Diary of investor

bought a few shares of apranga and alita. the first one was going up for a few days, tried - maybe will go for more:) now have minus 3 percent. it is good, that the sum was small. and bought alita. they do not have excellent results, but just feeling that it would be good to have some form them, so bought, also only a few. now have plus 3 percent. not much. interesting, have not heard any news from alita for a while. the bad news for me - oil stocks go down, to buy last week was not good idea... well, as for long term, hope to wait for bulls here before christmas. would like the question of jukos stock selling to come sooner. so much uncertainty there..

feelng dissapointed today. yesterday bought oil and sold one bank. today the oil went down, it was possible to get 10cents lower.. and sold the bank. reacted to the panic in the morning and sold. one more lesson not to stick to the crowd and not to change the rules of the game. have promissed myself hundred of times not to sell... and here you are again. do not learn from mistakes at all. so, in bad mood. and portfolio goes down.. looking to buy something else. technical analysis do not show anything clear. or maybe i am sleepy already.. good night

it is late, dark outside. neigbours and family sleeping. myself thinking about tomorrow. should buy something. so, how do i help myself to make a desicion. first of all, read all the news about listing companies. i am subscribed to one of yahoogroups of local investors. there were over 100 unread news emails in my inbox during the last few days. next, trying to read any comments on forums, chat logs, etc. what were people talking about, what are other's buying and thinking about. should not always trust this source of information, but that it always useful. then, the third, i use my picture of companies. impression. every piece of news or information in some way change the impression and oppinion about stocks and companies. that is like aggregatted picture of all market and picking up a few candidates. hm, maybe should take more careful look on other baltics markets, like tse. still afraid, need more encouragement. so, thinking about some more oil. maybe some more lifosa. the nex...

For those who are interested in the baltics (europe) stock market, especially lithuanian, want to offer one site. A site of lithuanian investors community. and a site i love and visit almost everyday. Almost everything is done in lithuanian language, although there is a forum for english speakers. So, visit 'spekuliantai'

wow, crazy summer. golden times for my portfolio. have 6 stocks at the moment, and over 20percent plus. not so much to compare with the stocks up, bbut feeling ok. the last few months i was not selling, just bying. decided it is not worth to sell the stock, when i believe it will go up in a month or two.. and some people say that patience is virtue.. there was real bull market for bank stocks. from the new year one has been up for more then 4 times!! the sad thing is i bought a few bank stocks only last week. and the reputation of the bank is on question. still happy with litle plus, and hope it will not go down a lot. to tell the truth starting worrying about the coming month. usually the summer is quit time, no trades. and here the opposite. maybe the autumn will bring deep long correction with big bears. today and vilse market saw the biggest increase have the stocks, that ussually have minor transactions and almost no volume. people say when the small fish come, it may be the end o...

well, was looking for a few days what to buy. husband suggested the 'ship' stocks. once came out with minus from them, tried to look more carefully at them. well...... in the morning the bads news come - the profit decreases because of high oil prices. what happened - started to think - the price goes down, it is a good stock, should try to buy. maybe should have been waited for a day or two to see the trend direction and the market reaction - now have over 2percent losses. hope untill christmas it will turn into plus...

Some time ago i registered at The Motley Fool (rather strange name for trader's site)and since then they send me the promotional message "small cap growth". as i understand, their idea is to pick up the companies with small capitalization and big potential for growth. actually never read such kind of emails, call them spam and delete. this evening is different. looking for ideas what to buy, so decided to read. title - "Is It Time to Sell?". much writing about hidden gems , do not know what is this, never mind. there were a few goods things. the main thing - not to sell. never. the author says: "Consider this approach instead: Sell your stocks when you want to buy a house or furniture. Sell when you have too much in stocks and you want to buy some bonds, gold, or collectibles. Sell if you have too much in any one stock. But sell a stock, or the market, on valuation at you own peril." . interesting. there were a few examples that most of the stocks inc...

have not written for ages. it is summer and have no time for sitting and analysing. just checking my porfolio sometimes. even do not read news - select them all in my inbox and check them as read. a few weeks ago everything was fine - plus 5percent, the last few days seems things getting worse - at the moment - 3,83percent.. trying to see what it means to be long term investor / trader. it is a pity to see up and down and think that if i sold, bought back, then i would have earned, etc.....

remembered that know a man, called Peter, living in new york, who used to tell about his stocks. how every morning he listens to news, reads something in the net, looks at his stocks, buys or sells. wrote him an email to ask how he is doing with stocks now, after a few years. the answer was not very happy. "I have bought stocks and put them away for retirement; I lost much in the market all because the companies were lying about their products and before I could get out, the stocks had fallen. So, the few stocks I have bought are now for retirement. It is a volatile market and I do not recommend it to anyone; too much fraud and lies to drive the stocks up. Be very careful of what you invest in. Currently, I am investing my money in my private practice which has been quite successful; thanks to God." He is a doctor, so soon will have two offices, opened for clients. So, no words of encouragement. The only thing good is that here, in the market i am interested in, there are no...

