All of my stocks are doing better today.  Most are still down, but GM is up almost enough to put my whole portfolio in the black instead of the red.  My holdings value is about twice what it was this time last week.  I’m just watching the prices go up in real time at Yahoo Finance.  As I type this my portfolio is fluctuating between positive and negative.  Right now I’ve made 0.29% all told.  Ten seconds ago I was in the negative 0.01%.  Of course nothing is final until you’ve actually sold stock, and now that’s it doing well I hate to part with it.

It’s difficult for me to decide how I feel about this whole messy business.  On one hand I want to make some money to save for retirement and pay medical bills, etc.  My portfolio is just a personal account right now, but I plan to roll it over into an IRA the second week of December.  Anyway, I’m not in favor of all of the bailouts per se, yet I’m taking advantage of the situation with some of my trades.  It’s sad to think that a company laying people off would be good for the stock that I own.  Does that mean I shouldn’t play the game?  I don’t know.  I’m still learning and trying to wrap my head around all this stuff.

Still holding steady at +0.29%…  Guess I should get a shower and do some writing.

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