Archive for July 20th, 2007

Starting position in SIRF Technologies

On July 16 I purchased 215 shares of SIRF at 23.27.
“SiRF Technology Holdings, Inc. (SiRF) is a supplier of global positioning system (GPS) semiconductor solutions designed to provide location awareness capabilities in high-volume mobile consumer and commercial applications. SiRF offers a range of GPS chip sets and software products for high-volume GPS markets.”
Basically they make [...]

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Rise in value of office space in Singapore is highest in the world

From Straits Times – July 20, 2007:
By Fiona Chan, Property Reporter

SINGAPORE’S office buildings have shot up in value by more than anywhere else in the world over the past year.
These soaring values, as well as a rush of investment capital into Singapore, have made the property market here the world’s hottest.
This was revealed by property [...]

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Started position in Baxter International (BAX)

And boy do I wish I hadn’t.
Back on July 14 I bought 100 shares of BAX at 58.49.  They are a medical products and services company that target a range of diseases (hemophilia, kidney disease, cancer, etc.)
Their fundamentals looked solid, stock price was on the up and up…
And then today they announced earnings.  Where they [...]

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