After returning from the Better Investing National Convention (BINC) 2010, I was compelled to write a posting for my stock picks, as if I were on the stock panel. I was merely an audience member at the BINC 2010 stock panel, but I thought some of their stock picks were…
I had a little extra time in my InvestEd class on “Digging Deeper into the Stock Study Form.” I had a couple of slides to discuss weighted PE ratio averaging, and included instructions on how to perform the calculation. For Stock Investment Guide users, the weighted PE ratio is an…
We had another great breakfast at InvestEd this morning. It is a nice change to have such fare for breakfast, but I could never like this every day. This mornings presentation is by General Mills, which is not an exciting stock by any means. However, for a 12% growing company…
We had a great meal tonight, which was followed by an investor presentation from PEPSICO. This is always an interesting presentation based on the big scope of their business across the globe.
If you are looking the Beta Calculations file to download (for my Managing Portfolio Risk class at InvestEd 2011), you can find it in this article. While you are here, I encourage to take a look at the other interesting articles in my blog. I have topics including stock analysis,…
We had a great morning at InvestEd and enjoyed meeting attendees. I poke my head into Saul Seinberg’s class in screening for investment ideas. My class on Managing Risk in a Portfolio was pretty well attended. I think folks enjoyed the presentation. Our lunch presentation included P&G. It is interesting…
InvestEd 2011 has kicked off early this morning with breakfast presentations by Shell and General Electric. It is great to reconnect with friends at this great educational event in San Diego, CA.
Follow up on the outage at Churr Software caused by the April 27th tornados in North Alabama. Some parts of the city got electricity yesterday and today, after being days/nights in the dark. I (Brad) am still out helping with the tornado relief efforts. It is really devastation everywhere you…
Churr Software has been affected by the storm damage in North Alabama. There may be a slight delay in filling orders or customer service request due to extensive power outages. I and the family are OK though. Brad is working Tornado relief efforts today, leading a team of volunteers to…
I recently sold some Apple shares on February 17 at $359 per share. Why would I consider selling AAPL with a fantastic growth rate, a lot of cash on the books, and a seemingly unending supply of chart-topping products? The answer is really quite simple: I had a gain of…