Wednesday, February 25, 2009

Solas! Republishing the Introduction

Solas! Republishing Introduction.

Solas!
Hello and Welcome! Every few months I will republish the introduction and disclaimer to this blog so new readers can find it.
As stated way back when, this is an experiment and Solas! so far seems to me to be the best opportunity to focus on what I want to write in a time efficient and hopefully interesting manner. However, please keep in mind that so far this is a hit or miss experiment. I don't yet know if this is going to work, how it's going to look or even if I am going to be satisfied with the end product. As a work in progress, especially at its inception, this may be a hit or miss endeavor. I don't know how and may never have time to do many of the things that make this look pretty or more professional. Nor am I going to take time away from my business to become an expert blogger. I do over time hope to make this better. I welcome your comments and suggestions.
What this is:
A learning experience. A way for me on occasion to make a point.
A way for me on occasion to discuss markets and investing.
A place for me on occasion to discuss the vagaries of life and perhaps editorialize.
A place to discuss the investment process.
What this is not:
A forum to tout any form of individual investments. (Particularly individual stocks).
A place for me to give individual investment advice. (Call me or others for this).
A theatre for me to tell you how wonderful I am.
An environment for me to make stock valuation claims i.e. "XYZ is worth 50 dollars!" If & when we do discuss valuations (as in our previous GE article it will be in terms of giving a range that a stock might trade within. That will be an opinion and nothing there should be construed as a guarantee of return or a guarantee that a stock will ever trade to an actual price.
And anything else that I might think of going forward.
One other thing. Where I discuss any individual security I will disclose whether I or clients currently own that stock or ETF. That disclosure is only valid for the day of the post as investments can change at any time. Any person who reads this blog and is not a client of Lumen Capital Management, LLC should either do their own research, give us a call or talk to their own investment advisor before making any investment based on anything written within the confines of this blog.