Comments on: Performance of My Defensive Stocks http://www.thesunsfinancialdiary.com/investing/performance-of-my-defensive-stocks/ Fri, 03 Feb 2012 17:42:24 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: FinanceIsPersonal.comhttp://www.thesunsfinancialdiary.com/investing/performance-of-my-defensive-stocks/#comment-29877 FinanceIsPersonal.com Sat, 01 Dec 2007 17:05:56 +0000 http://www.thesunsfinancialdiary.com/investing/stock/performance-of-my-defensive-stocks/#comment-29877 You definitely chose some good defensive stocks. People will always need the bare necessities even if the economy stinks! You definitely chose some good defensive stocks. People will always need the bare necessities even if the economy stinks!

]]> By: Sunhttp://www.thesunsfinancialdiary.com/investing/performance-of-my-defensive-stocks/#comment-29685 Sun Thu, 29 Nov 2007 05:38:49 +0000 http://www.thesunsfinancialdiary.com/investing/stock/performance-of-my-defensive-stocks/#comment-29685 True, nothing is absolutely immune to severe economic downturns. While we have to use electricity, we can use less if we have to tight our belts. I guess defensive or not is relative to other sectors. The trouble of the banks is related to one particular problem, bad loans. If that's gone, they will rebound. Who knows if the government starts to regulate the utility industry again, those defensive stocks may as well tumble :)thebaglady: As people said, you buy Chinese stocks for rewards, not for safety. For higher rewards, there are higher risks. Though the Chinese stocks got hammered lately, if the company has a good, profitable business, the stock will bounce back. After all, Chinese economy is not going to drop from 10+% growth to 1% next year.Super Saver: Good to know you can stay flat. To me, all the paper money I made in the past two months is probably gone :( Wish I had a little more these defensive stocks :) True, nothing is absolutely immune to severe economic downturns. While we have to use electricity, we can use less if we have to tight our belts. I guess defensive or not is relative to other sectors. The trouble of the banks is related to one particular problem, bad loans. If that’s gone, they will rebound. Who knows if the government starts to regulate the utility industry again, those defensive stocks may as well tumble :)

thebaglady: As people said, you buy Chinese stocks for rewards, not for safety. For higher rewards, there are higher risks. Though the Chinese stocks got hammered lately, if the company has a good, profitable business, the stock will bounce back. After all, Chinese economy is not going to drop from 10+% growth to 1% next year.

Super Saver: Good to know you can stay flat. To me, all the paper money I made in the past two months is probably gone :( Wish I had a little more these defensive stocks :)

]]> By: Super Saverhttp://www.thesunsfinancialdiary.com/investing/performance-of-my-defensive-stocks/#comment-29672 Super Saver Thu, 29 Nov 2007 03:09:20 +0000 http://www.thesunsfinancialdiary.com/investing/stock/performance-of-my-defensive-stocks/#comment-29672 Sun,Great post on defensive stocks. The ones I own are doing fairly well also, enough to keep my total portfolio flat for October and November so far. However, I still have some concern that a recession, hopefully a mild one, will occur in the next 18 months. At that point, I think defensive stocks will also decline, but not as much. Sun,

Great post on defensive stocks. The ones I own are doing fairly well also, enough to keep my total portfolio flat for October and November so far. However, I still have some concern that a recession, hopefully a mild one, will occur in the next 18 months. At that point, I think defensive stocks will also decline, but not as much.

]]> By: thebagladyhttp://www.thesunsfinancialdiary.com/investing/performance-of-my-defensive-stocks/#comment-29569 thebaglady Wed, 28 Nov 2007 06:55:16 +0000 http://www.thesunsfinancialdiary.com/investing/stock/performance-of-my-defensive-stocks/#comment-29569 My Chinese stocks went down a lot too, but they're still much higher than what I bought them for. It's true that overall the American market just didn't go up much at all. My Chinese stocks went down a lot too, but they’re still much higher than what I bought them for. It’s true that overall the American market just didn’t go up much at all.

]]> By: MoneyNinghttp://www.thesunsfinancialdiary.com/investing/performance-of-my-defensive-stocks/#comment-29524 MoneyNing Tue, 27 Nov 2007 23:15:38 +0000 http://www.thesunsfinancialdiary.com/investing/stock/performance-of-my-defensive-stocks/#comment-29524 Don't hate the Chinese stocks all of a sudden :) Just remember that they are just at the August level. All US stocks are at January 2007 levels..... Don’t hate the Chinese stocks all of a sudden :) Just remember that they are just at the August level. All US stocks are at January 2007 levels…..

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