To All Of The Mothers…
Posted by Michelle Moquin on May 8th, 2011
…And Mothers “to be” (that includes you too Evelyn! :)…I wish you all…
A Happy Mother’s Day!
I wasn’t quite sure what I was going to post this morning. Something short and sweet…something profound, or something personal. Then I found this article on National Geographic that I found interesting.
When and how did Mother’s Day begin? Read on and you’ll find out.
Why Mother’s Day Horrified, Ruined Its Own Mother
Born of war, Mother’s Day went big-time—and broke its mother’s heart.
Brian Handwerk
for National Geographic News
Published May 8, 2011
Before the brunches, before the gifts and greeting cards,Mother’s Day-today honored with perhaps the ultimate Internet accolade, a Google doodle-was a time for mourning women to remember fallen soldiers and work for peace.
When the holiday went commercial, its greatest champion gave everything to fight it, dying penniless and broken in a sanitarium. Of course, Mother’s Day marched on without her and is today celebrated, in various forms, on a global scale.
(Related: “Mother’s Day Mayhem: ‘Worst’ Animal Moms?”)
As early as the 1850s, West Virginia women’s organizer Ann Reeves Jarvis held Mother’s Day work clubs to improve sanitary conditions and try to lower infant mortality by fighting disease and curbing contaminated milk, according to historian Katharine Antolini of West Virginia Wesleyan College.
The groups also tended wounded soldiers of both sides during the U.S. Civil War from 1861 to 1865, she added.
In the postwar years Jarvis and other women organized Mother’s Friendship Day picnics and other events as pacifist events uniting former foes. Julia Ward Howe, for one-best known as the composer of “The Battle Hymn of the Republic”-issued a widely read “Mother’s Day Proclamation” in 1870, calling for women to take an active political role in promoting peace.
Around the same time, Jarvis had initiated a Mothers’ Friendship Day for Union and Confederate loyalists across her state. But it was her daughter Anna who was most responsible for what we call Mother’s Day-and who would spend most of her later life fighting what it had become.
“Mother’s Day,” Not “Mothers’ Day”
Moved by the 1905 death of her own mother, Anna Jarvis, who never married or had children of her own, was the driving force behind the first Mother’s Day observances in 1908.
On May 10 of that year, families gathered at events in Jarvis’s hometown of Grafton, West Virginia-at a church now renamed theInternational Mother’s Day Shrine-as well as in Philadelphia, where Jarvis lived at the time, and in several other cities.
Largely through Jarvis’s efforts, Mother’s Day was observed in a growing number of cities and states until U.S. President Woodrow Wilson officially set aside the second Sunday in May in 1914.
“For Jarvis it was a day where you’d go home to spend time with your mother and thank her for all that she did,” said West Virginia Wesleyan’s Antolini, who wrote “Memorializing Motherhood: Anna Jarvis and the Defense of Her Mother’s Day” as her Ph.D. dissertation.
“It wasn’t to celebrate all mothers. It was to celebrate the best mother you’ve ever known-your mother-as a son or a daughter.” That’s why Jarvis stressed the singular “Mother’s Day,” rather than the plural “Mothers’ Day,” Antolini explained.
But Jarvis’s success soon turned to failure-at least in her own eyes.
Storming Mother’s Day
Anna Jarvis’s idea of an intimate Mother’s Day quickly became a commercial gold mine centering on the buying and giving of flowers, candies, and greeting cards-a development which deeply disturbed Jarvis. She set about dedicating herself and her sizable inheritance to returning Mother’s Day to its reverent roots.
Jarvis incorporated herself as the Mother’s Day International Association and tried to retain some control of the holiday. She organized boycotts, threatened lawsuits, and even attacked First Lady Eleanor Roosevelt for using Mother’s Day to raise funds for charities.
“In 1923 she crashed a convention of confectioners in Philadelphia,” Antolini said.
