As a numbers guy, guess what? I enjoy looking at numbers! So I decided to crunch some numbers today, because that is who I am. Overall, I am now down 5.5%. Better than the near 10% I was down a few weeks ago, but it is unlikely I'll be in the green at my 6 month anniversary.I thought it'd be interesting to cut the numbers by month of purchase. My February purchases are actually $9 in the black. Woo-hoo! June/July purchases have been a disaster, as Warren Buffett once said, "I would have been better served just going to the movies".
| Month | Cost | Current | Gain |
| Feb | 59,275 | 59,284 | 0.0% |
| Mar | 39,869 | 39,031 | -2.1% |
| Apr | 40,661 | 36,402 | -10.5% |
| May | 119,686 | 117,338 | -2.0% |
| June/July | 55,018 | 46,566 | -15.4% |
I was surprised that May wasn't more of a disaster, but it was helped by my 2 week gain on NCOG.
Here is the table of overall results:
| Stock | Cost | Current | Gain |
| NCOG | $19.39 | $27.05 | 39.5% |
| UST | $39.36 | $51.68 | 34.2% |
| MGLN | $38.34 | $46.50 | 21.3% |
| PCU | $78.13 | $89.81 | 21.0% |
| FTO | $28.76 | $33.99 | 18.3% |
| TRLG | $17.02 | $20.13 | 18.3% |
| MTEX | $13.11 | $14.02 | 7.6% |
| NSS | $45.89 | $48.20 | 5.0% |
| ANF | $61.13 | $63.77 | 4.6% |
| PGI | $7.71 | $8.01 | 3.9% |
| CHKE | $37.55 | $38.03 | 2.9% |
| RAIL | $58.18 | $59.13 | 1.6% |
| TGIS | $10.34 | $10.30 | 0.8% |
| MSTR | $94.36 | $93.18 | -1.3% |
| PTEN | $27.74 | $27.05 | -2.2% |
| KG | $17.31 | $16.44 | -5.0% |
| FDG | $34.03 | $30.10 | -8.9% |
| ISNS | $13.17 | $11.88 | -9.8% |
| ELX | $17.85 | $15.84 | -11.3% |
| PNCL | $6.68 | $5.89 | -11.8% |
| PACR | $32.53 | $28.20 | -12.4% |
| IVII | $10.93 | $9.02 | -17.5% |
| TBL | $34.50 | $27.11 | -21.4% |
| EZEN | $2.84 | $2.21 | -22.0% |
| ORCT | $11.83 | $9.21 | -22.1% |
| PONR | $32.97 | $24.66 | -25.2% |
| DLX | $26.36 | $17.39 | -31.6% |
| OVTI | $27.79 | $18.54 | -33.3% |
| PTSC | $1.31 | $0.85 | -35.5% |
| HW | $37.42 | $22.31 | -40.4% |
| Total Gain/Loss | -$15,888 | ||
| Benchmark Gain/Loss | $3,398 | ||
| Annual IRR | -15.3% | ||
| % Gain/Loss | -5.53% | ||
I have to say that I am starting to watch EZEN closely. It is down 21% to $2.20. While their earnings were just ok, they were not a disaster. The big item I noted was a 64% increase in orders over 2q2005. So I think the future is brighter than the mere 9% growth they had in Q o Q revenues. Next week, I will likely shift some of my floating non MFI IRA funds over to EZEN.
I am also watching ISNS closely. They had a really good earning report and jumped about $1.00 to $13.60. Since then they have drifted back to $11.88. That is their lowest close since April. They did settle a lawsuit with a distributor, perhaps that is part of cause for the drop?
UST has really been solid for me, up about 34% in under 6 months. It spiked some yesterday (I suppose) because of positive court ruling on big Tobacco (MO went up a bunch). Makes me kicj myself for selling MO around $72 a few months ago, would have been a great ballast stock in the past turbulent quarter.
Have a great weekend everyone!
Hi There -- as I said in another comment - I got to your blog through the MFI Yahoo group - I am posting there as Defender --
ReplyDeleteWanted to try to figure something out -- we have both been buying MFI stocks since Feb and we both have almost the exact same number of stocks -- but our overlap is VERY small -- I think only 4 stocks at the moment !!
Is that normal -- or are we using other "filters" after starting with the MFI list ??
That surprises me, do your results mirror mine or are you doing better?
ReplyDeleteCheck my blog for my current returns -- it looks a little better than yours, but in the end it is just the difference of picking one good stock over an average one or one bad stock.
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