Friday, April 20, 2007

Go Away in May

I suspect my graph is running parallel to last year. I remember having a great April. And then came May 12th. Just look at my chart a year ago. Will it happen again? Hope not.

PDS announced their monthly dividend/distribution (Precision Drilling Trust Announces April 2007 Cash Distribution). It has been a nice stock for me, up 15%.

Some people have a misconception about the AVCI dividend, that in some way they're getting a "free" $2. It doesn't work that way. If the stock is at $9 the day the stock goes x dividend, it will start at $7 and you'll have a $2 cash dividend.

Old Reliables

Anyone who has been following the MFI website knows that certain stocks seem to have been on the lists since the beginning of time. The following 16 stocks have been on the lists at least 200 of the 217 days that JW in Yahoo Groups has been tracking the top 100 greater than $1m:

WMCO
FCX
KSWS
PCU
FDG
KG
KFY
PNCL
MTEX
PWEI
CVCO
OVTI
BBSI
WON
VCI
CECO

Do you own any of these names? I know I do. Here is my weekly graph. I did fix it for omitting benchmark taxes during past 5 months:



Then here are my current holdings. I have a number of stocks about to mature: TGIS, FTO, CHKE, MTEX and PONR. All of them (except TGIS) are on the current lists. So I could simply "re-up" them for another year.

Current Portfolio
Stock Purchase Date Cost Current Gain
PNCL 05/04/06 $6.68 $17.39 160.3%
ISNS 07/07/06 $13.17 $18.70 41.9%
VPHM 09/11/06 $11.79 $15.44 30.9%
CHKE 05/16/06 $37.55 $46.19 30.2%
BBSI 09/06/06 $19.56 $25.01 28.6%
TGIS 05/01/06 $10.34 $12.37 23.0%
KG 05/31/06 $17.31 $21.08 21.8%
TGB 03/27/07 $2.64 $3.13 18.6%
PDS 03/01/07 $22.58 $25.96 15.7%
MTEX 05/22/06 $13.11 $14.83 15.6%
FTO 05/15/06 $28.76 $33.00 15.3%
ASEI 10/05/06 $45.85 $51.91 13.2%
LRCX 02/26/07 $46.66 $52.77 13.1%
ANF 03/05/07 $74.81 $83.51 11.6%
BLDR 09/18/06 $15.91 $17.40 9.4%
CREL 02/26/07 $12.50 $13.40 7.2%
GVHR 04/03/07 $19.17 $19.93 4.4%
THO 03/26/07 $40.30 $41.98 4.2%
JTX 04/09/07 $28.70 $29.67 3.4%
WSTG 04/16/07 $14.83 $14.89 0.4%
PACR 02/26/07 $28.26 $27.73 -1.3%
PONR 05/09/06 $30.48 $29.72 -2.5%
SHOO 01/17/07 $32.36 $31.26 -3.4%
DGX 02/26/07 $52.11 $49.97 -3.9%
HW 02/27/07 $24.00 $22.36 -6.8%
IVAC 03/06/07 $26.12 $24.09 -7.8%
TRLG 06/13/06 $17.02 $15.45 -9.2%
EGY 02/05/07 $6.42 $5.62 -12.5%
ORCT 06/02/06 $11.83 $10.30 -12.9%
RAIL 05/26/06 $58.18 $49.82 -14.1%
FDG 05/31/06 $34.03 $23.40 -22.5%
EZEN.OB 06/19/06 $2.84 $1.69 -40.4%
OVTI 05/31/06 $27.79 $12.95 -53.4%










Gain/Loss Open Positions ($):
$30,899
Gain/Loss Open Positions (%):
7.1%
Gain/Loss Closed Positions ($):
$31,113
Gain/Loss Closed Positions (%):
17.0%
Total Gain/Loss ($):
$62,012
Benchmark Gain/Loss ($):
$59,085
Annual IRR:
19.8%
Total Gain/Loss (%):
15.1%

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