Stock Talk - Investment Decisions - November-December 2018 Part 1

Stock Talk

Happy New Year indeed! It seems like many investors are more than happy to turn the page on a new year and fast! So much for the Santa Clause rally. The markets continued to roll over as 2018 wound down. While it will definitely crimp some of my returns for the year. I actually viewed it as an opportunity to do some Christmas shopping. This is the type of shopping I like where the money I spend on high quality assets that will have a good chance of growing into more assets in the future. The core tenant of investing is to buy low and sell high. The times where you can buy low are unfortunately when the market is cratering. The later part of the yea is a usually quiet period for making decisions but this year some companies that I really never would considered in the past because they’ve been just too expensive looked very appetizing to pick up on the cheap. So I made a fair number of investment decisions in November and December. I bought small positions, because given the negative sentiment in the market, I wouldn’t be surprised to see prices fall further, which is fine because I’m happy to slowly build up these positions at a lower price point. So in this first of two posts, I share with you my investment decisions from November 2018. In part 2 I will review my decisions in December 2018. Decisions Taken: Sold shares in Starbucks (Ticker: SBUX) for gain of 29.6%, net FX) Bought more shares in Activision Blizzard (Ticker: ATVI) Sold shares in Activision Blizzard (Ticker: ATVI) for 25% Loss – Net FOREX Bought more shares in Electronic Arts (Ticker: EA) Sold shares in Walmart (Ticker: WMT) For 20% gain (net FOREX) Bought more shares in iShares Germany ETF (Ticker: EWG)