Diary of investor

watching the nice rise over the summer was good. and that nice down the last month i do not like at all. the sad thing is no time to watch the market during the day. and the decision to keep, not to sell. well, nice decision. a month ago my porfolio was bigger for one thousand euro...

watching only the downs for the last few weeks. portfolio went to down from 38percent plus to 23. a lot, aches the heart watching. the main parts of it - lifosa and oil mazeikiai were going down. the good news - the last two days aiming for up. good news - there is some hope and better news in mazeikiai stock option with jukos. not sure about the end of it, the governemt is discussing the law of selling at the moment. to tell the truth, watching the price and earnings - i think it is still much undervaluated, and the price could go untill 20litas with no problem. the profit is so high... the taxes mazeikiai pay makes the lion part of domestic product in lithuania.. sometimes i think that really should change the title of blog "trading mistakes" or "do not trade like this". not going to tell about some sells and buys of last week. maybe some day later :)

well, golden rule of diversification. never have one stock - have a few and minimise your risk.. about 30percent of portfolio have in mazeikiai oil, mnf1l, and when it moves up or down - that it is clearly seen in my portfolio. watching the day trades - at the moment minus 3percent today - ups, so much. in the long perspective of course it does not matter such switches. now, when there is so uncertainty about governement, bying and selling the mazeikiai big part option, should see moves of prices. of course, aiming for up. the sad thing is that now the market price is over 12litas, when they are going to sell for 7litas. that effects the traders i guess.

well, broke my rule yesterday to keep - sold some stocks - and here you are.. sanitas and ljl today went up both for almost 5 percent. and lifosa, that i bought, going down... not too much worried - the daily ups and downs are normal. just a pitty.

really, i think it is crazy in the stock market. i know it is luck to be in such a market, when there are so big ups.. at my work, i have to work for two weeks to get the money my portfolio recieved today (well, my salary is not high). now i keep the strategy - buy and hold. but it is so difficult to hold the stocks when they do not move or go down, and see that others move towards the mountain pick.. so, sold my sanitas, half dvarcionys and the rest of ships, ljl1l, all with small losses... ups. and bought some more lifosa. did that yesterday. and a litle bit today. not so sure about today, maybe that was not so good decision.

read something about the start of bears rulling. the last few months had nice growth, will be difficult to see the profit going down. more then a half stocks in my portfolio did not changed the prices compare with friday trade. that should mean that the buyers are not so active, the sellers would like to dominate. that is interesting - that stocks of tse and rse - estonian and latvian market's had the greatest increases today and the last few days. need to find more info on them and the last part of income invest there. did not feel brave - it is easier to find information on companies in native language...

wow, what a nice day, what a high... bought some oil mazeikiai at 10,25 in the morning. checked now - the end of day price - 11.10. wow. what a rapid growth of my portfolio, over 20 percent of it have oil. all the rest - going down... even those that bought a few days ago, sanitas and dvarcioniu. not going to sell. for long..

the second day just looking around and not bying seriously. wanted the oil, mnaf. did not dear in the morning and had no time later. getting angry a litle bit. bought some sanitas. do not know why. maybe it is at the same level for a long time. and never had it. so, will try for a few months. and had no consultation wih technical analysis. was surprised a litle bit when a person from brokerage said they do not use technical analysis, just fundamental..

well, almost all stocks from portfolio went up today. makes the nice day more nice. the only stock, that i value the most - mnf1l went the opposite direction. well, still hoping the best from it. tomorrow will have to make a decision on bying something. now it is toooo late to think. and tomorrow everything will be in a hurry.

wow, not so bad. finally recieved the siauliu bank stocks, not much, 48 :) but, nice to see them in my portfolio. it was the way bank shared profit with the shareholders - gave some stocks from new emission.

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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