BrianNichols’ Profile

Investing Experience:: High
Risk Tolerance:: Medium High
Investing Style:: Value Investor
Portfolio Size:: Large (12 or more Stocks)
Types of Investments:: Anything and everything, but mostly U.S. stocks
Stocks I Own:: AAPL, JNJ, XPO, GE, DIS, VZ, SKX, RH, KORS, UTX, QIHU, ACAD, CLDX, SLXP, DAL, EOG, BP, WAG, VIPS, REGN, KR, JPM, GOOG, ALU, PG, QCOM, GLW

Stocks:: XPO, AAPL, JNJ, VZ, KR, VIPS
Books:: The Disciplined Investor, The Little Book of Value Investing, Taking Charge with Value Investing
Magazines:: Forbes
Blogs:: http://seekingalpha.com/author/brian-nichols

My Area of Expertise:: I consider myself to be a well-rounded value investor, who tried to view the market without emotion. I use my background in psychology to capitalize on the tendencies of the market and the illogical trends that create opportunity
Greatest Investment:: QCOR, JAZZ, and SPPI in 2008 or in 2012 it has been S, GALE, NBS
Worst Investment:: At this rate it could be QCOR, but as of now I'd say PEIX
Money I Manage:: I manage my own portfolio, parent's, friends, and several of my in-laws. Less than $10 million

Personal Quote:: "If a company does well its stock usually follows" "It takes 20 years to build a reputation and five minutes to ruin it. If you think about that, you'll do things differently." "There seems to be some perverse human characteristic that likes to make easy things difficult."
My Interests:: send me a friend requst on Facebook by searching Brian Christopher Nichols for stock conversations throughout the day. Alabama Football, writing, politics, traveling, and the market
Person(s) I'd Like To Meet:: Warren Buffett, Bill Clinton, Tommy Lee Jones, Tim Tebow, Nick Saban
Favorite Restaurants or Foods:: Italian and Mexican. My wife says I eat like a five year old.
Favorite Vacation Spots:: Bahamas, Aruba, Smoky Mountains, Mid-West
Favorite Sports or Teams:: Alabama Crimson Tide Football, Cincinnati Bengals
Favorite Movies:: Death Sentence, Hall Pass, Wall Street, Horrible Bosses, Armageddon, all the Die Hards, We Own the Night, Heat, and just about everything else. I love movies
Great Books Read Recently:: http://www.amazon.com/Taking-Charge-Value-Investing-Investments/dp/0071804684/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1345646794&sr=8-1&keywords=taking+charge+with+value+investing
Book Currently Reading:: http://www.amazon.com/Taking-Charge-Value-Investing-Investments/dp/0071804684/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1345646794&sr=8-1&keywords=taking+charge+with+value+investing

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