Blood in the streets -- time to buy

Adding/opening positions in dividend stocks.

Bought Merck (MRK) @ $30, 4.87% yield, no stop.

Bought more International Paper (IP) @ $24, 4.23% yield, no stop.

Bought Alerian MLP ETF (AMLP) @ $14.75, 6.4% yield, no stop.

Bought more Utilities ETF (XLU) @ $30, 4% yield, no stop.

Bought more ConocoPhillips (COP) @ $62, 4% yield, no stop.

I'm sniffing around Kimberly-Clark (KMB).

Have no fear

Gold is here. Bought 3000 AUY @ 12.95, 300 GDXJ @ $34

If all they can do to Gold is down a quarter of a percent, I laugh at them

Short Treasuries

Bought 200 UltraShort 20+yr Treasuries (TBT) @ $28.50, stop @ $25

Taking Profits Across the Board

Sold ALL Duke Energy (DUK) at $18.50 for a 22% total return including dividends
Sold my Short Yen (YCS) position for a 20% loss
Sold ALL Kraft (KFT) @ $34 for 32% total return with dividends
Sold 300 Yamana Gold (AUY) @ $13.7 for a 35% total return

Shooting stars

Nasty reversals this week in $SPX: portends more weakness


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Back into mosaic

Bought 200 mosaic (mos) @ $70.05 with a GTC stop at 66.85 with a near term target of $73 and a medium target of $80


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Jack be nimble, jack be quick

The miners are dramatically outperforming the metals today on a relative and absolute basis. I'm taking a shot here for at least a technical bounce (if not more). Bought 100 Silver Wheaton (SLW) @ $37, and 500 Yamana Gold (AUY) @ $12.05