Saturday, July 13, 2013

Investment Idea Sharing for July 13, 2013

This Week's Activity – July 13, 2013:
This week, the Japanese Nikkei 225 index continued its recovery, ending on July 12 at 14,506 up from 13,309 last week, but still down from 15,381 on Monday May 20.  This is now only a 5.7% drop in 8 weeks.  This week, the Dow ended at 15,464, up from 15,135 last week, now at a new all time closing high.  So, there is no obvious drop or correction going on here.     The market is hoping Mr. Bernanke and The FED will keep the easy money policy and low interest rates going.  Mr. Bernanke reiterated this week that he is NOT going to raise the Prime Rate, so Wall Street continued going higher on this good news.  But, the clock is ticking pretty loudly for that money train to stop, we just do not know when it actually will.  I am continuing to look for companies with good fundamental financial values that are near their 52 week lows.

Even though The FED is holding the Prime Rate at 3.25%, the 30-year Fixed Rate Mortgage rate has gone from 3.35% in Dec. 2012 to 4.07% in June 2013.  This means that regular people are paying higher interest rates to buy a house even though the big banks can still borrow at Prime.  I have added weblinks to historical values for both of these rates at the Ultimate StockFinder “Links” page http://www.ultimatestockfinder.com/websearchlinksindex.html 

Update on my “Volatility” buy of HXM, a Mexican homebuilder.  I bought them on July 8 at $3.00 and sold them on July 11 at $3.50 for a 16% gain.  I have another buy order in for HXM at $3.00 to see if I can do this same trade again next week.  Their average daily volatility over the past 14 days is 7%.  They showed up on the StockEvaluator “Volatility” sort which is available from the “Stock Evaluator” webpage http://www.ultimatestockfinder.com/stockevaluatorindex.html  under the heading  “Download Pre-Sorted Views of Stock Evaluator for Quick Analysis”. 
This “Volatility” sort shows only companies that have:
                              Average Daily Price Volatility >3%
                              Within 10% of their 52 week low
                              Less than 6 Red cells
                              Profit >0% and Dividend >1%. 

Next Monthly Meeting 2nd Tuesday of every Month:
Tuesday, August 13, 2013 , 7:30 PM at my house. 

Here are my Stock BUYs for Last Week:
Buy   Company   Buy
Date  Bought     Price    Target Sell
----- ---------   -----  ------------
7/8   HXM         $3.00    $3.50

Here are my Stock SELLs for Last Week:
Sell   Company   Sell     Buy       Buy
Date    Sold        Price   Price     Date
-----  ---------   -----  ------  -----------
7/11   HXM        $3.50    $3.00    7/8/2013

Here are my Option (CALL or PUT) Sells for Last Week:
I only do Covered CALLs or Cash Secured PUTs
Option  Sell    Stock    Strike   Expiration   Option  
Type    Date   Symbol  Price      Date         Price    
------  ------  --------  ------  ----------  --------
None

StockEvaluator and Mutual FundEvaluator spreadsheets are available for download at www.ultimatestockfinder.com

Remember to send me any other stocks or mutual funds that you would like to see added to the Evaluator spreadsheets, and any other investing ideas, information or questions that you want to share.

Thanks,
John D.
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