Sold two Japanese positions, bought two

Just a quick update on my Japanese holdings. I’ve sold Kikusui Electronics (TYO:6912). The share price has jumped higher over the last couple of weeks. I’ve not been able to find a reason for this rise. Perhaps some traders have become interested in the stock, given its “strong momentum” or something, I don’t know.

Sold Daiken (TYO:5900)

Daiken Co (TYO:5900) has been in my portfolio for a little over two years. The original post about the company can be found here. At the time, Daiken was a Graham net-net and selling at 0.62x NCAV and 0.33x book value. The company was – and still is – a pretty stable performer, producing fairly […]

Japanese net-nets: update

In 2013 I bought my first couple of Japanese net-nets and expanded the basket the basket with a few more positions in 2014. In this post I’ll list my current Japanese holdings. There have been a few developments that have led me to buy a few more Japanese positions since the last update in 2014. […]

Bought Daiken Co, sold Sugimoto

Shares of Sugimoto (TYO:9932) have been creeping up a bit lately. As the stock is now trading much closer to net current asset value (around 0.89x, including the long-term investments), I decided to sell my shares. I figured there had to be something cheaper out there. With my Japanese holdings I’m more inclined to sell […]