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had been reading a book a year ago. "rich dad poor dad", http://www.richdad.com/rich-dad-poor-dad-reviews.html . it was my first book on money and finances that i read for myself, not for studies or job. written in popular style and convincing to aim for financial independence. "get out of rat race". now starting to read the next book from the same authors. about investitions - guide of investor. it is interesting. it says "those, who trade in the stock market, only imagine themselves to invest. in reality they only buy and sell. "buy, keep and pray" - that is a long investition. pray for stocks to go up. and those, who do not keep for long and sell they call only speculators... so, thinking about changing blog's title from 'diary of investor' to "trader's diary".

a few weeks ago promised myself to buy and hold for long. well, could not. somthing inside wants the activity - buy sell buy. not wise, but... yesterday sold two stocks that were going up high. the first one, lifo, seems to stop today, and the bank still streams for maximum..

it is soooo difficult to get used to new tickers. now, as we entered saxess platform and baltics had been connected into one baltic stock trade system, there are all new codes for shares and the number of them increased. as i look at my software it is difficult for me to understand what company does it belong to. for example, snoras changed from snor into srs1l. o enrg to len1l. it takes time to find the stock i need! wow, what a trades the last days here. there a few stocks that were climbing up about 10 percent in a day. what a joy to traders:) got a chance to buy something today. had chosen to stocks with lowest pe and great profit - becaus of rick they still not evaluated in the market. bought the first after a few days high over 24percent. in my opinion it should go up more. then got scared because the price moved down and sold 4/5 of them with losses. well, at the end of the day the price changed and now for that remain i have a litle plus. so, do not listen to me when to buy and...

have no cash - no savings, so having vacation from detailed look at the stock exchange. the news conference mails changed in volume - with the start of common saxess system, there are many news from other countries companies. an opportunity to think about abroad trade - investing in different currency and unknown enterprises. the next thing - looking forward for new companies coming into the stock exchange. thare news coming about a few preparing to enter the trade list. somehow still think it is a good thing to buy stocks at their enter.

found an article on failed signals to buy or sell. interesting. heard about flags and pennants for the first time. i am not good at technical analysis. now it is more clear for me why people see at the chart and say - i am going to buy this. was wondering why thet buy so often. now i see - there are special signals to enter the position during the trend. find the article here: http://www.spekuliantai.lt/page.php?id=49. only in lithuanian..

welcome back. was looking at the stocks today, imported the data file into software, but no decision what to buy. looking at the banks, but afraid they will fall in the coming month. want to buy dker, but the results of it are so bad... although good perspective... decided to get some oil, although after such a fast high it should remain in the same price level for a least a month... feeling like a novice and do not what to buy. well last year, when starting i knew what to buy:) the big energetic sector.

watching the market the last few weeks - everything down.... was good time to sell everything, although if the same situation will repeat the next year, i will sell everything in february - march and would be extremely careful with trading. almost all the stock i bought the last months gave me minus. now it is good to have some rest from all this and prepare for next season. i still participate in virtual game www.spekuliantai.lt, staying in middle of all investors. well, not so bad, on the whole.

had a look at the report and got scared - for the last two months only losses except two shares. all the rest about 10 stocks turn into minus. no words... must turn everything into cash and now it is the worst time of the year to do so.

the last time i wrote about snai, rst and invl - i sold them and then was unhappy to see them up. now, after some time, i may draw some conclusions. rst went up - i could have sold it without losses. what it interesting after few days up, now it is great down - almost 30percent from the price i sold it. so, not so bad. invl went up for a few cents, and now it is also lower than my selling price. the only snai is going up. the purpose of my buy was to see RSI working. the problem was i was not looking at the snai situation - it was going down for more than 6months, and i accidentely bought it when after the bottom it started to go up. to buy it was a wise decision, but to sell it.... well, i needed money and quickly.. was reading about sellin decisions today. two points. first - sell with RSI high - over 70-80percent. and second - remember that after rally - quick up over 10-20-30 percent - the price will stay flat for a long time. i wish i knew that earlier.

wow, what a day.... 16 down, 6 up. terrible day, down. looking for the best day to sell off everything, seems it is not the best chance.