Release Calander – macro view and company earnings

Now FRED economic data are posed to release soon. In order to keep track of the US macro outlook, we need to have the release calendar handy, Continue reading

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Settlement of BAC litigation?

See the development of foreclosure settlement between BAC and attorney generals, Continue reading

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Another lesson learned from beginning of this year to today

From beginning of this year to today, most of the stocks in my portfolio rebounded back sharply. However, I sold VOXX and ADGF last year when they dipped and switched them to BAC. Continue reading

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My Investment Lessons Learned in 2011

My investment portfolio, including 401k, IRAs, Roth IRAs and HSA, dropped ~10% last year. It was pretty bad compared with the returns of SP500. Continue reading

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Collection of Warren Buffett’s letters

Tons of books have been written about Warren Buffett and his investment strategies, however, none of them is written directly by him. The only documents that written by Buffett are his company’s annual letters. Continue reading

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Writeups and video from Michael Burry

Michael Burry is a well-known self-taught value investor who is one of the first investors in the world to recognize and invest in the impending subprime mortgage crisis in US from 2005 to 2009. Continue reading

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Retrospect of US economy in 2011

The Dow Jones index ended the year 2011 with 5.5% up, S&P 500 index completed less than 1% below its 2010 close, and Nasdaq finished with 1.8% depressed. Overall, U.S. equities closed on a very volatile year largely driven by Europe’s sovereign debt crisis. Continue reading

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Happy New Year!

I just came back home from a two weeks vacation. During these two weeks, we traveled to LA, Las Vagas and Grand Canyon. It was a wonderful and exciting trip. Continue reading

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Book note of chapter 20 (final chapter) of “The Intelligent Investor”

Book note of the final chapter

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Book Notes of Chapters 18 and 19 of “The Intelligent Investor”

book notes …

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