Recent Buy
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Recent Buy


This morning I set a limit order for 45 shares of Medtronic (MDT) and earlier this afternoon the order was executed.  I purchased 45 shares for $42.46 per share.  With the current annual dividend of $1.04 per share my YOC after commissions is 2.44%.  I would have liked to get into the shares a little lower but I feel that today's prices are around the fair value range and still offer a solid return going forward.  As you'll see in my stock analysis report on Medtronic due out tomorrow I picked up the shares for about 6% higher than my fair value calculation so I'll be looking for an opportunity to average down my cost basis.  I finally got a pure-play on the health care industry since Walgreen's was my only exposure to health care.
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