Friday, October 3, 2008

Weekly Summary

It's the end of a turbulent week in the markets, and my portfolio has taken a $500 dive:


Nothing has done particularly badly: Krispy Kreme and Freddie Mac have dropped about $100 apiece, and the rest of the loss is forty dollars here, sixty there, twenty there - every single stock is down from where it was last week.

In brighter news, much of the turbulence has been over the federal bailout bill, which has finally been passed and signed. Like many investors, I have mixed feelings about it - whether it was the "right" or "wrong" thing to do from an ethical perspective, and whether it will make any difference at all to the markets, what with other economic indicators sagging ... but what's done is done, and we'll just have to wait and see.

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