Archive for December, 2011
Opportunistic Buying in Volatile Markets
Posted on 31. Dec, 2011 by TheFreeInvestor.
The market closing on the last trading day of 2011 turned out to be a nail-biter. S&P 500 closed at 1257.60, that is 0.04 less that closing of last trading day on 2010. No, that is not a typo or percentage. S&P 500 actually closed 0.04 points away from the closing of last year ! […]
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Merry Christmas !
Posted on 24. Dec, 2011 by TheFreeInvestor.
Merry Christmas everyone ! It has been a wild year for individual stock investors. Especially for last 2 quarters, the entire markets has been moving in lock-step in response to macro news — European sovereign crisis being the latest market mover. With all the volatility and heartburn through out the year, the S&P is hovering near the […]
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LMIJ #3: Starbucks (SBUX): Investing in Lifestyle Brands
Posted on 09. Dec, 2011 by TheFreeInvestor.
This is my third post in the Lessons from My Investing Journey (LMIJ) series. Here is the link to the previous posts in the series. This is a story of one of my favorite long-term investments in lifestyle brands category. Premium Lifestyle Brand with an Addictive Product I have been an avid drinker of Starbucks (SBUX) coffee for almost […]
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Activities: Recent Stock Buys and Sells
Posted on 03. Dec, 2011 by TheFreeInvestor.
In past three months, as the market bounced around violently in lock step with the news from Europe, I bought / added to few of my positions and liquidated some of the residual holding where my investment thesis didn’t play out for years. The only new name in my portfolio is Mako Surgical (MAKO). The […]
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