A similar protest followed two years later. “The American War Mothers, which still exists, used Mother’s Day for fundraising and sold carnations every year,” Antolini said. “Anna resented that, so she crashed their 1925 convention in Philadelphia and was actually arrested for disturbing the peace.”
Jarvis’s fervent attempts to reform Mother’s Day continued until at least the early 1940s. In 1948 she died at 84 in Philadelphia’s Marshall Square Sanitarium.
“This woman, who died penniless, in a sanitarium in a state of dementia, was a woman who could have profited from Mother’s Day if she wanted to,” Antolini said.
“But she railed against those who did, and it cost her everything, financially and physically.”
Mother’s Day Gifts Today: Brunch, Bouquets, Bling
Today, of course, Mother’s Day continues to roll on as an engine of consumerism. And Anna Jarvis, one might imagine, continues rolling in her grave.
In the U.S. alone, Mother’s Day 2011 spending will reach $16.3 billion-with the average adult spending more than $140 dollars on gifts, the National Retail Federation estimates.
Two-thirds of Americans celebrating Mother’s Day will treat their mothers to flowers, the federation reports, and more than 30 percent of the surveyed celebrants plan to give their mothers gifts of jewelry.
The U.S. National Restaurant Association reports that Mother’s Day is the year’s most popular holiday for dining out. Some 75 million U.S. adults are expected to do just that today, the association says.
As for Mother’s Day being a Hallmark holiday, there’s no denying it, strictly speaking.
Hallmark Cards itself, which sold its first Mother’s Day cards in the early 1920s, reports that Mother’s Day is the number three holiday for card exchange in the United States, behind Christmas and Valentine’s Day-another apparent affront to the mother of Mother’s Day.
“A printed card means nothing except that you are too lazy to write to the woman who has done more for you than anyone in the world,” Jarvis once said, according to the book Women Who Made a Difference.
“And candy! You take a box to Mother-and then eat most of it yourself. A pretty sentiment.”
(Also see “Father’s Day at 100: How it Began, Why Dad Gets Fewer Gifts.”)
Mother’s Day Gone Global
The holiday Anna Jarvis launched has spread around much of the world, though it’s celebrated with varying enthusiasm, in various ways, and on various days-though more often than not on the second Sunday in May.
In much of the Arab world, Mother’s Day is on March 21, which happens to loosely coincide with the start of spring. In Panama the day is celebrated on December 8, when the Catholic Church honors another famous mother, the Virgin Mary. In Thailand mothers are honored on August 12, the birthday of Queen Sirikit, who has reigned since 1956 and is considered by many to be a mother to all Thais.
Britain‘s centuries-old Mothering Sunday, the fourth Sunday of the Christian period of Lent, began as a spring Sunday designated for people to visit their area’s main cathedral, or mother church, rather than their local parish.
Mothering Sunday church travel led to family reunions, which in turn led to Britain’s version of Mother’s Day.
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Readers: Interesting read huh?
I will end with saying that I love my mother. Yes, we have had our moments as daughters and mothers usually do. When I was young my mother used to say to me when she wasn’t happy with me, “Michelle, I will always love you, but right now, I am not liking you very much.” That little comment from her told me she was disappointed in me, or angry with me or whatever with me, but knowing that she would always love me, gave me comfort and security. Now I use the same line on her. :)
But in spite of our little riffs, we have loved a lot and laughed a lot, through precious moments and challenging times. My mother is always there for me. Albeit sometimes a little too much. :) But hey, how can one complain when her children are her “everything”. I am pretty lucky and very grateful that my mother is…well my mother. I wouldn’t trade her in for any other.
Have a beautiful day with your mother. And remember, especially when you’re having one of those “moments” between you and mom, that your mother gave you life…you wouldn’t be here without her. That single thought is a reminder to love, cherish, and be grateful for your mother. I never leave the company of my mother without telling her I love her.
