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Earlier this morning I wrote about how I had managed to fortunately hit a first sale point in Jones Soda (JSDA), which for me is a 30% appreciation over my purchase price, and sold 1/6th of my holding....which out of 300 shares represented 50 shares. I also wrote about that darn nickel in my pocket :), which for me means that since I am at 18 positions in my Trading Account, well under my maximum of 25 positions, then with a sale of a portion of one of the 18, that gives me a "permission slip" to add a new position.
You don't have to ask me twice :).
Looking through the list of top % gainers on the NYSE this afternoon, shortly before the close of regular trading, I came across a new name for the blog, a name that I have seen showing up on these lists recently: AZZ Inc. (AZZ). As I write, AZZ is trading at $47.49, up $1.61 or 3.51% on the day. Briefly checking the Morningstar page on AZZ, and the latest quarterly report, things looked good enough for me and I went ahead and purchased 120 shares at $47.34. I shall try to get together a more in depth analysis of AZZ. Meanwhile, I purchased some shares and
AZZ INC. (AZZ) IS RATED A BUY
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Bob