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- Why I Sold Coke and Bought Church & Dwight
- Robert Freedland submits: Earlier this week (10/20/09) I sold my 50 shares of Coca-Cola KO at a price of $53.38 and purchased 48 shares of Church & Dwight CHD at a price of $55.61. As part of my own "trading transparency", I wanted to share with you...
- External links 2009-10-25
- Sticking with Haemonetics
- Robert Freedland submits: On Monday, Haemonetics HAE, one of the six holdings in my trading account, announced 4th quarter results. Revenue for the quarter rose 10% to $152.4 million. Excluding items the company earned $.65/share. Analysts had been expecting $.63/share so the company beat expectations...
- External links 2009-05-05
- My Trading Update on Colgate and 3M
- Robert Freedland submits: It has been awhile since I have been able to report to you about a sale on 'good news' which for me means one of my holdings hit an appreciation target. If you are new to my blog and my investing technique, let me...
- External links 2009-04-27
- Recession Resistant Stocks: Coke vs. Colgate
- Robert Freedland submits: One of the things this bear market has done to me is to change my own perspective on stocks. I am less a momentum player and more a conservative stock picker. That of course could change if the market indeed makes a...
- External links 2009-04-16
- My Response to Cramer on Smucker
- Robert Freedland submits: I was listening Friday night to Jim Cramer's "Lightning Round" and I was surprised to hear him discourage a caller who asked about Smucker SJM. I have to tell you that I have a 'soft spot' for Smucker ever since years ago...
- External links 2009-04-12
- Portfolio Update: Selling Rollins, Buying Walgreen
- Robert Freedland submits: As is my policy, I try to share with you my own actions in my Trading Account as soon as possible as part of my own 'trading transparency'. On Friday I sold my 350 shares in Rollins ROL at $16.054. These shares had...
- External links 2009-03-31
- Selling Sysco
- Robert Freedland submits: There is no doubt that Sysco SYY is one of my long-time favorite companies in terms of the kind I would refer to as an infrastructure service industry - a company that behind the scenes provides food services and supplies to restaurants, hospitals and institutions...
- External links 2009-03-03
- On Buying 3M
- Robert Freedland submits: With my sale of my small position in Sysco SYY at a loss, I generally would be 'sitting on my hands' with the proceeds as this was a sale on 'bad news'. However, since this sale was one of my five last holdings in...
- External links 2009-03-03
- Is Gold Really a Safe Haven?
- Robert Freedland submits: Jim Cramer believes in gold as something that belongs in everyone's portfolio. As reported February 23, 2009: by Robert Freedland
- External links 2009-02-26
- Morningstar Disappoints, Time to Sell
- Robert Freedland submits: On Friday morning I detailed my strategy for dealing with stock declines. Little did I anticipate that I would so quickly be exercising that strategy in an unexpected decline of what I would otherwise tell you is a 'favorite' stock of mine, Morningstar MORN....
- External links 2009-02-23
- Why I Bought AT&T Despite Less than Stellar Earnings
- Robert Freedland submits: As I wrote earlier, I was disappointed in needing to sell my Morningstar MORN shares Friday morning as that stock fell under the pressure of a disappointing earnings report as well as the generalized weakness in the financial sector. One stock that I have been...
- External links 2009-02-23
- McDonald's: Innovative, Recession Resistant, and a Steady Grower
- Robert Freedland submits: Much has been written about McDonald's MCD being a recession-resistant stock. You can read about it here, here, here, here, and here for example. There is some truth to the thesis. After all, people still need to eat, so doesn't it...
- External links 2009-05-16
- PetSmart: Buying When Others Are Selling
- Robert Freedland submits: PetSmart PETM is currently one of my six holdings in my 'trading portfolio'. Up until Thursday I owned 90 shares of PetSmart that I purchased back on November 20, 2008, at a cost basis of $15.50. PETM closed at $20.35 Thursday, down $1.95...
- External links 2009-05-21
- What I Like About McDonald's
- Robert Freedland submits: As one of my basic strategies for dealing with my investments and managing my cash and equity balances, I utilize predetermined sale points for all of my holdings both on the upside and downside after an initial purchase. Sales on appreciation are considered "good...
- External links 2009-09-24
- ResMed: One of My Favorite Stocks (That I Don't Own)
- Robert Freedland submits: One of my favorite stocks that I do not currently own is ResMed RMD a company that manufactures equipment that treats Obstructive Sleep Apnea. A very common disease that affects millions of people worldwide and that untreated can increase your risk of dying early by...
- External links 2009-09-21
- Church & Dwight: Optimism Abounds
- Robert Freedland submits: I apologize to my readers for my relative paucity of posts to my blog. I am committed to continuing to share my ideas with all of you and certainly to continue to offer you my actual experience in my own trading account. ...
- External links 2009-09-07
- Why I Sold Oshkosh
- Robert Freedland submits: I really felt like an "amateur investor" Thursday when I needed to sell my shares of Oshkosh OSK after they hit and passed my 8% loss tolerance. Like the rocket on the way up, the stock turned around and plunged with the market. ...
- External links 2009-08-07
- Why I Swapped Haemonetics for Oshkosh
- Robert Freedland submits: As is part of my blogging, I wanted to share with you a 'swap' I made out of my position in Haemonetics HAE and into Oshkosh OSK. Both of these are mid cap stocks but that is where the similarity ends. ...
- External links 2009-08-04
- Trading PetSmart for TJX Companies
- Robert Freedland submits: Before I write about the 'swap' I made with PetSmart PETM and TJX TJX, I want to talk to you a little about "chasing performance". There is a good article on attempting to improve results by chasing after the best and latest hot stock...
- External links 2009-08-02
- Missing Colgate - Did I Rush the Trade?
- Robert Freedland submits: Late on Thursday, I was having a bit of seller's remorse. Earlier Thursday I parted company with my shares of Colgate CL because of a slight miss on revenue while earnings exceeded expectations in the latest report. I think I got a bit 'self...
- External links 2009-07-30
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