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October, 2016: 12 29
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Investor's Journal is a diary focused strictly on investments and personal finance issues, primarily from a contrarian and retiree point of view. Follow along with an average guy's failures and successes as he learns, by trial and error, the fine art of value investing.


10/12/16-The following assets have been sold from our basic 25 holdings since the last entry: AGO; AGX; EXPD; FRAN; GG; KSS; RDS/B; and RHI. These have been added: CODI; GLT; GS; MLR; MN; NVO; QCOM; and TOT.

The resulting current basic 25 holdings are: AIR; AMZN; ANET; BEN; BRK-B; CAJ; CODI; ETN; GBX; GLT; GS; INFY; LGIH; MLR; MN; MTCH; NVO; QCOM; SHOP; SKX; SLW; T; TOT; TSM; and UVE.

Since the prior entry, our liquid assets have gone down $834 or 0.07%. We continue to be on track to achieve our year-end target for a total equities yield averaging 2.0% or above.

All the best in the coming weeks!

10/29/16-The following assets have been sold from our basic 25 holdings since the last entry: AIR; ANET; CODI; and SLW. These have been added: BX; HTGC; LUK; and SBNY.

The resulting current basic 25 holdings are: AMZN; BEN; BRK/B; BX; CAJ; ETN; GBX; GLT; GS; HTGC; INFY; LGIH; LUK; MLR; MN; MTCH; NVO; QCOM; SBNY; SHOP; SKX; T; TOT; TSM; and UVE.

Since the prior entry, our liquid assets have gone down $35,221 or 3.01%, to $1,134,600. Our total equities yield averages 2.0% or above and is on track again this year to increase at least 13.5% annually.

Hope all have a good Halloween!

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