Archive for December, 2006
Mutual Fund Year-end Distributions
As we entered the final weeks of 2006, mutual fund companies start to make year-end distributions. Yesterday, another fund in my mutual fund portfolio, Oakmark Equity and Income Fund (OAKBX), paid out annual dividend and capital gain. So far, two of my mutual funds distributed dividend and capital gain (CSVFX distributed on September 20th):
Symbol
Date
Dividend
Short-term
capital gain
Long-term
capital [...]
My Stock Holdings
More than half of our taxable investment assets are in individual stocks. Currently I have 14 stocks/ETFs at four discount brokerage firms plus ComputerShare, the DRIP program provider. Following is a list of stocks I own:
Symbol
Value
Firstpurchase
%Gain
Monthlypurchase
BAC
$1,014
11/10/06
-3.37
$50*
GRRF
$3,544
03/30/06
-12.17
$0
LFC
$50,910
12/17/03
273.20
$0
MSFT
$6,014
11/10/04
0.72
$0
QQQQ
$50
12/07/06
0.62
$50
NT
$6,223
01/21/04
-50.59
$0
PGJ
$7,848
12/21/04
39.40
$0
PEY
$7,562
04/25/06
9.85
$100
PFM
$1,169
06/06/06
5.70
$100
PSI
$3,528
03/14/06
-5.99
$0
PHO
$4,650
03/14/06
6.30
$0
PID
$3,796
09/29/05
24.50
$0
PGN
$316
11/15/06
5.33
$50*
TSM
$14,269
12/13/02
53.18
$0
LFC Won Regulatory Approval for Domestic Listing
According to Reuters, China Life Insurance (LFC) has won approval to sell its class-A shares in Shanghai, which could raise $3.2 billion or 25 billion yuan, making the offering the second largest in the history of Chinese domestic public offering. Encouraged by the news, LFC is now trading above $105 in NYSE, more than $3 [...]
Deal: Creative Zen Nano 512MB MP3 Player for $10 and More
This could be a great Christmas gift for teens.
Buy.com now has Creative Zen Nano 512MB MP3 Player [Buy.com affiliate link] on sale for $50.00. Use Google Checkout to get $20 discount plus a mail-in-rebate of $20 (valid from December 15th to December 31th) from Creative and the final cost is $10. According to the [...]
LFC to Close Above $100 for the First Time
So I didn't buy Google two years ago and now it's traded near $500. But I have LFC.
China Life Insurance (LFC), my biggest gainer so far, is on track to close above $100 for the first time today. Currently traded at $101.70 per share, LFC has seen its stock price more than tripled in [...]