Because the reality is, human life is short and some day she will be gone, and you’ll so wish that you will have said, done…whatever you didn’t say or do. The good news is you can say what you wish to say now…today…and tomorrow…and the next day…
Lots of love…
Lastly, greed over a great story is surfacing from my “loyal”(?) readers. With all this back and forth about who owns what, that appears on my blog, let me reiterate that all material posted on my blog becomes the sole property of my blog. If you want to reserve any proprietary rights don’t post it to my blog. I will prominently display this caveat on my blog from now on to remind those who may have forgotten this notice.
Gratefully your blog host,
michelle
Aka BABE: We all know what this means by now :)
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May 8th, 2011 at 9:39 am
Happy Mothers Day to YOU Michelle, mother of Lucy. (Aren’t our pets like our kids?)
I enjoyed your post today. So many people do stuff without realizing why they do it or where it came from, what it really means and how it might not be what they think it is at all!
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I’m lucky my mother is alive and in my life as well, even as smothering and judgmental as she may be at times. Every time I hang up the phone, I tell her I love her. Because you are right, we never know if it could be the last time. Happy Mothers Day to my Mom and all the moms on this blog.
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Now, for something I really hope others will take notice of.
Tell California Official Who Emailed Obama-Chimp Photo to Resign
Racist attacks against President Barack Obama are nothing new.
But when Marilyn Davenport recently emailed a photo of President Obama as a chimp to friends and colleagues, she sparked international outcry.
That’s because Davenport isn’t just anyone – she’s an elected official. Her email shocked members of California’s Orange County Republican Party, where she serves on the central committee. Take OC Republican Party chair Scott Baugh. He told the OC Weekly that he found Davenport’s email “despicable” and “dripping with racism.”
The email depicted Obama’s head superimposed on a young chimp posing in a family portrait with two chimp parents. The caption reads: “Now you know why no birth certificate.”
In light of the controversy sparked by the racially offensive email, Baugh has recommended that Davenport consider resigning from the central committee. The group cannot force her out because she’s an elected official, and the organization’s bylaws forbid it, Baugh told the Weekly.
But Baugh is not the only Republican suggesting that Davenport step down. California Republican Party Chairman Tom Del Beccaro called Davenport’s Obama-ape email “completely unacceptable” and echoed calls for her resignation.
But Davenport has refused to budge.
In a recent email to fellow Republican politicians, she reportedly said, “I will NOT resign my central committee position over this matter that the average person knows and agrees is much to do about nothing.”
She explained that she sent the email because it relates to the ongoing controversy surrounding Obama’s place of birth. “In no way did I even consider the fact he’s half black when I sent out the email…I received plenty of emails about George Bush that I didn’t particularly like, yet there was no ‘cry’ in the media about them.”
But groups such as the California NAACP aren’t buying that Davenport didn’t recognize the racially-charged nature of the email.
For years, African Americans have been depicted as ape-like by white supremacists who regard blacks as sub-human, so it’s difficult to believe that Davenport would be clueless that some of her colleagues would find the photo racially offensive. While she may have received emails about Bush that she found distasteful, they’re in no way as offensive as the Obama-chimp photo unless they took aim at Bush’s race.
And though she calls the photo “much to do about nothing,” it’s most certainly a big deal because she’s not the first Orange County official to launch a race-based attack on the president. After Obama’s inauguration in 2009, the mayor of Los Alamitos, Calif., sent out an email with a photo of a watermelon patch on the White House lawn.
It’s high time politicians in Orange County and nationwide learned that disseminating racist emails is unacceptable. As elected officials, they represent all members of the public, including racial minorities.
While Davenport has apologized for sending out the email, characterizing it as poor judgment, that’s not good enough. Both the public and California Republicans have expressed their shock and dismay at the email. If Davenport “humbly receives [the public’s] rebuke,” as she said in her statement of apology, her next move should be to humbly resign from the central committee.
Tell Marilyn Davenport that the public doesn’t tolerate racism from elected officials!
