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Dow Falls Almost 300 Points – Worried Yet? I’m Not.

Dow Falls Almost 300 Points – Worried Yet? I’m Not. Even with the DOW off almost 300 points for the day and down over 1000 points from it’s high just a few months back, I’m not worried because the income just keeps on coming even on the down days. As a matter of fact, if [...]

Bought: Investors Real Estate Trust (ticker: IRET)

Looking for niche plays In continuing to “top off” many of my existing positions I went ahead and added 75 shares of Investors Real Estate Trust (ticker: IRET) to the DDI portfolio today. Investors Real Estate Trust is probably one REIT you’ve never heard of because it focuses on a very small niche, owning properties [...]

Bought: Disney (ticker: DIS) & Cherokee (ticker: CHKE)

Think positive Think long-term On day’s like today when the markets give you a head-fake, it’s sometimes hard to remain positive. But regardless – stocks have been and will remain a LONG TERM investment. The morning started off on a positive note rising over 70 points but by day’s end there were more sellers than [...]

How to remove *RISK* from your portfolio

RISK – it’s such a scary word, especially right now. We’d all like to remove risk, right? Nobody wants to think of their investments – their “nest egg”, whether they be in stocks, bonds, gold, real estate or fine art, ever going to $ZERO. But we live with those fears everyday – some days more [...]

The 9 positive things about today’s market CRASH

The 9 positive things about today’s market CRASH Well, that was fun. About as much fun as a hot needle in the eye – ouch! Today‘s drop of over 500 points on the DOW wasn’t exactly the dead-cat bounce I was looking for after yesterday’s drop – but it *will* come. The real question now [...]