How does One Invest in a Company whose Price will Decline? Part 1
This is not the same question as “Does shorting belong in the value investors’ toolbox,” because shorting is only one way to invest in a company that is expected to decline in share price. But it expresses the idea in an understandable way. I think the normal response for most value investors to the shorting [...]
Back from an Unplanned Hiatus
My apologies to my readers. I took an unexpected hiatus from writing my blog. If you emailed me in the last few weeks, my apologies for not responding, I will strive to resume my prompt reponses in the future. First, the most important reason I have been absent: my wife gave birth to our first [...]
Two Reasons I love Volatility
This past week was a reminder for some who have already forgotten the lessons of late 2008 to early 2009. Markets can turn south, and quickly. This volatility can be gut wrenching as you watch the value of your portfolio drop. But for people like me, it brought a smile to my face. Uh, What? [...]
Investing Regret
I had a dose of Investing regret the other day. I have posted about my terrific gain on HAST for the 80-20 portfolio. Right after I sold it at $7.17/share, the price dipped. But then it soared. Then it had a spectacular rise to over $9.00/share. I was, of course, bummed that I had not [...]
HAST – Hasting Entertainment BUY 80-20 Portfolio
On April 7th I purchased 110 shares of Hasting Entertainment – HAST for $4.51/share including the $4.50 commission from Zecco the total comes to a total investment $500.60. This was for the 80-20 Portfolio. I know, I am late in posting about it. But I had to lay out what the criteria were before I [...]
Investing Strategies for the Small Investor and 80-20 Portfolios
When you begin to invest you need to develop an investing strategy. Having a strategy is like a google map. It will help direct you down the right freeway and hopefully help you avoid the pitfalls, er traffic, and get to the destination you want. If you are at this website you know my overall [...]
DUCK – Duckwall-ALCO Stores a NCAV stock BUY – Small Investor Portfolio
I am still in catch up mode from my brief hiatus in posting. While I stopped posting , I did not stop investing. Last Thursday April 8th I purchased 35 shares of DUCK – Duckwall – Alco Stores at $13.75/share for the Chroma Investing Small Investor Portfolio. Including the ChoiceTrade commission of $5.00 this was [...]
IFON – InfoSonics NCAV stock BUY – Small Investor Portfolio
Last week, on 4/1/10 I purchased 650 shares of IFON – Infosonics at $ .7719/share for the Chroma Investing Small Investor Portfolio. This was a total investment of $506.74 including the $5.00 ChoiceTrade commission. The price dropped into the low .60′s until today where has recovered to .72/share. I bought the shares because IFON is [...]
Zecco vs. ChoiceTrade – Which is better?
As I narrowed my choice for the Small Investor Portfolio‘s broker, I decided I would set up an account at both Zecco and Choice Trade. One would be for the Small Investor’s Portfolio and the other for the 80-20 portfolio. I have my impressions of setting up accounts at both companies. Choice Trade- The first [...]
Family Emergency – will Resume Posting Next Week
My apologies to my readers. I have not posted since the weekend and will probably not be able to post until after this weekend due to a family emergency. I hope to continue with the portfolio postings and value investing topics next week. //
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