Sonova: bought some more today

The price of Sonova (SWX:Soon) did not go the way I had expected after I bought it at the end of September 2009 at CHF 121.60. There was a new buy signal two days ago, which I did not quite trust, but I now added to my position today at CHF 116.10, bringing my average cost CHF 119.60

ETFS Brent Oil: bought some more

The price of ETFS Brent Oil (OILB) has been falling and I added to my position today at USD 41.44, bought at the open.

DOG: bought today

Expecting the Dow Jones Industrial Index to fall, I bought the ETF ProShares Short Dow30 (NYSE:DOG) today at USD 51.84

ETFS Brent Oil: bought today

Speculating on a rising price of crude oil, I bought the Exchange Traded Fund (ETF) "ETFS Brent Oil (OILB)" at the London Stock Exchange (LSE) at USD 43.82

DOG: sold today

The trailing stop for DOG was activated today and my shares were sold at 51.42667, a loss of 4.8% in 20 days.

DOG: trailing stop sell order

I give a sell order for DOG with a trailing of 5%

Reverse ETF on Dow Jones Industrial Index: bought today

Speculating on the Dow Jones Index to fall, I bough the ETF ProShares Short Dow 30 (NYSE:DOG) today at 53.9999

Gold EETF: bought today

I bought the gold ETF Spdr Gold TR Gold (NYSE:GLD) today via E*Trade at USD 120.31

ZKB Gold ETF: bought today

Gold will go up, I figured, and bought ZKB Gold ETF (ZGLD) today at CHF 4,045.

Gold ETF: bought today

I bought the gold ETF Spdr Gold (NYSE:GLD) today via Ameritrade at USD 115.4699

Holcim: sold today

I didn't like the way the price of Holcim (SWX: HOLN) has been falling in the past few days and sold it today at CHF 75.60, at a profit of 3.3% in 26 days.

Holcim: bought today following buy signal

After the stock closed above the trendline yesterday I bought Holcim (SWX: HOLN) at the open today, at CHF 73.20

Sonova: bought today

I didn't quite trust the buy signal for Sonova (SWX:SOON) three days ago but the closing price has remained above the trend line since then and I now bought it at the open today at CHF 121.60

Quadrant: takeover

The takeover offer went through and I got CHF 86.00 per share, causing me a loss of 59.3%

Holcim: getting close to a buy signal

After missing out on the last few rallies on Holcim (SWX: HOLN) I am now keeping a closer eye on it. Will it give a buy signal at the end of today.

Watching Holcim

I haven't followed Holcim (SWX: HOLN) for a long time and now see that I missed the start of a rally on 15 July 2009.

Novartis produces H1N1 flu vaccine

The stock price is rising today following the announcement that Novartis produces a first batch of a vaccine for the H1N1 flu, known as swine flu, for clinical trials. Novartis hopes to have the vaccine approved for sale by the end of the year.

Qadrant: Aquamit takeover offer

The takeover offer is now official. Quadrant sent me a letter to shareholders giving details of the bid. Aquamit offers CHF 86.00 per share. That's a bit lower than the range of CHF 86.65 to CHF 90.00 at which the stock has been trading today so far.

Quadrant: take-over bid

Aquamit B.V has made a take-over bid for Quadrant. Aquavit was incorporated in the Netherlands by the Japanese company Mitsubishi and four members of the board of Qadrant specifically for this take-over.

The offer is CHF 87 per share, far below my cost of CHF 211.50 on 4 September 2007.

Yesterday, the price shot up from the previous close of CHF 70 to a high of CHF 90 and today so far the stock has been trading between CHF 89 and 90.

Sold ABB

ABB (SWX: ABBN) stopped out at CHF 26.14 shortly after the open today. Loss 10.0% in 7 days.