Thursday, August 28, 2008

Back and Relaxed

Back from my little getaway to Europe. Let me tell you, there are some rich people in Monte Carlo. Every other car was a Ferrari. I did add a new tranche of 5 stocks yesterday: CAST, HURC, BR, NOK and BOLT. I gotta figure BOLT will do well after his 3 gold medals (ha ha).

HURC announced earnings today, I guess the market wasn't thrilled as HURC dropped a couple percent on a huge up day. I am starting to 2nd guess one of my better stocks in my May tranche - TRA. They are up about 25% for me, but MagicDiligence's quick take was that TRA is a poster-child for a bad MFI stock. Also I read an article where farmers are changing the crops they're planting based on fertilizer costs for 2009. Not sure if I'll bail early... probably not.

Speaking of Magic Diligence, I see SDA was nice enough to give us a recent pick gratis: NWS. I may have to consider them in next tranche. I wish I had pulled the trigger on GCI a month or two ago. According to the MD website, they are beating the S&P by a hair over 10%. My parallel contest is up by 9.7%, so it is neck and neck.

Symbol Date Original Current Dividend S&P O S&P D Stock Chg S&P Chg Diff
DTPI 2/2/08 4.75 6.06 - 139.58 1.31 27.6% -5.8% 33.4%
AIRV 2/13/08 5.08 5.32 - 136.37 1.31 4.7% -3.6% 8.3%
CITP 2/16/08 9.98 11.96 - 135.14 1.31 19.8% -2.7% 22.5%
PRXI 2/16/08 4.29 3.79 - 135.14 1.31 -11.7% -2.7% -9.0%
CAST 2/23/08 5.06 3.95 - 135.62 1.31 -21.9% -3.0% -18.9%
GSB 3/12/08 2.08 1.61 - 131.36 1.31 -22.6% 0.1% -22.7%
IGC 3/12/08 3.70 4.64 - 131.36 1.31 25.4% 0.1% 25.3%
LGTY 3/12/08 6.70 6.89 - 131.36 1.31 2.8% 0.1% 2.7%
MRX 3/12/08 19.45 21.22 0.08 131.36 0.67 9.5% -0.4% 9.9%
DEPO 3/22/08 2.74 4.42 - 132.08 0.67 61.3% -0.9% 62.2%
NVTL 3/22/08 8.98 6.25 - 132.08 0.67 -30.4% -0.9% -29.5%
VRGY 3/22/08 17.42 18.72 - 132.08 0.67 7.5% -0.9% 8.4%
DLX 4/6/08 19.58 16.90 0.25 136.89 0.67 -12.4% -4.4% -8.0%
NTRI 4/6/08 14.94 20.00 0.18 136.89 0.67 35.0% -4.4% 39.4%
IUSA 4/6/08 5.28 6.70 - 136.89 0.67 26.9% -4.4% 31.3%
LRCX 4/11/08 41.08 38.19 - 133.38 0.67 -7.0% -1.9% -5.1%
SLXP 4/11/08 6.47 6.85 - 133.38 0.67 5.9% -1.9% 7.8%
CHRD 4/19/08 5.03 6.02 - 138.48 0.67 19.7% -5.5% 25.2%
QXM 4/26/08 6.26 4.98 - 139.60 0.67 -20.4% -6.3% -14.2%
MDP 5/9/08 33.79 29.05 0.22 138.90 0.67 -13.4% -5.8% -7.6%
OMPI 5/9/08 7.11 9.96 - 138.90 0.67 40.1% -5.8% 45.9%
PPD 5/9/08 43.45 45.19 - 138.90 0.67 4.0% -5.8% 9.8%
ELNK 5/25/08 9.21 9.38 - 137.64 0.67 1.8% -4.9% 6.8%
FTAR.ob 5/25/08 4.37 3.60 - 137.64 0.67 -17.6% -4.9% -12.7%
CHKE 5/31/08 27.25 22.48 - 140.35 0.67 -17.5% -6.8% -10.7%
APKT 7/5/08 4.62 6.54 - 126.31 - 41.6% 3.1% 38.5%
CSY 7/5/08 11.06 13.21 - 126.31 - 19.4% 3.1% 16.4%
VALU 7/5/08 32.00 41.03 0.40 126.31 - 29.5% 3.1% 26.4%
QCOR 7/26/08 4.84 5.50 - 125.48 - 13.6% 3.8% 9.9%
MSTR 8/1/08 60.56 64.98 - 126.16 - 7.3% 3.2% 4.1%
NVDA 8/8/08 11.00 13.14 - 129.37 - 19.5% 0.6% 18.8%
SWIR 8/8/08 12.41 12.28 - 129.37 - -1.0% 0.6% -1.7%
CF 8/8/08 134.65 150.60 - 129.37 - 11.8% 0.6% 11.2%
SIGM 8/8/08 16.93 17.79 - 129.37 - 5.1% 0.6% 4.4%
















Totals 7.8% -1.9% 9.7%
67.6% of stocks beat the S&P 500 Benchmark




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