My first positive from the stock market

I made my first pocket of money by selling some stocks in my portfolio today. Not alot, only about $280 (wish there's another "0" at the back of the earnings!). The stock market has been pretty volatile lately (thanks to the depressing US and European markets) so there's been ups and downs. I finally rode on a bullish day to liquidate some of these stocks.

I guess u do need to have time to monitor the markets to make money at the click of a button. It seems like easy money, just buy and sell and money goes into your pocket just like that.

I am wishing that the bullish days will come soon. I have another stock in my portfolio in the red and it's been in that colour for a while. Thankfully this stock still gives out dividends so well, take it as it's better than putting the money in the bank, earning a miserly 1% interest rate. Let's hope the sunny days will come soon.