What Was Your Best Investment This Year?

I just finished crunching the numbers in the my year-end portfolio analysis, and overall things went pretty well in 2010.  Aside from dividends, I purchased the bulk of my securities in the first half of this year, so with the latest market rally, almost everything is up (JNJ and being my biggest loser). 

My best performer of the year however, was that wonderful beverage company...

YTD, including reinvested dividends, Coca Cola has returned 21.86%! 

I'm still going to hold my position, reinvesting dividends and adding when the price drops (it's a bit pricey at the moment) but it's always fun to see some real returns, even if they are only short term. 

Who was your best performancer of the year?  What was your return?  I'm interested to hear about the successes of my fellow investors and bloggers! 

Have a great New Year's everyone!  To a Happy, Healthy, and Profitable 2011!

Free Retirement Planning E-Book Available

I recently came across a great opportunity to download a free e-book over at FiveCentNickel.  The book available is "Unveiling the Retirement Myth" by Jim C. Otar, a certified financial planner from Toronto.  It has garnered some good reviews over at Amazon, where it sells for $49.99.

I'm not entirely certain why this book is being offered for free, but I would recommend you take advantage of the offer.  The e-book can be found here

Don't forget to thank Nickel for this great find!

I Hope We Never Run Out of Beer: Supply and Demand for Non-Economists

I am not an economist.  In fact, in my four years of higher education, I never even took an economics class.  But I am an investor, and I am also a consumer.  In being so, I think it is important to understand the basic forces that explain and influence our economy. 

Over the next couple of months I will attempt to understand and explain these laws of economics in plain English.  If you enjoy reading this post, please subscribe to my RSS feed for regular updates.

Today, I’m starting with the most fundamental building block of an economy, Supply and Demand.

Weekly Links for 12.26.10

I hope everyone is having a safe and happy holiday season.  Here are my favorite articles from the last week

Exxon Mobil Stock Analysis by Matt @ Dividend Monk

Why I'm Short Netflix by Whitney Tilson @ Seeking Alpha

Best Dividend Stocks You Can Buy @ The Motley Fool

How To Get Paid Tweeting by Mark @ BuyLikeBuffett

Retiring At 65 Isn't Supposed To Be Easy @ The Oblivious Investor

10 Reasons to Be Cautious in 2011 by David Rosenberg @ The Big Picture

Calculating Free Cash Flow by Geoff @ Seeking Alpha

Unconventional Income From Uncommon Stocks @ Money Cone

Is SuperValu a Super Value? by Jacob @ Value Walk

10 Year End Tax Moves @ FivecentNickel

China Bails Out EU

In yet another show of China's economic strength, officials have publicly stated their willingness to bail out the troubled EU nations using their 2.7 trillion dollar overseas investment fund.