ABIO, BCSI, BGOI, CABL, FNM, MAIL, MFLI, MGH, Tear, WG, CERS: My Portfolio After a Month. Thats a snapshot of my current portfolio.. I am mostly into high risk high reward category right now.

One of the biggest news stories of the past few years was the near collapse of Fannie Mae, and the rescuing of the company by the government. Well, Fannie Mae is still in the news and February was not a good month for this iconic company in the United States. With all the good news about the economy recently, the Fannie Mae (NYSE: FNM) situation is making many worry about just how strong the economy truly is.

Emotions play a big role in everyday investing decisions made by common middle class earners. It is common for people to panic and sell if their stock drops 2% in value! Also you can see people exiting at 3% profit although the stock might be up for a flight all the way into the double digits but they just don’t have it in them to risk letting the profit go.