There was a huge downturn on the markets yesterday. Goldcorp was down to $25.05 and I just could not resist buying. I put in an order and got some for $25.07.


So, I guess I need to slightly revamp my rules for trading.  Waiting to see  5% upturn before buying in general, but not always. Same for selling on a 5% drop.

Rules. They are like women; can't live with them, can't live without them.

"The best-laid schemes o' mice an' men
Gang aft agley,"

I was going to buy some apple and Boeing, but my father, who is 92, wants to buy an apartment, doesn't have quite enough money for the down payment, and asked if could lend him some money.

So, Apple and Boeing will need to wait.

Things are looking pretty good. I really should have considered selling TRP, because it has dropped 6.03%, but I was away last week, and I don't want to be too jumpy, too trigger happy.

Gold stocks:
This week [Monday June 3, 2013]
Description               symbol  Unrealized gain/loss %
BARRICK GOLD       ABX          +18.03%
GOLDCORP NEW          G  +4.23%
YAMANA GOLD        YRI  +0.08%
Last week
Name                       Symbol             gain/loss %
BARRICK                   ABX             +2.50%  
GOLDCORP                    G               -9.67%
YAMANA                    YRI             -12.79%

My energy related stocks:
This week [Monday June 3, 2013]
Description               symbol  Unrealized gain/loss %
TRANSCDA                TRP           +9.91%
CENOVUS                   CVE          +4.64%
Last week
Description               symbol    Unrealized gain/loss %

CENOVUS                   CVE          +4.53%
TRANSCDA                TRP          +15.94%

I'm looking at Apple and Boeing.

     Apple [AAPL] is $450.72 up (0.22%) today. Its  52 week range is  385.10 - 705.07. Its P/E is 10.76

     Boeing (NYSE:BA) is $100.74 up (1.74%) today. Its  52 week range is  66.82 - 101.47. Its P/E is 18.89.

Actually Apple looks more attractive to me [lower p/e, not near 52 week high], however Boeing has a stronger upward trend. Boeing has a new cutting edge product [the dreamliner] while Apple still has the same products. I don't know; I think I've got to buy both.

This post is actually for May 20th.

Things are looking pretty bad for my my Gold stocks. Everything is down, and significantly down. If I followed my rules closely I would have sold everything almost as soon as I bought it. I just can't though. I may have bought too soon, but I just know they are going to go up. I just know, so I'm hanging on.

This week

Name                Symbol             gain/loss %
BARRICK        - ABX                 +2.50%
GOLDCORP    - G                          -9.67%
YAMANA        - YRI                    -12.79%


Last week
Name                Symbol            gain/loss %
BARRICK         - ABX                +10.19%
GOLDCORP     - G                        +0.19%
YAMANA         - YRI                     -4.07%



My energy and pipeline stocks are doing quite well however.

This week

CENOVUS       - CVE                    +4.53%

TRANSCDA     - TRP                  +15.94%


Last week
Name                Symbol            gain/loss %
CENOVUS        - CVE                   +1.16%
TRANSCDA     - TRP                  +13.55%