Archive for September, 2007
One Final Purchase
Friday is typically my day for the “Week in Review Post” and it seems I’m now going to skip it twice. I think the flurry of buying this week probably is enough of a commentary on what I think about the markets over the last few weeks. And, hopefully, reading my thoughts on particular stock [...]
read more »Another Day Another Trade
And, another health care provider. I don’t know why these insurers are all popping up on my radar these days. But, who am I say to say no to beautiful charts, solid cash flow, and P/E ratios so reasonable? Today’s trading finishes my planned reallocation within Portfolio A, at least for the time being. As [...]
read more »New Positions for Portfolio B
Well, it seems that with so much fun to be had in the stock markets, my friend has decided to add funds to portfolio B. Just to review, the strategy in Portfolio B is equally weighted and stock selection is done on a more fundamental basis than in Portfolio A. Buy points are made on [...]
read more »Trading Lot
Well, with markets relatively stable and opportunities aplenty, I have injected cash into Portfolio A so as to take advantage of the current market climate. I have yet to pare down my trading lot in Piper Jaffray, but am trading like I have given that I have my finger on the sell button.
So, what did [...]
Sharpe Ratio
Continuing on our portfolio metrics series, we’re looking at the Sharpe Ratio. The Sharpe ratio is very easily calculated. It’s simply the mean period return of your portfolio (typically monthly) minus the risk free rate for each period divided by the standard of deviation of the returns of your portfolio. The equation written out might [...]
read more »Curious Investments Update
With the Fed rate cut yesterday, it seems that the market has received just the catalyst that I’ve been waiting for. I’ve always felt that, at worst, the subprime crisis would result in a soft landing for the economy but not a recession and surely not a depression. Now, with the added impetus of lower [...]
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