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Thinks s/he gets paid by the post
I deserve a 'market timer medal' for the sale but I absolutely know it was all luck. BWA, Borg-Warner, is my oldest stock. Started DRIPing this 15 years ago. Most of the time just $50 a month. Discontinued the DRIPs years ago and rolled the stock into my Wells Fargo PMA trading account. I knew this company from childhood, always had an idea of its products and market successes but not always its financial condition. Good company, I would still recommend it as a long term buy & hold type company although it has dropped the 1% dividend it had for years, it was a growth company with a dividend. I had planned to sell to cover 2009 expenses not covered by pensions. But it tanked with the automotive collapse and I got 'lucky' when UST was bought out and selling that stock covered 2009. Now BWA had come back a bit and I set it up to sell now while capital gains tax is still low. Cost basis was about $7,500 and sale value was about $22,250. So some capital gains tax to pay. Just got lucky because on the sale day the stock shot up 10%. And it fell the next day & since then although I expect it will recover over time. Maybe a buying opportunity for someone else? Never saw this stock go up 10% ever, but couldn't have picked a better sale date if I were an insider. Non pension expenses are now covered for 2011.
Now I would claim my market timer medal, just don't ask me about my MGM stock
Now I would claim my market timer medal, just don't ask me about my MGM stock