I promise that I'll never write about stocks I just like - I'll only write about stocks that I like enough to own.
With that in mind, here's my current portfolio. Needless to say, I think all of these stocks are worth buying/owning.
(Really I just needed to get this post out there, so I can authentically boast/lament later on when appropriate.)
Company Name (Symbol) Buy Date Buy Price Gain/Loss
One-sentence Investing Idea
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Ace Limited (ACE) 10-May-04 $48.35 28%
Reinsurance is a solid positive cash-flow business.
Nokia (NOK) 4-Jun-04 $13.89 115%
Premium cell-phone brand, and a nice dividend too.
Southern Copper (PCU) 2-Mar-05 $26.47 316%
Huge dividend; demand for copper a bonus.
Google (GOOG) 2-May-05 $256.80 115%
Destined to be the company to define the 21st century.
Apache (APA) 25-Aug-05 $67.53 28%
Cheap oil/natural gas producer.
Petrochina (PTR) 10-Jan-06 $87.50 81%
Hot commodity (oil) in hot economy (China).
Intuitive Surgical (ISRG) 2-Mar-06 $91.93 61%
Revolutionary surgery technology which should become standard procedure.
Fording Canadian Coal (FDG) 22-Mar-06 $28.99 20%
Nice dividend, and coal is a cheap necessity.
Infosys (INFY) 4-May-06 $39.77 30%
Fast grower in a fast growth economy (India).
Alliance Resource Partners (ARLP) 5-Jun-06 $36.64 16%
Another dividend-and-coal play.
Qwest (Q) 27-Jul-06 $7.95 21%
Turnaround/buyout story.
St. Jude Medical (STJ) 27-Jul-06 $36.30 16%
Bought for buyout potential, but is doing well on its own.
Frontline (FRO) 2-Aug-06 $41.91 23%
Huge dividend; demand for oil tankers a bonus.
Fuel-Tech (FTEK) 16-Aug-06 $13.27 143%
Coal is a cheap necessity, and Fuel-Tech makes it cleaner energy too.
Delphi (DPHIQ.PK) 5-Oct-06 $1.90 29%
Turnaround story which will emerge from bankruptcy leaner and meaner.
Rite Aid (RAD) 3-Nov-06 $4.64 34%
Another turnaround story - should hang around with CVS and Walgreen's.
Sears Holdings (SHLD) 5-Dec-06 $174.50 -10%
Eddie Lampert.
NYSE Euronext (NYX) 1-Feb-07 $92.33 -10%
Market leader in a consolidating group.
Capstone Turbine (CPST) 23-Feb-07 $0.96 40%
Pure-play on microturbine engines/green energy.
Under Armour (UA) 15-Mar-07 $46.52 17%
The next Nike.
Baidu.com (BIDU) 3-Apr-07 $96.50 121%
The next Google.
Annaly Capital Management (NLY) 17-Apr-07 $15.36 -8%
Nice dividend, and the Fed needs to cut rates at some point.
Aluminum Corp. of China (ACH) 18-May-07 $33.59 42%
Nice dividend, and aluminum demand should rise.
