I was born in USSR. After graduation from college worked full-time as an IT specialist. Moved to US in 1996 and started investing in 1998. I had an extremely successful 1998 and 1999, very bad 2000 and 2001, then recovered. I mostly invest in what I know, which means mostly high tech ... more
I was born in USSR. After graduation from college worked full-time as an IT specialist. Moved to US in 1996 and started investing in 1998. I had an extremely successful 1998 and 1999, very bad 2000 and 2001, then recovered. I mostly invest in what I know, which means mostly high tech companies, but wouldn't discard any opportunity. I'm trying to make my performance better and share my thoughts in my blog Muddling Investor (http://muddlinginvestor.blogspot.com/).
lessACP | Avenue Income Credit Strategies Fund |
AMBA | Ambarella Inc. |
DSW | DSW Inc. |
EADSY | Airbus Group |
EZU | iShares MSCI EMU Index Fund |
FB | Meta Platforms, Inc. (Formerly Facebook) |
GOOG | Alphabet Inc. (Google) |
HSBC | HSBC Holdings PLC |
MMM | 3M Company |
NCV | AGIC Convertible & Income Fund |
NCZ | AGIC Convertible & Income Fund II |
NHF | NexPoint Credit Strategies Fund |
NMZ | Nuveen Municipal High Income Opportunity Fund |
NRO | Neuberger Berman Real Estate Securities Income Fund Inc |
PII | Polaris Industries Inc. |
PYPL | PayPal Holdings, Inc. |
RTN | Raytheon Company NOW RTX |
SAN | Banco Santander S.A. |
SYNA | Synaptics Incorporated |
TWTR | Twitter Inc |
Principal Performance Engineer | |
Oracle | |
June 2014 - Present (8 years 2 months) |
Business Consultant | |
TCS America | |
January 2010 - June 2014 (4 years 6 months) |
Senior Systems and Database Administrator | |
TCS America | |
November 2006 - February 2010 (3 years 4 months) |
Tambov Institute of Chemical Engineering, Russia | |
Bachelor of Science | |
Latest Comments
Will A UK/US Trade Deal Really Benefit UK?
There will be no US/UK deal until #Brexit is finished. Until then, UK will stick to EU rules. And Brexit is at least 2 years in the future. And we don't know if it's hard (full split) or soft (remaining in free trade zone) split. In other words, any speculation on US/UK deal is way premature.
3 Reasons This Rally Won’t Last
There is one reason this rally can last: Santa Claus. No, we don't have year-end rally every year, but we do most time. I don't think this year is an exception. I'm not selling into this rally, not until week before Christmas.
2014: My So-So Year
Current European positions:
ARMH, EADSY, HSBC, LRLCY, NSRGY (retirement account only), SAN
Usual disclaimer: I don't recommend anything, just communicating what I do.
Will Raising Interest Rates Help Russia?
If oil remains below 60, ruble has more downward pressure. Russian Central Bank is not independent. It raised rates, true. But on other hand, it bailed out several banks already and participated in shadow scheme to finance Rosneft: "somebody", bought 625 billion ruble worth of notes (more than $10 billion at current exchange rate), and the next day Central Bank started accepting these notes as collateral. That day (Dec 16) ruble collapsed and only several interventions kept it afloat. More bailouts and shadow financing schemes are on the way.
Taper Talk Is Back – It’s Not Going Away This Time
The Bank Guarantee That Bankrupted Ireland