What I did Monday (2 days post-Brexit)
Please note that this is just what I did. There is no guarantee that these actions will turn out well. They are just for your information. None of this represented a major change in my portfolio. It was just working around the edges, and taking advantage of bargains.
I am giving prices as compared to Thursday’s close (pre-Brexit), just to give you orientation if you are not following a particular stock.
What I did to raise cash
I sold another 2.5% of the shares I had in LGIH (a trivial proportion) at $29.80. This was down just 1.0% from Thursday’s close at $30.10. This was because LGIH was at 18.5% of my portfolio (It’s still at 18.3%, and my largest position by far, so no loss of confidence there!)
I sold about 17% of my CBM position at $48.45. This was down just 2.1% from Thursday’s close at $49.50. It’s still my 6th largest position.
What I did with the cash to take advantage of bargains
I bought a little SKX at $27.20. This was down 7.2% from Thursday’s close at $29.30. SKX is my 2nd largest position.
I bought some SWKS at $58.85. This was down 12.4% from Thursday’s close at $67.20. SWKS is my 4th largest position. I don’t see how England leaving the EU in two years drops the value of SWKS by 12%. (Or even by 2% for that matter).
I bought some SBNY at $116.30. This was down 11.5% from Thursday’s close at $131.4. SBNY is my 5th largest position. I know the rational for the big banks being down is bi-fold. Less chance of Fed raising rates, and banks make more money at higher rates. But SBNY is growing rapidly at current rates! Second, big banks do a lot of business in Britain. SBNY does NO business at all in Britain (as far as I know), and none in the EU. SBNY’s clients do no business in Britain either. They are small to medium NY City businesses.
I bought some ANET at $61.20. This was down 17.1% from Thursday’s close at $131.4. ANET is my 7th largest position. This was a combination of Brexit plus the FTC confirming a preliminary decision that they had infringed 3 Cisco patents (out of 5 contested). This was no news as the confirmation was expected and Arista has already shipped the work-arounds, so it won’t affect their business in any significant way going forward, but in the panic mode of Brexit, people sold it off anyway.
I bought a little SSNI at $10.30. This was down 10.0% from Thursday’s close at $11.45, and down 24.7% from the high close two weeks ago at $13.68. SSNI is my 9th largest position. They do have a project scheduled for Manchester, but they have projects all over the world.
I bought a little MITK at $6.81. This was down 6.6% from Thursday’s close at $7.29, and down 26.6% from the high close a month ago at $9.28. MITK is my 10th largest position. No company specific bad news. Awarded three more patents in June.
I bought a little RUBI at 12.61. This was down 9.5% from Thursday’s close at $13.94, and down 14.3% from the high close two weeks before at $14.72. No company specific bad news. RUBI is my 12th largest position.
I bought some CRM at $76.90. This was down 6.6% from Thursday’s close at $82.30. CRM is my 13th largest position.
I bought some SEDG at $18.08. This was down 9.7% from Thursday’s close at $20.03, down 12.7% from the high close last week ago at $20.72, and down 20.0% from the high close two weeks before at $22.58. SEDG is a fairly new tiny position.
Finally, I bought some of another small position that I’m not ready to talk about yet. This was down 9.8% from Thursday’s close, and down 17.6% from the high close two weeks before.
Please note that these are not recommendations that you should do the same on any of these. I’m just letting you know what I did.
Saul
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