Continuing to Press Upwards

My portfolio continues to do great of late. I had pretty much given it up for dead last fall, I was so far under water (I'll say it now, about 60%) and way behind all the benchmarks. Well I am still way down, more like 40%, but I have passed the Russell 2000 and have virtually pulled even with the Russell 3000. Since November 21st, I am up 58% while the indices are up about 11.5%. Here are some of my winners:

TRA + 119%
LINE +49%
TC +59%
QXM +30%
EGY +107%
FSUMF +140%
BOLT +70%
KBR +52%
PCR +78%
CAST +36%
KHD +46%
FTO +67%
CSKI +91%
NRGY +83%

I know some of these were not on the MFI screen. But I considered them to be good companies at good prices based on my analysis and included them. If I get another run of 57% I'll be getting close to back to breakeven... wow, that is a sobering thought. Too bad I didn't start on November 21st!

The other portfolio that is on fire and starting to smoke the S&P 500 and the magic diligence portfolio is my automated top 25 portfolio. As a reminder, this portfolio is comprised of new accounts (new meaning it has not been on list in past 52 weeks) to the top 25 screen every weekend. This portfolio is down 15.9%, but the S&P is down almost 26% giving me a 9 point advantage. Again, November 21st is the turn date. The stocks added on that day forward are up an average of 24.5% against down over 3% for the benchmark. I am starting to "retire" stocks. Four have retired, with 2 disasters (CITP and PRXI both down about 77%).

