Sitemap - 2019 - Purple Chips - Prospering with Blue Chip Stock Royalty

Weekend Update #363 – December 21st, 2019 – "Looking Back"

Weekend Update #362 – December 14th, 2019 – "Where do you invest?"

REDUCE CORE POSITION IN METTLER TOLEDO AT $761.00

Weekend Update #361 – December 7th, 2019 – "Budget Deficits & Year End Specials"

Weekend Update #360 – November 30th, 2019 – "Rare Earths & Pot Stocks"

Weekend Update #359 – November 23rd, 2019 – "BoC Policy & Economic Winds"

CHANGE TO CORE POSITION: REDUCE GLOBE LIFE AT $99.96

Weekend Update #358 – November 16th, 2019 – “Good Markets & Nice Stocks”

REDUCED NATIONAL BANK (NA) AT $69.55

“Weekend Update #357 – November 9th, 2019 – “Strong Markets & Quality”

ADD TO BOOKINGS (BKNG) AT $1878.31

“Weekend Update #356 – November 2nd, 2019 – “Rates and Timing”

“Weekend Update #355 – October 26th, 2019 – “The New World Order”

“Weekend Update #354 – October 19th, 2019 – “Core Position Adjustments”

Reduce Richelieu to Regular Weight

SWITCH GOOGLE FOR ACCENTURE

“Weekend Update #353 – October 12th, 2019 – “Trade wars (again) and AI”

“Weekend Update #352 – October 5th, 2019 – “ SCHWAB: Zero Commissions”

“Weekend Update #351 – September 28st, 2019 – “ Impeachment! it's fake news”

CHANGE TO CORE POSITION: ADD TO FACTSET AT $248.03

ADD STELLA JONES

“Weekend Update #350 – September 21st, 2019 – “ China stalling, Oil, and Global trade slowing”

“Weekend Update #349 – September 14th, 2019 – “ Cdn Banks, Mortgages & Inflation"

ALERT! REDUCE CORE POSITION IN BOOKING AT $2046.00

ALERT! REDUCE CORE POSITION IN TJX AT $56.85

Weekend Update #348 – September 7th, 2019 – “Boston Fed & Church pics...”

Weekend Update #347 – August 31st, 2019 – “The Cashless World”

Weekend Update #346 – August 24th, 2019 – “Long Bonds & Walgreens”

ADD TO MTD AT $659.50

REDUCE MEDTRONIC AT $108.00

ADD TO TJX AT $49.77

Weekend Update #345 - August 17th, 2019 - "Trade Policy, Credit Card Debt & Henry Schein"

Weekend Update #344 - August 10th, 2019 - "Trade Wars"

Weekend Update #343 - August 3rd, 2019 - "Amgen"

Weekend Update #342 - July 27th, 2019 - "The Welcome mat and Earnings season"

CHANGE TO CORE POSITION: REDUCE STRYKER AT $218.95

CHANGE TO CORE POSITION: ADD TO ROL AT $33.17

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Weekend Update #341 - July 20th, 2019 - "BREXIT, China & Rising Global Risk"

CHANGE TO CORE POSITION: REDUCE DOL-T AT $50.28

Weekend Update #340 - July 13th, 2019 - "ETF's Everywhere & Mobile Domination"

SELLING FEDEX CORP (FDX-US $165.12)

Weekend Update #339 - June 29th, 2019 - "Brexit, US Rates & Buybacks"

Weekend Update #338 - June 22nd, 2019 - "Foreign & US Rates, Preferred Shares"

CHANGE TO CORE POSITIONS: REPLACE OVERWEIGHT POSITION IN COGNIZANT (CTSH-US, $62.90) WITH REGULAR WEIGHT POSITION IN CHECKPOINT SOFTWARE (CHKP-US, $112.18)

Weekend Update #337 - June 15th, 2019 - "US rate cut, Chinese retaliation+"

Weekend Update #336 - June 8th, 2019 - "European PMI, North American Trade Wars+"

Weekend Update #335 - June 1st, 2019 - "US Yields, Trade Wars and European Slowdown"

CHANGE TO CORE POSITION: REDUCE AMGN-US AT $167.78. CURRENT POSITION SIZE UNDERWEIGHT, PREVIOUSLY OVERWEIGHT

Weekend Update #334 - May 25th, 2019 - "US Business Debt, Auto Sales, 3D Printing etc..."

