Archive for April, 2009

Marketing with Integrity

There are many many things to market through the internet, but you need to pick and choose carefully.  In order to make money for the long term you need to be able to offer value to your readers, things that work. It is easier to sell something to an existing customer who thinks you provided good [...]

Markets treading water

The week ending 24th April was a mixed week for  the markets. The FTSE put on 67 points, the S&P500 futures lost 0.4 of a point and the DJIA lost 30 points for the week.  The gain on the FTSE was puzzling as the UK came out with bad GDP figures, yet the market went up for [...]

Consolidation for the next leg, Up or Down?

The week ended 17th April saw all markets making modest gains. The chart below is of the FTSE Futures. The FTSE made 110 points for the shortened trading week  (Thursday 9th to Friday 17th – shortened because of the non-trading days and weekend over Easter). The S&P500 gained 14 points and the DJIA gained 68. On the FTSE  [...]

Choosing how to make money through marketing

My wife and I have tried a number of times to work out how to make money on the internet. We’ve spent some reasonable money on internet marketing videos, books, and ebooks. My wife spent some big money on a mentor who promised the earth and then it turned out he was only able to [...]

The Easter Bunny Visits The Markets

Thursday’s action came as a surprise.  Helped no doubt by the expiry of the April options.  Still the news is not good except for the banks.  The DJIA managed to gain 224 points to once again make it above 8,000.  The S&P500 added 30 points to hit the resistance level of 850, while the FTSE [...]

Is The Rally Over?

The new week has started with two down days.  Only the S&P500 remains above its previous resistance level of 800 points, and that might not last much longer.  Now we have the punters cashing in on their profits from the rally.  The initial news from companies reporting has been worse than expected.  The headlines continue [...]

More Huff and Puff

Posts have been few this last week as the day job took more energy.  But now to look at the week.  The DJIA cash managed to hit the resistance level of 8,000, the S&P500 has remained above 800 for the week and nearly made the next resistance level of 850.  Meanwhile the FTSE manages to [...]

Verdict Overturned

I was too quick on Tuesday to claim that the verdict was in.  Tuesday being the last day of the quarter and the financial year in the UK, saw a big rally without reason other than “window dressing” for the end of the financial year.  One hundred and sixty points up would have made a difference [...]