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Portfolio A Update - Bye, Bye Centex

Tuesday, April 22nd, 2008

Apologies for not updating sooner. I actually sold this stock on Friday. It seems that I’m shaking off some rust for my short term trading skills. While my initial pick of Centex was correct, my upside prediction was quite wrong. The stock moved swiftly to about $27.80 before hitting hard resistance and cracking down. Beyond […]

Q1 Curious Investments Update Part 2

Wednesday, April 2nd, 2008

Today, we’ll wrap up the first quarter summary with a quick look at my two longer term portfolios - Portfolio B and the hypothetical Curious Investments Equity Income Strategy.
Portfolio B
This strategy performed admirably through the turmoil this quarter. While it posted a total loss of 12%, it was up in March and most positions seem […]

Q1 Curious Investments Update

Tuesday, April 1st, 2008

It seems these Curious Investments updates have been coming on a funny schedule. Sometimes, monthly, sometimes quarterly. I apologize. I do do my best to give regular updates on my portfolios to provide transparency and hopefully provide some lessons from my investing successes and failures.
Overview
The last quarter was tough. After a pretty good run at […]

Trading Centex (CTX)

Tuesday, March 25th, 2008

When I added funds to Portfolio A in September, I claimed that I would use some a portion of the funds to create a regular trading position to go with the other intermediate term picks. In very short time, I found Apple, Google, and Humana to be great buys for various reasons and had the […]

Portfolio Moves & Update 3/24/08

Monday, March 24th, 2008

Just announcing a few portfolio moves today. As the market outlook seems to be stabilizing and we seem to be entering a near term rally (no speculation on how long it will last), I’ve decided to move around some positions in order to try to take advantage.
Portfolio A
I realize that in the last few months […]

Event Risk: Two Perspectives

Tuesday, March 11th, 2008

With the Fed’s opening of an emergency credit line for companies facing insolvency due to the current credit crisis, markets have rebounded swiftly and we’re looking at 2% days across the major indexes. I should be jumping for joy given that we haven’t seen such green days for a while now. Unfortunately, both of my […]


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