Nice to get a big up day, isn't it?
The only one of my four portfolios that has had a lousy 2009 is my IRA, which relies on (a) all long positions (b) all battered positions (c) puny position sizes. Until recently, I was down about 20% for the year on this one.
A day like today is just the kind of thing to goose it. In spite of bad 2009 performance thus far, my strategy is unaltered; I am highly confident I am going to nail at least a 100% gain on this portfolio within the next six months. Here's today's performance, captured earlier………