The sold list

I promised earlier that i would be listing all my sells todate. Here it is:

Name               Buy       Sell     %profit

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Ace Cash Express   13.5      31.81    130.3

Amdocs             22.5      28.5     23.12

Ameritrade         7.4       15.3     97

Andrx

Apple

Ask Jeeves         19        40.1     96.8

Aspect Comm.       3.79      15.22    292

Avaya              6.9       17.4     140

Brinks             16        30.7     85

Cal. Micro Devices 3.0       13.9     331.41

Career Colleges    38        66       74

Elan

Ford               10.9      15.4     43

Fuel Cell          10.5      17.2     53.5

InterParfums       9         30.86    223

KForce             3.65      9        136.1

Midway Games

Overstock.com

Pan Am. Silver     6.96      16.97    122.54

Red Hat            8.5       18.4     113

Starbucks          24        46       84

Tractor Supply Co.

TransWorld Ent.    3.7       9.6      150

XM Satellite Radio 12.8      25.5     98

Zixit              4.58      12.5     157

Zoltek             2.8       8.2      188

In a lot of these cases i sold since the stock moved up much faster than i expected. Most of them did trace back over the last few weeks. Some have in fact reached a stage where they are worth buying again. Given that these were long term holdings, and some have stayed with me more than a year, there is substantial tax savings too!

WARNING : there is bias towards profitable sells in this list! The whole point of this long-term strategy is not to sell something at a loss even if it is about to apply for bankrupty - the pain felt should help me refine my future picks. In addition, there is also a bias towards seeing outsized gains above - again for the same reason - something that has moved too fast, party because of the so-called "momentum" crowd, is out.