It’s been a long 12 months, but I’m back above water, both in my trading account and in my retirement accounts.  I really owe it all to my stellar strategy:

“One of the best rules anybody can learn about investing is to do nothing, absolutely nothing, unless there is something to do. Most people always have to be playing; they always have to be doing something. They make a big play and say, “Boy, I am smart, I just tripled my money.” Then they rush out and have to do something else with that money. They just can`t just sit there and wait for something new to develop.”  -Jim Rogers

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Last week I sold off some Provident Energy (PVX: chart, web, Y!) stock, and some CREE (CREE: chart, web, Y!).

I’m up about 80% on CREE, and am about back to even on PVX. I’m rarely up 80% on anything (read my posts on Ford before you draw any conclusions on my trading style), and I’m overweight in PVX.

I’m sure there’s more room to run on both of these, but it’s time to score some of those gains.

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LED manufacturer, CREE (CREE: chart, web, Y!), is still looking strong, and I’ve been able to take advantage of some pull backs in the market since making my last purchase.

Recently, coverage was initiated at JP Morgan with an Overweight rating and $45 price target.  Additionally, CREE will be adding more than 500 jobs over the next three years as it expands production of light-emitting diode chips at its Durham, NC plant.

I’ll be looking to add more shares in my Roth IRA account on the next pull back in the stock, and I think $50 per share is a reasonable expectation for this growing company.  LED’s are just now becoming main stream, and the market will be expanding over the next 10 years.

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