When to Sell Stock

Stock Sold SignRead any investment book, blog, or magazines and you will see a multitude of recommendations related to buying stocks. Unfortunately, little is written about selling the stocks that you already own.

I use three key principals in deciding when to sell a stock:
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  1. Principal 1: Don’t be greedy.

When Greed Interferes: Puget Power (PSD)

greed 200x200 When Greed Interferes: Puget Power (PSD)On Friday February 7th Puget Power announced the closing of the sale of its core business at $30 per share. Regular readers of my blog will recall that I recommended a purchase of PSD in November of last year at $18. If one includes the $.25 dividend payment from Jan 16th, and the pro rata dividend of $.04 this transaction returns $30.29, or a profit of an impressive 68%.
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