Best of the holidays to you and yours, and may the New Year bring you health, happiness, and a perfectly positioned portfolio.
Everyone who has clicked on this blog, read a post, added a comment or sent me an e-mail has my deepest appreciation. You’ve helped turn what was for me a tumultuous 2009 into an exciting new beginning. Without readers, a writer is that tree falling silently in a forest. I hope my posts have provided a good return on the time you’re invested in reading this blog.
The blog is going dark for the days between Christmas Eve and New Years—unless the financial system blows up again. Absent an event of that magnitude, I’ll spend the holidays the way I like best—with my wife and kids—and hope that you’ll be able to spend the time with those you love doing the things that you love best. (Snow. We need some more snow here in New York. What else are Christmas sleds for?)
In the new year—Monday January 4 to be precise–I’ll pick up where I left off with some picks for what promises to be a difficult market, and on January 5 I’ll publish a long post on 10 stocks for the next 10 years, my annual review of the long-term Jubak Picks 50 portfolio. In the days after that I’ll post performance reports and updates on my Jubak’s Picks 12-18 month portfolio and my Dividend Income portfolio.
What’ will be new for 2010?
In 2010 I’ll also make more improvements in the blog. In the first weeks of January, for example, I’ll be adding a watch list so that you can track all those “stocks to buy later” that I frequently throw out. (Thanks to the readers who asked for this feature. It’s a good idea.) I have other plans for new features in 2010 but given how long it takes me to go from idea to execution sometimes (well, make that, often), I’ll save announcing those until they’re closer to reality.
I hope you’ll stick with me for another year. I’m very grateful that you’ve joined me for the four-and-a-half month journey that was JubakPicks.com in 2009. And I hope to have your company as we walk on down the road in 2010.
Happy holidays, Jim.
Thank you for sharing your thoughts in these great articles/blogs.
Merry Christmas and thanks for all your great advice and insight, I can honestly say it is the only thing that kept me from giving up on trying to make sense of this market
Jim,
Merry Christmas and Happy, Healthy New Year to you and your family. Thanks for generously sharing your ideas, you have made me money this past year.
Roger
Many thanks for your enlightening blog which I read several times a day.
With appreciation and best wishes for a happy, healthy, prosperous new year,
L
Jim,
All the best to you and your family, now and throughout our investing year to come. Ultimately, that which holds your work and insights above others is the integrity that I believe is evident every day. It seems odd to say ‘thanks’ for that, so I’ll just say ‘thanks for sticking with us readers’! I’m looking forward to the new projects. Frank Williams, Mpls.
Merry Christmas and Happy New Year to all!
Have a very Merry Christmas, and quality time with family and friends. Thanks for the well-thought-out advice and reasoning – as another of the people who have been following you since the MSN days (you’re the one who convinced me to start investing!), I’m also glad 2009 has provided you an exciting new beginning, and hope you can expand upon that start even more in the year to come.
Jim;
Have a Merry Xmas and Happy Holidays.
VR
Happy holidays Jim. I truly appreciate the work you are doing and the insight you are providing. Hope you take a well deserved rest. Looking forward to your writings in the new year.
I look forward to your writings in 2010. Thanks for your insight.
Happy Holidays.
Jim:
Wishing you and your family a joyous Holiday!
I really enjoy the blog and your ability to provide more instant insight on the news of the day. It is tremendously helpful. I’ve been following you for probably close to 10 years and hope that this new format is fruitful for you.
Cheers!
Merry Christmas’ Thank you for all your hard work and the research of your book. And a great time with your family.
Hoping for you and your family, a wonderful holiday season and new year. Great gifts, great food, more snow, good health, and happiness.
Happy Holidays Jim, wondering if you have time to answer a quick question about RBA. Brief excerpt from yahoo finance article: Co announces that it sold $3.5 bln of equipment at 327 unreserved auctions around the world in 2009, including a record nearly $830 mln of equipment sold to online bidders. Ritchie Bros. set many other new company records in 2009, including total bidder registrations and number of lots sold. Yet company is downgraded by two firms over the past few weeks? Makes little sense to me and I hope to enjoy the 7% price discount I bought it at today.
Best regards Jim, and Happy Holidays.
Thanks for everything you do.
See you next year. I think I’ll take the next week to brush up on your book!
merry christmas and happy New Year to all. 2010 shall be a interesting year.
Happy Holidays and thank you for all your ideas, insights, picks and research. And for listening! Best wishes for a great 2010.
Happy holidays to you and yours! Thank you so much for the education in the market and its ways you have given me over the past few years! It was you and your articles in large part that led me to step into the market (on a personal trading level) during the deepest days of the Great Recession, and I am so glad I did. See you next year.
Have a great Holiday. Have been following you for 5 years and give all my profits from your recommendations to local missions and the church. What a great way to play the market and give back to others. Love the RSS feed.
Jim,
Merry Christmas and Happy New Year! Thanks for all your excellent insights throughout the year. We really appreciate the hard work.
merry Xmas, Jim.
thanks for all the good work!
Jim,
I discovered you only recently and I already learnt from your site and book so much. I wish I could say “since early in your msn days”.
Looking forward to your upcoming posts in 2010. Have a great holiday with your loved ones.
Merry Christmas to you and your family! Looking forward to 2010 and your insightful blog. You have really helped me to stay the course this past year. Thanks a bunch!
Happy holidays Jim and all the best for the new year to you and your family! And not meaning to sound materialistic given my next thought, but thank you for helping me to make a lot of money over the last four months! Cheers, Jay
Happy Holidays Jim!
Thanks for writing a great blog! I look forward to reading it in 2010 and I plan to add more comments.
My quick comments/thoughts for 2010:
1) don’t let us get too carried away when fertilizer stocks take off again.
2) your post and the news about the “lost decade” for US stocks has me thinking. A better way for US investors to index is probably a global etf portfolio that gets reallocated at least once a year. Maybe the portfolio should be weighted towards growth or gdp size or a combination. ETFs that do this automatically would make a lot of sense.
3) I’m keeping most of my excess cash in CAD
4) I’m wondering/hoping if 2010 is the year when alternative energy becomes viable. Probably need higher energy prices to make that happen. Either way, I’m looking forward to your guidance and research on the subject.
Thanks again and happy New Year!!
Jim,
Enjoy your holiday and time with your family. Thanks for your sage advice, I look forward to following it in the coming year.
I wish you the best for the holidays as well as the coming year. I know you’ll share it.
Jim,
I have been following you since early in your msn days. I hardly ever go there anymore since I really only visited that site on the days you posted your articles. I think it’s great that you’ve gone off on your own and visit your blog many times daily (to catch up on the latest posts!).
One thing I am most amazed at is that not only are your posts insightful, but many of the comments are also helpful as well. There are too many boards out there where the comments are completely worthless, and often times have nothing to do with the post in the first place. It’s refreshing to come to a site where everyone seems to have a similar mindset, and constructive debates help make investment decisions.
Thanks again for all your hard work, and I look forward to hearing what you have to say in 2010!
Have a great holiday and good luck with that snow!
Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays to you and your family Jim.
Here’s to navigating the coming markets together.
Cheers.