PLEASE sign the petition change.org here:
http://www.change.org/petitions/obama-chimp-photo-unacceptable-tell-marilyn-davenport-to-resign
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I signed. I hope some others here will sign too and take a stand against racism and ignorance.
AND be extra nice to your mothers today <3
May 8th, 2011 at 11:15 am
And she’d gaze at the stockmen’s hut below,
And across to the servant’s light,
And she’d wait and brood in the doleful mood
That comes with the silent night.
And out of the darkness a notion grew,
A dim little gleaming dart;
It grew and flashed like a fiery sword,
And struck at the wifely heart.
T’was a notion founded on logic’s rites,
And womanly intuition,
By the housemaid’s light when it sank at night,
And a shadowy apparition.
She gave no sign, but she watched each night,
Till there wasn’t much room for doubt,
And she timed when the boss came in at night,
Fro the time that the lights went out.
May 8th, 2011 at 11:19 am
Happy Mother’s Day Michelle, Zen Lill and all the other mothers reading this. Great topic!
But wouldn’t you know it to men it’s always about the money.
Erica
May 8th, 2011 at 11:34 am
Here’s the answer the dufus Leon Panetta should have given to those in the Bush administration who are trying to piggy back on Obama’s success in getting OBL by claiming that the information came via WATER BOARDING.
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“The bottom line is this: If we had some kind of smoking-gun intelligence from waterboarding in 2003, we would have taken out Osama bin Laden in 2003,” Tommy Vietor, spokesman for the National Security Council, told The New York Times.
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You can read the full article at. /www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/05/06/torture-may-have-slowed-h_n_858642.html?ref=email_share
Allan
May 8th, 2011 at 12:43 pm
Boost Your Energy in 8 Minutes or Less
Evangeline Lausier, MD
When you feel drowsy or droop with fatigue, every task seems monumental and even fun activities feel like work.
Helpful: Take a double-pronged approach to invigoration — including on-the-spot techniques for an immediate energy burst… plus simple strategies that take just minutes to do, yet give you long-lasting stamina day after day.
FOR AN INSTANT ENERGY SURGE…
Wake up your nose — and the rest of you will follow. Aromatherapy stimulates the brain’s olfactory center and heightens awareness of your surroundings.
Dab a drop of therapeutic-grade rosemary essential oil (sold at health-food stores) on the pulse points behind both ears, as you would perfume…
or dampen a cloth with cool water, sprinkle it with four drops of therapeutic-grade lemon essential oil, then place it on your forehead or the back of your neck for five minutes.
Do not dab full-strength essential oil directly under your nose — it could be too strong.
Belt out a few bars. As you sing, you inhale deeply, bringing more energizing oxygen into your lungs and increasing circulation throughout your body… and exhale through your mouth, efficiently expelling the waste product carbon dioxide. Bonus: Choosing a favorite cheerful song lifts your mood.
Give yourself a good stretch. Stretching opens the chest, straightens the spine, expands the lungs and relieves energy-sapping tension in neck and shoulder muscles. Try…
Seated stretch. Sit in a sturdy chair, feet flat on the floor, hands clasped in front of you. As you inhale, straighten arms and slowly raise them over your head, turning your wrists so palms face the ceiling. Gently press arms as far back as possible, holding for a count of five. Slowly exhale, lowering arms to the starting position. Repeat three times.
Doorway stretch. Stand in a doorway, a few inches behind the threshold, with feet about six inches apart. Raise arms out to your sides and bend elbows to a 90-degree angle, placing hands and forearms on either side of the doorjamb.
Keeping your back straight, lean forward slightly to feel a stretch across your chest. Hold for 15 seconds. Repeat three times.
Take 800 steps. A moderately brisk walk — at a pace of about 100 steps per minute — is an excellent way to get blood flowing to your heart and brain.
Exercise also triggers the release of endorphins, brain chemicals that make you feel alert and energetic. If possible, walk outdoors — the sun’s rays activate the synthesis of mood-enhancing vitamin D.
