I placed a limit-order for 100 shares of Kindred Healthcare (KND) at $11.25 a couple of weeks ago after noticing that it was trending down.
My order was filled on Friday after KND reached an intra day low of $11.13.
A little primer – Kindred Healthcare is in the business of providing long-term health care. According to [...]
One can’t discuss the concepts of contrarian investment strategies without mentioning the name David Dreman.
Mr. Dreman is considered by many to be the Guru of contrarian investing and literally wrote the book on the subject.
So, although it’s a little belated, I’d be remiss if I didn’t mention recent news of Mr. Dreman being fired from [...]
I was really hoping for the stock market to show a pulse at the start of this week. There really wasn’t any bad news today to cause a stock market retrace, except fear and uncertainty.
Well, it was good while it lasted. As an investor, we just have to accept these things with quiet dignity and [...]
Like any other mere mortal, I’ve had my doubts about the success of my investment style. Although it’s paid off for me in the past, contrarian investing doesn’t seem to be working right now.
The markets keep falling, economic news continues to be bad, and consumer confidence is at all time lows. I’m feeling kind of [...]
Am I the only one embracing this market meltdown?
As we approach a bottom in this bear market my views will be changing. Instead of predicting doom, gloom, and despair as I had in the past, my financial views will be changing to the bullish point of view. Almost everything that I’ve forecast for the past [...]
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Is It Different Now?
If you’ve been a long time reader of my blog and haven’t figured it out just yet, there’s one thing that really jerks my gherkin. It’s the oft-used phrase “it’s different now”. Let me explain why this bothers me.
During the Thrift Savings crisis of the 1980’s new rules were instituted to prevent banking corruption from [...]