Archive for 'Portfolio'
Virtual Detox of Your Portfolio
Posted on 11. Feb, 2012 by TheFreeInvestor.
Though we would like to think that most of the time we are objective and rational investors, behavioral finance has shown that our brain is not so simple. If left unchecked, our conscious and subconscious biases derail us from rational investment analysis. One such illusion or bias is our tendency to anchor on the price we paid for a stock. […]
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The Double-Trouble with Market Timing
Posted on 16. Jan, 2012 by TheFreeInvestor.
It is difficult enough to be right about timing the market once that the thought of being right about timing the market twice in a short span seems like a herculean task. Consider this — if you would have sold all your stock holdings in mid 2008 and bought them back in March 2009, not […]
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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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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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“Sprinkle Cupcake”: My Portfolio Strategy
Posted on 16. Oct, 2011 by TheFreeInvestor.
I have been thinking about a good way to describe my portfolio strategy. When you ask ten investors about their portfolio strategy, you will get ten different answers about value, growth, income, core, and core plus etc etc. Most of these terms mean different things to different people and way too obscure for a regular […]
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