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To: Dan Meleney who wrote (40785)	12/29/2010 12:55:41 PM
From: E_K_S	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 78687

Hi Dan Peeled off some shares in EI DuPont de Nemours & Co. (DD) on stock I purchased 11/19/08. This one worked out to be a double in 2 years. My next price level to peel off shares is in the $55.00-$58.00 level. I also, sold some higher cost shares in SVU (to offset my gain in DD). I like the company and would like to purchase the shares back in 31 days. The only problem is they will have announced their sales & earnings by then and the stock could be 20% higher. I did pick up more shares 32 days ago below $9.00/share. Good work on your top 10 holdings this year especially AAPL. I own several including CVX, DD and XOM. ORCL has performed quite well for you too. Unfortunately I sold my shares last year and when they bought SUNW, I put the proceeds into MSFT not ORCL. Happy Holidays and the most prosperous New Year. EKS

To: Dan Meleney who wrote (40785)	1/30/2011 11:15:43 AM
From: Dan Meleney	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 78687

Portfolio update Value Top 5: BP, CVX, EDAC, GS, NE, SVU Holdings: BP, CVX, EDAC, GFRE, GLUX, GS, HFBC, MSFT, NE, PFE, SVU Started: Increased: SVU Closed: Buy & Hold Long Term Holdings: AAPL, BRKB, DD, HD, JNJ, KO, MMM, ORCL, PG, TJX, UTX, XOM No changes Growth Holdings: none No changes There's been lots of interesting discussion lately about portfolio size & diversification. I try to keep my Value portfolio and B&HLT portfolio around 10 stocks each, but I have a few extra. So, instead of showing top 10 in each, I've listed my full holdings. I want few enough stocks that I can keep close tabs on each of them but enough that there's some mitigation of unsystematic risk, because as most of us here know, shit happens. Total stock portfolio is split like this: 32% Value stocks 68% B&HLT stocks I also have some Vanguard index funds I used in the years where job+kids didn't leave enough hours for due diligence on individual stocks. Now, all new cash goes into the value stock portfolio or, for work 401K, into index funds.