Just breathe. The beauty of this is that you can do it anytime, anywhere, and instantly feel more alert.
Good deep-breathing technique: Inhale deeply through your nose, filling your lungs for a count of four… hold your breath for a count of seven… slowly and deliberately exhale through pursed lips (to regulate the release of air) to a count of eight.
Take three normal breaths, then repeat the deep-breathing exercise twice more.
Rationale: This technique pulls the diaphragm downward and creates a negative pressure that draws more blood into your heart. As the heart pumps this blood around your body, all your tissues receive extra energizing oxygen.
TO REFUEL ENERGY RESERVES…
Eat a stamina-boosting breakfast — one cup of fortified, whole-grain cereal. Whole grains are complex carbohydrates that enter the bloodstream slowly, providing sustained energy by keeping blood sugar levels stable.
Avoid starting your day with simple carbohydrates, such as white toast or a doughnut, which cause blood sugar and energy levels to spike and then plummet by mid-morning.
Also: With your cereal, have one-half cup of low-fat milk or fortified soy milk. Its calcium and vitamin D nourish your bones… its protein is used to build and repair muscle and other tissues.
For snacks, go nuts. A handful of almonds, cashews, walnuts or other type of nut provides a sustained energy boost, thanks to blood sugar-stabilizing complex carbohydrates and tissue-building protein.
More benefits: Though relatively high in calories at about 160 per ounce, nuts tend not to cause energy-depleting weight gain because they promote long-lasting satiety and stave off hunger. Nuts also are rich in unsaturated fats that promote cardiovascular health.
Take a green tea break three or four times a day. Green tea contains catechins, antioxidant plant chemicals that support the immune system by neutralizing cell-damaging free radicals, fighting bacteria and easing inflammation.
When your immune system is operating at its peak, you have more pep. Green tea also boosts metabolism, stabilizing blood sugar and helping to ward off weight gain… and protects against many debilitating chronic conditions, including heart disease and diabetes. Convenient:
If you are going to be out and about during the day, before you leave the house, brew up enough tea to fill a thermos and take it with you.
While green tea does contain some caffeine — enough to provide a slight energy lift — its caffeine content generally is low enough not to interfere with sleep, provided that you avoid drinking it within four hours of bedtime.
If you want to minimize caffeine, let the green tea bag steep for just 30 seconds, then discard that water and replace it with fresh hot water, allowing it to steep for several minutes.
If you prefer coffee: Be aware that, with its higher caffeine content, coffee may leave you feeling even more sluggish once the caffeine buzz wears off.
Limit caffeinated coffee to no more than 16 ounces per day, and consume it prior to midafternoon so it doesn’t interfere with your sleep.
Try energizing supplements. Various herbal and dietary supplements help support immune function and/or reduce energy-sapping stress.
Each has its own benefits as well as risks (such as possible side effects or interactions with medications or other supplements), so it is important to discuss their appropriateness and dosage guidelines with your doctor before taking them.
Options to consider: Astragalus… calcium plus magnesium… coenzyme Q10… ginseng… rhodiola… vitamin B complex.
Express yourself to lower stress. Play the piano, pen a poem, paint a picture or just doodle.
The purpose: Creative self-expression is stimulating — it alleviates energy-draining stress by helping you reconnect with your deep inner well of emotional well-being.
Women’s Health interviewed Evangeline Lausier, MD, director of clinical services at Duke Integrative Medicine and assistant professor of medicine at Duke University School of Medicine, both in Durham, North Carolina.
She is an internist specializing in women’s health and complex multisystem illnesses, with an emphasis on preventive lifestyle.
May 8th, 2011 at 12:46 pm
Social Butterfly, you are indeed the social butterfly. It is always easy to get behind your causes.
Happy Mother’s Day
Matthew
May 8th, 2011 at 12:49 pm
HAPPY MOTHER’S DAY Zen Lill.
May 8th, 2011 at 12:52 pm
Michelle
Let me take this opportunity that it is mother’s day in America to thank you for bringing back my favorite picture.
