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Previous 1 month:  Equity positions are currently not in a favorable position at this time

 

Previous 3 months:  Health Care Equity Funds

 

Personal Portfolio Holdings:

Due to current erratic market conditions, some monies are in cash and remaining equity positions are being monitored at this time.  A further decline in the market place will of course require more equity funds be sold and moved into cash or money market positions.    

Weekly Market Wrap Up

MARKETS	This Week	1 Week Ago	1 Month Ago
Dow Jones	10,067.33	10,172.98	10,428.05
TSX	11,094.31	11,343.43	11,746.11
Nasdaq	2,147.35	2,205.29	2,269.15
Venture	1,492.15	1,549.67	1,520.72
S&P	1,073.87	1,091.76	1,115.10

METALS	This Week	1 Week Ago	1 Month Ago
Gold	$1,083.00	$1,089.70	$1,095.20
Silver	$16.30	$16.92	$16.82
Platinum	$1,501.30	$1,537.50	$1,460.00
Palladium	$415.00	$440.10	$407.25

Oil & Gas	This Week	1 Week Ago	1 Month Ago
Oil	$72.89	$74.54	$79.36
Nat Gas	$5.12	$5.82	$5.57

As charts above indicate markets have dropped significantly during the past month.  Personally I thought President Obama’s state of the union address and other information the following day would have sent some sort of reassurance to the investment community.  I would hope that upcoming corporate earnings reports are significantly high enough to reflect progress has been made in this continuing economic battle for stability.