August 13, 2013: Mondelez Stock Trade: Let’s start with an update on our Mondelez stock trade. Mondelez (MDLZ) closed today at 32.08, back above its breakout price. I had written in an earlier post that I would sell the stock if it closed below 32, but only if the volume was higher than average. Well,… Read more »
August 8, 2013: Mondelez Stock Trade Update: Today my Mondelez stock order was filled at 32.00. The ticker for Mondelez is MDLZ. They reported better than expected income, plus a stock buyback program and dividend increase. It was a classic breakout on nearly double normal volume. The stock closed at 32.70. (Click to enlarge) My… Read more »
August 2, 2013: Mondelez is not a name-brand company, but its products are. Mondelēz International, Inc. (MDLZ) is one of the world’s largest snacks companies with 110,000 employees, and had global net revenues of $35 billion in 2012. Its product lines include Oreo, Chips Ahoy!, Ritz, Nabisco, Triscuit, Nilla, Honey Maid, Newtons, Cadbury, Trident, Certs,… Read more »
July 30, 2013: Today I added to my Calamos Funds Global Dynamic Income Fund (CHW) holding at 8.52. It is trading at a nice 11.46% discount to NAV. Calamos Funds Global Dynamic Income Fund (CHW) (Click to enlarge) The fund is designed to generate a high level of current income through investing in common stock,… Read more »
July 10, 2013: In recent days interest rates have started to rise from the extremely low levels of the last 5 years. The Fed recently announced that it will begin “tapering” it’s $85 billion bond purchases sooner than the 2015 target date it had previously announced. The Fed has been purchasing huge amounts of bonds since the… Read more »