Lex
May 8th, 2011 at 1:13 pm
We are in 1873
Reports in the Times of London that “Ned Allen, the wickedest man in San Francisco” has died, may conceivably point to the fate of John Allen, heralded in “Packard’s Monthly” ten years ago as “the wickedest man in New York.”
Throughout the 1850′s and ’60s, “Allen’s Dance House” on Water Street was one of the most depraved houses of ill-fame in the city.
Allen and his wife employed 20 prostitutes who wore bells on their ankles-and precious little else to obscure their nether regions.
A former seminarian, and brother of three clergymen, Allen introduced hypocritical piety into his operation, placing Bibles and tracts in the cubicles where his girls entertained their clients.
As Allen included hymn-singing among his brothel’s activities, it was not unduly surprising when minsters of religion took over the hall for prayer-meetings.
But Allen had not truly reformed. He was hiring fake “sinners” to the evangelists, and when he was exposed he disappeared yet again.
He has been variously reported as emerging in full wickedness in other places; and we wonder whether he has now come to a bad end in California or will be continuing his wicked ways.
May 8th, 2011 at 5:38 pm
?An elderly couple had dinner at another couple’s house, and after eating,?the wives left the table and went into the kitchen. ?
The two gentlemen were talking, and one said, ‘Last night we went out to a?new restaurant and it was really great..I would recommend it very highly.’ ?
The other man said, ‘What is the name of the restaurant?’ ?The first man thought and thought and finally said, ‘What is the name of?that flower you give to someone you love? ?
You know…. The one that’s red and has thorns.’ ?’Do you mean a rose?’?'Yes, that’s the one,’ replied the man.
He then turned towards the kitchen?and yelled, ‘Rose, what’s the name of that restaurant we went to last?night?’??
May 8th, 2011 at 6:03 pm
The way I see it this is as good a day as any to get into the spirit of speaking for us men. Hell, it the truth be told, most women are lousy mothers.
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How many men does it take to open a beer?
None. It should be opened when she brings it.
May 8th, 2011 at 8:41 pm
Hi Mischa : ) Good topic, I posted a video re: same thing on my blog bc as I was thinking about this day I started to wonder about the origin of it and found Anna Jarvis and the new mothersforpeace.org vid. I laughed today when I heard Ms Jarvis got rankled at the commercialism of the day, yessss and I feel that way about most ‘Hallmark’ holidays including Valentine’s Day, just treat me right all the time and I don’t need the hoopla. Though the brunch at that special beach club was mighty fine : ) my kid told me I was special bc I don’t judge, I’m always there for her, and I’m not in her face all the time, (Hmm, maybe I oughta start : ) There’s no secrets here though, I ask her what she thinks about boys, how much she knows about drugs and anything else I think will keep the communication going…bc it’s so easy to believe that ‘my kid would never do that’ – uh-huh. Gotta watch those middle schoolers ; )
Larry, THANK YOU, that was sweet of you : ) (you, too, Erica)
George, you may have a point but the truth be told: there are waaaaayyyyy more men who make increidbly shitttyyyyyyyy fathers (and some make really bad hubby’s as well).
And how many men does it take to open a beer?
One real one, he’d be the one who walked to the fridge to get it himself bc it isn’t a gender based task.
…social butterfly, Davenport claims she’s a nice Christian woman : ) oh okay so that means you’re a well meaning racist or what exactly?? Any idea…?!
Luv, Zen Lill
May 8th, 2011 at 11:39 pm
Tricks for Getting Better Prices on Stocks
Sheryl Garrett, CFP
Buying low and selling high is the goal with stocks, but unfortunately, we sometimes end up doing just the opposite. Knowledgeable investors use a few automated tricks to help improve their odds. How these tricks can help you…
PICKING WHEN TO BUY
A buy-limit order allows you to automatically buy shares of a stock if and when they hit a predetermined price.
