On Thursday, I bought Colgate-Palmolive (CL) at $80.70 and Cirrus Logic (CRUS) at $16.49.
Colgate-Palmolive was recently mentioned in an article on how, paradoxically, the lowest volatility stocks actually have the highest total returns over time. Over the last 20 years, CL had a beta of 0.6 (the general market is 1, so anything below 1 is less volatile) and a total annualized return of 13.5% (vs. 8.8% for the S&P 500).
Around the time of this article, CL was also a recent pick of columnist Ken Fisher. He admits that many see it as a boring stock, but he sees it "as a low-risk, big-cap growth stock". At $78, he said it was trading at 16 times his estimate of 2011 earnings, and thinks it will trade at a 25% premium over the market as the economic cycle picks up.
Cirrus Logic is a way to bet on Apple without paying the premium. CRUS makes the chips for iPads and iPhones. Asset Manager Jim Oberweis anticipates revenue growth of 70% over the next 12 months.
Remember that I don't do short term trading. I try to buy good long term stocks at good prices, and then let the stock trading riches system manage the picks.
Tuesday 26 April 2011
I Bought Colgate-Palmolive and Cirrus Logic
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