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Semi Annual Exercise Mid 2021
As I note at the start of my stock synopses; “INTRO Here’s my semi-annual exercise to see if I remember why I own the stocks I own, and so I can check back and see if their stories have changed. … Continue reading
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Tagged About Whidbey, Dream. Invest. Live., GERN, Geron, GigOptix, house, Individual investor, LCTX, Lineage Cell Therapeutics, Lumera, Microvision, MVIS, NeoPhotonics, NPTN, personal finance, Pretending Not To Panic, real estate, real estate broker, Social Security, stocks
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Sigh And Bye Asterias
Rats. It happened again. A corporation agreed with me. A company with great potential and an undervalued stock can be a great investment. In the case of Asterias, that meant BioTime is buying the entire company. Yet again, one of … Continue reading
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Tagged AMSC, AOL, Asterias, biotech, BioTime, Disney, Dream. Invest. Live., FDA, GERN, Geron, GIG, GigOptix, investing, Investor Village, LTBH, Microvision, MVIS, NeoPhotonics, personal finance, Pixar, stocks, Time Warner, wealth
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Semi Annual Exercise EOY 2017
Can you explain why you own what you own? That’s the basis behind my semi-annual portfolio review. Can I describe why I own my stocks and what I intend to do with them? After a few years, it also helps … Continue reading
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Tagged AMSC, AST, Asterias, China, Dream. Invest. Live., GERN, Geron, GIG, GigOptix, GigPeak, investing, LTBH, Microvision, MVIS, NeoPhotonics, personal finance, real estate, Real Goods, Real Goods Solar, RGSE, RSOL, solar power, stocks, wind power
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Breaking My Way To A Better Life
Guess what broke the other morning as I got into the shower. So much for water coming out of the little holes in the shower head. The water decided to spray out from a crack in the hose behind it. … Continue reading
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Tagged bicycling, Coldwell Banker, diabetes, diet, entrepreneur, exercise, frugal, frugality, garden, gardening, GIG, Gig Economy, GigOptix, health care, investing, jobs, Marketplace, Microvision, MVIS, personal finance, picoprojector, real estate, real estate broker, Simple Living, stocks, thrift stores, truck, Whidbey
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Semi Annual Exercise Mid 2017
Thank you, Peter Lynch for inspiring this exercise. For at least twelve years, I’ve regularly reviewed my investments through this one simple exercise. Every six months, I describe the companies I’m invested in, and their stocks (somewhat) succinctly. Peter Lynch … Continue reading
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Tagged AMSC, AST, Asterias, Dream. Invest. Live., economy, GERN, Geron, GIG, GigOptix, GigPeak, investing, LTBH, markets, Microvision, MVIS, NeoPhotonics, personal finance, Real Goods, Real Goods Solar, RGSE, RSOL, solar power, stocks, wealth, wind power
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Bye To My GIG Buys
As a closure to my purchase of the various incarnations of GIG, I decided to analyze the many purchases and subsequent sale of the shares that became part of a final sale. Analyzing successes is easy. Being willing to analyze … Continue reading
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Tagged Dream. Invest. Live., Financial Integrity, GIG, GigOptix, investing, LTBH, Microvision, MVIS, personal finance, stocks, wealth
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GIG Goes Buy Buy
And there goes another great idea. I’ve heard that every good thing must come to an end. GIG, the stock for the company called GigPeak which was GigOptix which I owned because it merged with Lumera which was spun off … Continue reading
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Tagged America Online, AOL, AST, Asterias, Dream. Invest. Live., GIG, GigOptix, GigPeak, investing, LTBH, Microvision, MVIS, personal finance, Pixar, PIXR, SBUX, Starbucks, stocks
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Semi Annual Exercise EOY 2016
Why rewrite an intro that is as true now as it was six months ago, which implies a lack of progress. So it goes. So it went. If it’s in italics, it’s a copy and paste from June 30th, and … Continue reading
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Tagged AMSC, AST, Asterias, China, Dream. Invest. Live., economy, GERN, Geron, GIG, GigOptix, GigPeak, investing, LTBH, markets, Microvision, MVIS, personal finance, Real Goods Solar, RGSE, stocks, wealth
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Small Cap Price To Earnings Reality
This topic has come up often enough that I guess folks aren’t reading my book (Dream. Invest. Live.) Actually aside from the sales pitch, there’s a particular aspect of one seemingly simple measure of a company that repeatedly enters conversations; … Continue reading
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Tagged AMSC, AST, books, Dream. Invest. Live., GIG, GigOptix, investing, LTBH, MVIS, personal finance, stocks
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Buying A Bit Of GigPeak
It’s really only a little thing, this thing I did. Today I bought a little bit of one stock, GIG, the stock for the company GigPeak. Small actions can be big events when they signal a turn. I don’t know … Continue reading
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Tagged Dream. Invest. Live., FFIV, GIG, GigOptix, GigPeak, investing, LTBH, mortgage, personal finance, stocks, wealth, writing
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