The 74th Festival of Stocks
Welcome to the February 4, 2008 edition of the Festival of Stocks. The Festival of Stocks is a blog carnival dedicated to highlighting bloggers best posts on stock market related topics so I’m incredibly proud to be hosting this 74th edition of this weekly roundup.
This week, the posts are listed in the order I received them because if they were in the order I liked best, all the value investors would hate me, even more than they already do!
See how the venerable Fat Pitch Financials Special Situations Real Money Portfolio, or as I like to try to say outloud “The FPFSSMP”, performed in January.
And, the Millionaire Mommy Next Door, or the much easier to remember MMND, chimes in with her 2007 performance (which rocked because most millionaires know what they’re doing).
Speaking of millionaires, Millionaire Neumes tries on (CROX).
Ever wondered the secret to value investing—ContrarianValueInvesting.com has the answer
My Wealth Builder prefers making small stock purchases here and there.
Money Blue Book advises against trading based on gut and emotion (right on!)
The Digerati Life wants to cure you of your illusions about money
The Dividend Guy analyzes one of the most boring stocks in existence (WMT)
American Consumer News has some retirement advice for ya!
Millionaire Money Habits compares stock market vs. real estate investing
Sox First is no fan of the Fed
The Personal Financier doesn’t think investors should try to time the market
College Analysts analyze Buffett favorite /short sellers (USG) (that’s right, it’s been a great stock to short, suck on that!)
Living Off Dividends goes off on the government
Fire Finance details tax free money market mutual funds
Self Investors takes a look at homebuilders
Dividend Money’s got a recession proof stock for ya!
Middle Class Millionaire dissects (TRP)
WhatIThinkAbout.com is thinking about when compounding returns aren’t that important
The Canadian Personal Finance Blog talks about employee stock purchase plans
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| Date | Stock | Buy | Sell | Net |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| July 23 | MKTY | $4.73 | $5.40 | $187 |
| July 22 | MKTY | $4.10 | $4.28 | $240 |
| July 21 | ZYXI | $3.03 | $3.18 | $130 |
| July 15 | MNLU | $6.37 | $6.73 | $340 |
| July 11 | IDAE | $2.27 | $2.49 | $630 |
| July 8 | ERII | $11.29 | $11.00 | $162 |
| July 3 | TGC | $2.14 | $2.39 | $471 |
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| July 2 | TGC | $3.44 | $3.49 | $80 |
Total: $22,457 (
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1Living Off Dividends
February 4th, 2008 at 12:04 pm
thanks for the mention!
2ryan z
February 4th, 2008 at 1:28 pm
hey tim, the new site is looking sweet. i know you said you were gonna switch up your style for TIM right now so my question may or may not be welcomed with open arms. I found INFN on friday to be up +40% after beating on earnings. one analyst upped it from hold to buy, but also cut the target from 22.50 to 15$ citing the cutting in value of its competitors from the economy, etc. I also found on the Google Finance blog some frustrated investors warning of “shady short sellers” playing with the price. after reading that I shorted it for an overall price of 4.15. friday. it meandered around 14.40 for most of the day today, but it just cracked 14 over the past few hours and is on a steady downward slope. any thoughts on whether or not i’ve found something worth holding or do you see this as something too dangerous to hold on to? thanks!
3NS
February 4th, 2008 at 1:36 pm
Wow, thanks for all the useless links.
4timsykes
February 4th, 2008 at 1:47 pm
I was looking to buy INFN for a Monday gap up, that’s it. Now its a storng earnings play in a strong downtrend—-aka unpredictable. Too many cross currents for me
5The Dividend Guy
February 4th, 2008 at 11:14 pm
Thanks for the link Tim - nothing wrong with a boring stock if you ask me.
The Dividend Guy
6Millionaire Mommy Next Door
February 10th, 2008 at 1:11 pm
Thanks for hosting! I’ve linked back to the carnival at:
http://millionairemommynextdoo.....s-and.html