Now that the year is done it is time to evaluate how my investment for the last year has performed. Even though at the start of the year I wanted to actively invest I only made about 10 trades for the entire year. For about 3/4 of the year I held onto two of the investments I had bought earlier in the year. They were both good picks, however I had only invested about 17% of my money in these…
Key West is the southern most area of the Keys and the southern most point of the United States. It is about 90 miles from Cuba. I had previously wrote about my experience in the middle Keys and what drove me to the Keys. When we reached Key West we were excited. We had read about Key West and was looking forward to exploring the city ! We stayed on Duval Street – This is one of the main streets…
As part of my vacation to Florida I knew I wanted to be near the sea for a portion of it. During my research the Keys came up. I have heard about the Keys before, but didn’t realize it is about 800 islands with the larger islands connected by bridges. We drove all the way from Orlando to the middle keys . We stayed at the Tranquility Bay Resort in Marathon. This was a beautiful resort with luxurious rooms !…
Disney Parks The Disney Parks can be overwhelming! Especially if you had never thought about it or looked into it before. So when we started planning for our Florida trip I knew I wanted to visit the Disney Parks , especially the blue and white castle, however I didn’t know much about it. I talked to a few people who had been to the park to understand what the park was all about and I used Google for research! Is…
Few books I read as a child had the Florida Everglades as the setting. At that time I was intrigued by the description of the Everglades, and had associated Florida with the Everglades in my mind. When I found a $100 plane ticket to Florida, I knew one of the things I wanted to do there was to see the Everglades. Specifically, I wanted to ride the airboat thorough the Everglades like “Horatio” in CSI: Miami. Near the end of…
Florida is known as the land of the Marshes. What comes to mind when I think of my vacation to Florida – the drive down to the Keys with the an amazing breeze through out the drive, the sea grass filled beaches in the Keys, closely grown lush green vegetation , creepy iguanas , the beautiful world famous Miami beach, coconut trees, the thrilling ride on an airboat through the Everglades, the incredible pre Christmas deals at the Sawgrass Mills…
I use many different sources for my investment research, including analyst top picks, articles , and research reports. I am going to keep track of which analyst picks I have had success with and whose picks that I have suffered on ! My Favorite Analysts: Name Company @ time of pick Pick Jason Arnold RBC Capital Markets Air Lease Corporation – AL Stephen Walker RBC Capital Markets Newmont Mining Corporation – NEM The ones I am currently staying away…
I have been writing blog posts about my past vacations. Two main reasons for writing such posts. One – I want to be able to remember what my vacations were like. I want to capture my experiences in writing before it disappears from my mind! Second – I want to provide some insights to others planning to visit such places. One of my most favorite vacations was to Maui, Hawaii! This place left such a lasting impression on me that…
About five months ago I had bought Linkedin shares . This was right after Microsoft announced they would be buying Linkedin shares at $196 per share. One of my main drivers for buying these shares were because they were trading at below the price Microsoft had agreed to buy them at. They were trading between $191 and $192 at that time. I believed this to be an arbitrage opportunity. You can read about my thought process here . The definition…
Las Vegas was my first trip with friends . I was born in Jaffna, Srilanka, I migrated to Toronto, Canada when I was 9 years old , I went to University in Ottawa, and I worked in Seattle right after graduation . All throughout undergrad and grad school I was not interested in traveling or vacations. When I was in the last year of my grad school, one of my good friends reached out to me during Christmas time wanting…