CHANGE TO CORE POSITIONS: REPLACE OVERWEIGHT POSITION IN ALLIANCE DATA (ADS-US) WITH UNDERWEIGHT POSITION IN METTLER TOLEDO (MTD-US)

Weekend Update #333 - May 18th, 2019 - "Easing Yields and a Slower China"

Weekend Update #332 - May 11th, 2019 - "Trade Talks, Henry Schein & Banking"

Weekend Update #331 - May 4th, 2019 - "CVS, Schwab & More"

Weekend Update #330 - April 27th, 2019 - "Earnings make all the difference"

SATELLITE TRADE: BUYING A HALF POSITION IN F5 TECHNOLOGIES AT $160.30 (FFIV-US)

SELLING SATELLITE POSITION IN TENCENT HOLDINGS AT $48.69 (TCEHY-US)

FDS trade history

SOLD SATELLITE POSITION IN CROWN HOLDINGS AT $58.81 (CCK-US)

CHANGE TO CORE POSITION: REDUCE FDS-US AT $266.15

Weekend Update #329 - April 20th, 2019 - "Healthcare - ticking bomb or opportunity"

SELLING SATELLITE POSITION IN POWER FINANCIAL AT $33.18 (PWF-TSX)

Weekend Update #328 - April 13th, 2019 - "The Power of Compounding"

Weekend Update #327 - April 6th, 2019 - "Walgreens and Household Debt Levels"

Weekend Update #326 - March 30th, 2019 - "Core and Satellite Positions"

Weekend Update #325 - March 23rd, 2019 - "Strategy and Millionaires/HR"

Weekend Update #324 - March 16th, 2019 - "Revisiting History"

Weekend Update #323 - March 9th, 2019 - "Volatility of the 1940s"

SATELLITE TRADE: ADDING A HALF POSITION IN MONSTER BEVERAGE AT $54.58 (MNST-US)

SOLD SATELLITE HALF POSITION IN CELGENE AT $94.34 (CELG-US)

SELLING SATELLITE POSITION IN ENBRIDGE AT $49.03 (ENB on TSX)

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SELLING SATELLITE POSITION IN JM SMUCKER AT $113.29 (SJM-US)

CHANGE TO CORE POSITION: REDUCE MKC-US AT $142.99

CHANGE TO CORE POSITION: ADD TO ATD.B AT $71.09

Looking at history...

Introducing John Schwinghamer's Blog

Weekend Update #322 - March 2nd, 2019 - "Nice Looking Earnings"

Weekend Update #321 - February 23rd, 2019 - Dr. Copper and Trouble Averted

Weekend Update #320 - February 16th, 2019 - Positive Outlooks

Weekend Update #319 - February 9th, 2019 - Henry Schein, Celgene and New Website Features

Weekend Update #318 - February 2nd, 2019 - Improvements of the Week

Weekend Update #317 - January 19th, 2019 - The Year Ahead - Buying Opportunities

Weekend Update #316 - January 12th, 2019 - Warning Signs - The Stocks to Avoid

Weekend Update #315 - January 5th, 2019 - The New Year and Coming Great Opportunities

Weekend Update #314 - December 22nd, 2018 - The Good and the Bad of Buybacks

Weekend Update #313 - December 15th, 2018 - Market Influencers

Weekend Update #312 - December 8th, 2018 - Investment Themes for 2019

CHANGE TO CORE US POSITION: ADDED TO BKNG-US AT $1763.00

CHANGE TO CORE CANADIAN POSITION: REDUCE CONSTELLATION SOFTWARE (CSU-T, $1118.00)

CHANGE TO TOP 20 CORE POSITION: BOUGHT MORE MKC-US AT $121.56