Investing
P&G Shares Purchased
Early last month, I sent the account application form together with a $500 check to P&G to invest in their stocks. The confirmation mail arrived yesterday, saying the initial purchase was made on December 1st. This part of my recent DRIP investments in dividend-paying stocks. So far I have bought three stocks: Bank of America [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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