Posted by Davy Bui on August 1st, 2008 in Enlightened-American Portfolio, General Investment, Uncategorized
Click here to view the spreadsheet containing all disclosures for my complete equity portfolio, including initial entry points, YTD returns, total returns, etc.
THE ENLIGHTENED-AMERICAN PORTFOLIO SPREADSHEET
Enlightened-American Portfolio: +9.6% YTD (including dividends)
DJIA: -14.2%
Nasdaq: -12.3%
S&P 500: -13.7%
DJ WIlshire 5000: -12.6%
Reuters 2000 (smallcap): -6.7%
Due to the commodities correction currently underway, the portfolio performance has dropped considerably from +18.4% [...]
Posted by Davy Bui on May 9th, 2008 in Enlightened-American Portfolio, Market Commentary
Apologies to regular readers for the slow week. We are moving this weekend and between that, research on various stocks (more on this below) and my obsession with the Democratic primary, I haven’t had much time for posting.
I haven’t posted my reviews of some of the portfolio’s earnings reports lately but I can say [...]
Posted by Davy Bui on March 31st, 2008 in General Investment, Market Commentary
I’m sure many of you have seen the Barron’s cover story this week [$], claiming that the commodities upside is driven mostly by speculators. On a basic level, this is true — all investors are basically “speculating.” But we know that’s not what the author meant.
I don’t mind if someone presents a bearish [...]
Posted by Davy Bui on March 26th, 2008 in Gurus, Investment Strategies
As much as I’d love to tackle the infighting among the Democrats, I’m actually referring to the divergence among some prominent value investors. Whitney Tilson, of T2 Partners / Value Investing Insight / the Value Investing Congress / Financial Times, posted a piece on Seeking Alpha about a possible dead-cat bounce in financials. [...]
Posted by Davy Bui on March 19th, 2008 in Market Commentary
I heard it on TV so it must be true.
All kidding aside, the last two days have been absolutely brutal for the commodities side of our portfolio and today, the energy stocks also got whacked. And I don’t know about you folks but I haven’t reached that zen, Buffett-like state where falling prices don’t [...]
Posted by Davy Bui on March 14th, 2008 in Market Commentary
Get the details here:
Inflation Flat in February
Supposedly, this gives the Fed room to cut. I guess all that talk about inflation being a lagging indicator goes out the window when sh*t hits the fan. Of course, the bad news at Bear Stearns isn’t a surprise — Msr. Merrano of Bear Stearns had said [...]
