/sandp/ “Agriculture is our wisest pursuit, because it will in the end contribute most to real wealth, good morals & happiness.” – Thomas Jefferson I made my buys for the year on December 28, 2017, see the new portfolio here (Click Here). Today's Big Move Today I made the decision to add to the po

I'm not reporting on the portfolio today, I'll update the value soon. Today some disturbing legislation popped up amidst the busy news that made me wonder...WTF. It takes years to get a bill before congress, so I dug a little deeper...like they say, Follow The Money. Please read this short civics lesson before reading the story: The Board of Governors of the United States Postal Service is an eleven-seat board comparable to a board of directors of a private corporation, exc

Mother's Little Helper portfolio was UP today +$516.43 (+0.51%). Overall GAIN YTD: +1,768.21 (+1.77%). Our benchmark index, the S&P 500 is UP +1.31% http://money.cnn.com/data/markets/sandp/ “Agriculture is our wisest pursuit, because it will in the end contribute most to real wealth, good morals & happiness.” – Thomas Jefferson I made my buys for the year on December 28, 2017, see the new portfolio here (Click Here). Today's gains The portfolio was up today a modest 0.51%, bu

Mother's Little Helper portfolio was DOWN today -324.55 (+0.32%). Overall GAIN YTD: +368.30 (+0.37%). Our benchmark index, the S&P 500 is DOWN -0.65% http://money.cnn.com/data/markets/sandp/ "What we know about the global financial crisis is that we don't know very much." - Paul Samuelson (economist) I made my buys for the year on December 28, 2017, see the new portfolio here (Click Here). If You Hated Yesterdays Post... Seriously, if you hated my post yesterday, just stop he

Mother's Little Helper portfolio was UP today +$359.88 (+0.36%). Overall GAIN YTD: +$696.91 (+0.70%). Our benchmark index, the S&P 500 is DOWN -0.36% http://money.cnn.com/data/markets/sandp/ “Banks do not create money for the public good. They are businesses owned by private shareholders. Their purpose is to make a profit.” ― John Rogers I made my buys for the year on December 28, 2018, see the new portfolio here (Click Here). Banks Reporting Earnings Earnings season is kick

Mother's Little Helper portfolio was UP today +$1,716.72 (+1.71%). Overall GAIN YTD: +$500.43 (+0.50%). Our benchmark index, the S&P 500 is DOWN -0.63% http://money.cnn.com/data/markets/sandp/ "The universe is based on 'fair exchange'. What you give you will get" -Guruji Sri Sri Poonamji I made my buys for the year on December 28, 2018, see the new portfolio here (Click Here). Inching Ahead The S&P 500 Index is down year to date -0.63%, yet our mix of index funds is handily b