Legal Bill

2011 was a bust for me. My investments were down for the year. But 2012 is off to a good start. Year to date, I am up by double digits. The big questions are; can that gain last and/or will it continue to increase?

dlq04

Definitely a rough year for my international fund but fortunately I only had 3% in there. Otherwise, I was in positive territory due to playing it very conservative.

robb

There is the old adage January sets the tone for the rest of the year so lets hope this rings true.

Zippy

We also did not have a great year, and along with dlq, the international sector sucked the profits out of everything else. I am hoping for a good one this year, and we keep our fingers crossed.

Legal Bill

To tie in with the gas discusstion, I think the cost of fuel is one thing that could stall the market, especially if that cost goes up because of more unrest in the middle east.

Lovetodrive2000

Last year overall was down .002%..... was pretty aggressive and got burned on a couple of funds.....

This year 11% increase so far.

If Europe ever gets their act together, we should have a stellar year!

Fuel costs will hurt some, but I don't think it will stall the market... unless we see $5+/gal!

poorshoeless

The equity market touches 13k today, last time was in 08. It's looking up, let's hope it will continue. The commodities market also is moving up. The NYMEX WTI Crude has done up from the mid $90.00 last week to over $104.00 this week. This isn't a good news for the price we pay at the pump.

Lovetodrive2000

I think our gas pricing is more based on ...

Brent Crude Oil

dlq04

This was not very encouraging news from what I gather is a pretty good forecaster:

http://finance.fortune.cnn.com/2012/...?iid=H_TS_News

Legal Bill

Interesting take on the future of capitalism. Good fodder for the politics subforum.