Normally, I am holding some stock in one or more companies for the better part of any year, but this year (ever since mid-October actually) I have simply been avoiding the stock market. I don't really know what is going on with me other than to say that I am stock shy. I had been buying, holding and selling different equities for years now, and then I had two mediocre trades and now I don't feel like doing it anymore.
I think that some of it had to do with how busy I was during the winter with things, part of it is that I don't have an Internet connection in my room, then there was January, which I had felt was going to go badly before it even started because of how well everything did in November and December.
Now it is the middle of February, and even though I haven't really looked into the markets much, I have the same feeling I had in November -- that things will be doing alright in the short run and that I should go ahead and buy into some company.
The problem is that I am somewhat busy with school and visiting people in Gainesville. I haven't even had much time to write entries in my blog! So, spending the time to look into a company seems to be unrealistic right now. I am almost tempted to just buy into an 'old faithful' because some return is better than the return I get with the money market.
Oh well!
Posted by David at February 16, 2005 08:54 PM