Stocks often fluctuate 1% to 2% within a day, and fast-moving stocks can drop by as much as 3% to 4% before bouncing back.
A buy limit can help you catch the lower end of the price range.
Example: Last spring, I decided to invest in Citigroup. I noticed that the stock’s trading range in recent days had moved between $1.17 and $1.70.
I put in a buy-limit order for $1.20 per share, which saved me as much as 50 cents a share. That adds up if you are buying hundreds or thousands of shares.
Citigroup has since rebounded to as high as $5.23 a share. Of course, if a stock price is shooting straight up day after day, this trick doesn’t work, but that’s rarely the case.
What to do: Go to http://Finance.Yahoo.com, type in the symbol of the stock you want and you’ll see the high and low share-price range for that day.
Or if you are dealing with a broker, ask him/her for the day’s range. Choose a buy-limit price a few cents higher than the low of the day.
Reason: Stocks often approach their lows of the day and then turn back up. You often will miss executing your order if you set it at or below the low of the day.
Use a buy-limit order only if you are willing to miss out on buying the shares altogether — otherwise use a straight market order, which means you will buy immediately.
PICKING WHEN TO SELL
A stop-loss order allows you to automatically sell shares of a stock if they drop to a predetermined price.
Example: I had a client who bought Bank of America stock in October 2008 for $20 per share. It rebounded to nearly $25 per share, and many investors thought it had avoided the worst of the financial-sector meltdown.
But my client wanted to protect some of his profits, so he set a stop-loss order for $22 per share. By March 2009, Bank of America had plummeted to $3 a share. My client had turned a potential catastrophe into a small profit.
What to do: I generally set stop-loss orders at 10% below my purchase price for stable, blue-chip large-caps… 20% for smaller or more volatile stocks.
This strikes a reasonable balance between not selling on every short-term market swing… and cutting my losses before they really damage my portfolio.
If I put a stop-loss order on a stock and the price rises, I reset my order with my broker every time the stock goes up by 10% or 20% above my initial price.
Example: I bought Google at $380 per share in February 2009 with a stop-loss order of $312. The stock rose to $470 per share by September.
I expected it to go higher but wanted to protect my downside, so I set a new stop-loss order for 20% below $470, or $376.
TIME LIMITS
For both the buy limit and the stop loss, you need to indicate the time limit that your order will be in effect.
A good-till-canceled order stays in effect until it is executed or until it reaches a specified time limit, which some brokers cap at 30 days.
A day order keeps your order in effect only during that trading day, in case you want to reconsider your instructions the next day.
Personal interviewed Sheryl Garrett, CFP, founder of Garrett Planning Network, a network of fee-only financial advisers, Shawnee Mission, Kansas. http://www.GarrettPlanningNetwork.com. She is coauthor of Just Give Me the Answers: Expert Advisors Address Your Most Pressing Financial Questions (Kaplan Business).
May 8th, 2011 at 11:42 pm
Zen Lill, you’re too hard on me my blond bombshell. Cut me a little slack. These are only jokes.
I love a good white woman. She keeps the race strong. Of course you’re right about those niggers they never take care of the spawn they create.
Does the word welfare say anything?
May 8th, 2011 at 11:51 pm
Michelle, I’d love to come to Oakland if you would go for a ride on my bike with me. I’m tame. I’m a nurse at a hospital in the City. I’m excited about the way you write and even more about the way you look.
My bike’s my hobby. Everyone thinks I so prim and proper. But I can tear up some road. I get high but, I don’t drink and drive. I carry an extra helmet so you will be safe.
So,
DOB
May 9th, 2011 at 7:50 am
No way #15 is a legitimate posting. “She” ought to know the word is DYKE.
May 10th, 2011 at 4:09 pm
Padma:
“She” knows the word is “dyke.” But “she” also knows that using the “dike” tells the reader that she is a dyke with a bike who is not out of the closet.
Now, the question is, why didn’t you know that?
D{(i)(y)ke OB
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