The World Cup

The World Cup starts today. They were actually promoting it fairly extensively on ABC last night during the sweet Mavericks opening round victory. I expect Cramer will have some corny tie-in to the World Cup on his show tonight. When the Olympics started he talked about Italian stocks. When baseball started, he wore a Phillies cap and talked about Topps (that was a stretch, but SOME Cramer dingleberries bought it anyway). When he went to University of Michigan he talked about Wolverine shoes. I've got the guy figured out.

MFI quote: "the formula is systematically helping us find above-average companies that we can buy at below-average prices'

Anyone ever hear of "Grin and Bear It"? It is a comic strip, or more truthfully a comic picture with a snappy caption. It is also what I have been doing recently with my MFI portfolio. As of Thursday night, I am down about 5.5%.

I thought a profile of my MFI portfolio might be interesting. Here are some Highlights:
Holdings by Sector:

Holdings by Market Cap:

Average Trailing P/E: 15.8
Average Yield: 2.2%
Average Short Ratio: 4.7%
Avg from 50d MA: -6.4% (geesh, explains my -5.5%)

Stock	Price	P/E	Yield	Short Ratio	Pct from 50d MA	Market Cap	Sector	Size Group
ANF	57.06	14.94	1.20%	1.6	-5.2%	5,020	Services	2b and greater
CHKE	37.74	18.2	6.30%	8.3	-4.8%	331	Consumer Goods	300 to 500m
DLX	21.35	7.65	7.40%	4.5	-7.3%	1,100	Business Services	1b to 2b
ELX	17.09	21.61	0.00%	2.8	-2.4%	1,440	Technology	1b to 2b
FDG	31.25	5.37	14.60%	1.6	-11.5%	4,590	Basic Materials	2b and greater
FTO	52.04	10.03	0.20%	3.2	-10.9%	2,950	Basic Materials	2b and greater
HW	25.62	8.23	0.00%	8.6	-18.0%	1,080	Basic Materials	1b to 2b
IVII	10.24	78.17	0.00%	10.8	-0.8%	143	Technology	100 to 300m
KG	16.54	40.64	0.00%	5.2	-5.9%	4,010	Healthcare	2b and greater
MGLN	43.12	12.62	0.00%	6.6	6.4%	1,600	Healthcare	1b to 2b
MSTR	91.72	20.95	0.00%	4.0	-8.2%	1,222	Technology	1b to 2b
MTEX	12.13	11.2	2.60%	11.6	-23.9%	325	Healthcare	300 to 500m
NSS	46.79	7.44	0.00%	4.6	-6.4%	1,050	Basic Materials	1b to 2b
ORCT	10.76	7.47	0.00%	1.4	-27.9%	165	Technology	100 to 300m
OVTI	27.30	18.51	0.00%	6.1	-7.8%	1,450	Technology	1b to 2b
PACR	28.44	20.3	2.10%	4.5	-11.6%	1,070	Services	1b to 2b
PCU	78.81	7.62	13.60%	4.0	-15.1%	11,600	Basic Materials	2b and greater
PGI	7.95	13.68	0.00%	8.9	3.3%	574	Technology	500m to 1b
PNCL	6.73	9.43	0.00%	7.9	-2.4%	149	Services	100 to 300m
PONR	29.22	4.85	0.00%	5.9	-3.1%	343	Basic Materials	300 to 500m
PTEN	27.75	10.22	1.10%	1.7	-11.7%	4,760	Basic Materials	2b and greater
PTSC.OB	1.01	13.84	2.00%	-	8.4%	365	Technology	300 to 500m
RAIL	52.24	10.08	0.20%	3.0	-20.6%	657	Services	500m to 1b
TBL	27.46	12.09	0.00%	2.2	-7.9%	1,750	Consumer Goods	1b to 2b
TGIS	9.10	10.95	1.10%	0.2	27.1%	97	Services	Under 100m
UST	44.71	13.91	5.20%	3.3	2.3%	7,220	Consumer Goods	2b and greater

Finally, here are my numbers thru Friday evening:

Stock	Cost	Current	Gain
NCOG	$19.39	$27.05	39.5%
UST	$39.36	$44.98	15.7%
MGLN	$38.34	$43.28	12.9%
PGI	$7.71	$8.03	4.1%
PCU	$78.13	$76.90	2.0%
CHKE	$37.55	$37.41	1.2%
PNCL	$6.68	$6.75	1.0%
NSS	$45.89	$46.11	0.5%
PTEN	$27.74	$27.72	0.1%
OVTI	$28.50	$27.63	-3.1%
ELX	$17.85	$17.09	-4.3%
MSTR	$94.36	$89.61	-5.0%
KG	$17.60	$16.50	-6.3%
IVII	$10.93	$10.15	-7.1%
ANF	$61.13	$56.53	-7.2%
MTEX	$13.11	$12.11	-7.6%
FDG	$34.90	$31.97	-8.4%
FTO	$57.52	$52.41	-8.9%
PACR	$32.53	$29.23	-9.7%
ORCT	$12.17	$10.79	-11.3%
TGIS	$10.65	$9.17	-13.9%
PONR	$32.97	$28.26	-14.3%
RAIL	$60.94	$50.62	-16.9%
DLX	$26.36	$21.37	-17.4%
TBL	$34.50	$27.54	-20.2%
PTSC	$1.39	$1.04	-25.5%
HW	$37.42	$25.46	-32.0%
Total Gain/Loss			-$14,392
Benchmark Gain/Loss			-$7,755
Annual IRR			-34.9%