I've done this BLOG for a little over a month now, and I've compared my end of March results to end of April results. And I was decidedly unhappy. Had I kept the exact same portfolio I had at the end of March until now, I would be actually about 10% better off overall. I guess that's the change in fortunes.
Looking at the current list of stocks, I wonder may be if the better idea is to hold onto the brand names. Apple is certainly worth it. And stupid me, by selling when I did, I missed essentially $20 of gain on 500 shares, yep, there goes $10K. But now that I've bought back in, I think I'll just hang on for the ride. Visa, another example of a badly timed sell, 400 shares went up another $20 from when I sold, there's another $8K. These were definitely bad choices. RIMM was another one. My pick since then, ISRG and FSLR have both flopped. HRP hasn't done any better... so far, not a good month.
I think this calls for a sit down and a re-evaluation of strategy going forward. Oh, trades of the day, I pulled in a little bit of Gushan Energy. I heard a little about this stock, decided to put up a small position in it, and see what happens. Let's see if this one is a flop or a not.
Looking at the current list of stocks, I wonder may be if the better idea is to hold onto the brand names. Apple is certainly worth it. And stupid me, by selling when I did, I missed essentially $20 of gain on 500 shares, yep, there goes $10K. But now that I've bought back in, I think I'll just hang on for the ride. Visa, another example of a badly timed sell, 400 shares went up another $20 from when I sold, there's another $8K. These were definitely bad choices. RIMM was another one. My pick since then, ISRG and FSLR have both flopped. HRP hasn't done any better... so far, not a good month.
I think this calls for a sit down and a re-evaluation of strategy going forward. Oh, trades of the day, I pulled in a little bit of Gushan Energy. I heard a little about this stock, decided to put up a small position in it, and see what happens. Let's see if this one is a flop or a not.
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