Tag Archives: AMZN
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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LMIJ #1: Netflix (NFLX): Survival and Success of an One Trick Pony
Posted on 21. Aug, 2011 by TheFreeInvestor.
I am starting this new series of posts, Lessons from My Investing Journey (LMIJ), to share the lessons I learned from the investing mistakes and successes over the years. One of the motivations behind writing this series is that we tend to rationalize in retrospect and give ourselves more credit for than actually due and […]
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Limitations of Financial Modeling
Posted on 10. Jul, 2011 by TheFreeInvestor.
If you have read any of the research reports from wall street firms, you will notice the use of financial models to estimate value of the firm and the target price for the stock. Financial models make us feel good and gives us the comfort in precise numbers and complex formula. The mathematical nature of financial modeling […]
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Review: First Half of 2011
Posted on 06. Jul, 2011 by TheFreeInvestor.
First half of 2011 ended in green for my portfolio. Period return for my portfolio was approximately 11% vs 5% S&P 500 return for the first half of the year. Of course, I am more interested in the long term return as I am not planning to liquidate the portfolio any time soon. Over long […]