Symbol	Date	Original	Current	Dividend	S&P O	S&P D	Stock Chg	S&P Chg	Diff
DTPI	2/2/08	4.75	2.60	0.35	139.58	2.72	-37.9%	-38.7%	0.8%
AIRV	2/13/08	5.08	5.57	-	136.37	2.00	9.6%	-37.8%	47.5%
CITP	2/16/08	9.98	2.21	-	135.14	2.00	-77.9%	-37.3%	-40.6%
PRXI	2/16/08	4.29	1.00	-	135.14	2.00	-76.7%	-37.3%	-39.4%
CAST	2/23/08	5.06	2.80	-	135.62	2.00	-44.7%	-37.5%	-7.2%
GSB	3/12/08	2.08	0.74	-	131.36	2.00	-64.4%	-35.5%	-28.9%
IGC	3/12/08	3.70	0.99	-	131.36	2.00	-73.2%	-35.5%	-37.8%
LGTY	3/12/08	6.70	4.65	0.09	131.36	2.00	-29.3%	-35.5%	6.2%
MRX	3/12/08	19.45	12.41	0.12	131.36	2.08	-35.6%	-35.4%	-0.2%
DEPO	3/22/08	2.74	2.48	-	132.08	2.08	-9.5%	-35.8%	26.3%
NVTL	3/22/08	8.98	6.34	-	132.08	2.08	-29.4%	-35.8%	6.4%
VRGY	3/22/08	17.42	9.30	-	132.08	2.08	-46.6%	-35.8%	-10.8%
DLX	4/6/08	19.58	10.42	1.00	136.89	2.08	-41.7%	-38.0%	-3.6%
NTRI	4/6/08	14.94	13.78	0.54	136.89	2.08	-4.1%	-38.0%	33.9%
IUSA	4/6/08	5.28	3.64	-	136.89	2.08	-31.1%	-38.0%	7.0%
LRCX	4/11/08	41.08	21.69	-	133.38	2.08	-47.2%	-36.4%	-10.8%
SLXP	4/11/08	6.47	9.25	-	133.38	2.08	43.0%	-36.4%	79.4%
CHRD	4/19/08	5.03	2.69	-	138.48	2.08	-46.5%	-38.7%	-7.8%
QXM	4/26/08	6.26	2.36	-	139.60	2.08	-62.3%	-39.2%	-23.1%
MDP	5/9/08	33.79	14.86	0.65	138.90	2.08	-54.1%	-38.9%	-15.2%
OMPI	5/9/08	7.11	6.63	-	138.90	2.08	-6.8%	-38.9%	32.2%
PPD	5/9/08	43.45	32.79	-	138.90	2.08	-24.5%	-38.9%	14.4%
ELNK	5/25/08	9.21	6.72	-	137.64	2.08	-27.0%	-38.4%	11.3%
FTAR.ob	5/25/08	4.37	2.30	1.00	137.64	2.08	-24.5%	-38.4%	13.9%
CHKE	5/31/08	27.25	18.37	1.00	140.35	2.08	-28.9%	-39.6%	10.6%
APKT	7/5/08	4.62	4.39	-	126.31	1.41	-5.0%	-33.4%	28.4%
CSKI	7/5/08	11.06	14.94	-	126.31	1.41	35.1%	-33.4%	68.4%
VALU	7/5/08	32.00	33.07	1.20	126.31	1.41	7.1%	-33.4%	40.5%
QCOR	7/26/08	4.84	7.52	-	125.48	1.41	55.4%	-32.9%	88.3%
MSTR	8/1/08	60.56	40.55	-	126.16	1.41	-33.0%	-33.3%	0.2%
NVDA	8/8/08	11.00	8.31	-	129.37	1.41	-24.5%	-34.9%	10.5%
SWIR	8/8/08	12.41	3.98	-	129.37	1.41	-67.9%	-34.9%	-33.0%
CF	8/8/08	134.65	54.68	0.10	129.37	1.41	-59.3%	-34.9%	-24.4%
SIGM	8/8/08	15.93	13.80	-	129.37	1.41	-13.4%	-34.9%	21.6%
EGMI.OB	9/5/08	0.69	0.47	-	124.42	1.41	-31.9%	-32.4%	0.5%
KHD	9/15/08	20.68	9.58	-	126.09	1.41	-53.7%	-33.2%	-20.4%
TTWO	9/22/08	16.57	7.78	-	124.12	1.41	-53.0%	-32.2%	-20.9%
SCMP	9/29/08	8.29	5.30	-	120.85	0.72	-36.1%	-30.9%	-5.1%
DTLK	9/29/08	4.34	2.97	-	120.85	0.72	-31.6%	-30.9%	-0.6%
TRA	9/29/08	28.42	24.62	0.10	120.85	0.72	-13.0%	-30.9%	17.9%
MSB	10/10/08	10.12	7.87	0.52	88.50	0.72	-17.1%	-5.7%	-11.5%
UEPS	10/10/08	14.58	15.32	-	88.50	0.72	5.1%	-5.7%	10.7%
TSCM	10/17/08	3.67	2.60	0.03	93.21	0.72	-28.5%	-10.4%	-18.0%
EME	10/31/08	17.77	21.02	-	96.83	0.72	18.3%	-13.8%	32.1%
CTCM	10/31/08	7.40	3.65	-	96.83	0.72	-50.7%	-13.8%	-36.9%
PRGX	10/31/08	4.24	4.26	-	96.83	0.72	0.5%	-13.8%	14.3%
HLF	11/7/08	20.17	20.69	0.20	93.86	0.72	3.6%	-11.1%	14.6%
GHM	11/7/08	13.60	9.97	0.02	93.86	0.72	-26.5%	-11.1%	-15.5%
BIDZ	11/21/08	2.39	3.44	-	79.52	0.72	43.9%	5.0%	39.0%
KBR	11/21/08	10.45	14.97	0.05	79.52	0.72	43.7%	5.0%	38.8%
OPTV	11/21/08	0.94	1.12	-	79.52	0.72	19.1%	5.0%	14.2%
IBAS	11/21/08	1.21	0.80	-	79.52	0.72	-33.9%	5.0%	-38.9%
Vclk	11/28/08	6.17	7.13	-	90.09	0.72	15.6%	-7.3%	22.9%
DIVX	12/8/08	4.37	5.01	-	87.93	0.72	14.6%	-5.1%	19.7%
MAXY	12/8/08	5.80	7.48	-	87.93	0.72	29.0%	-5.1%	34.0%
ESIC	12/14/08	1.13	2.13	-	88.99	0.72	88.5%	-6.2%	94.7%
MSO	12/29/08	2.80	2.53	-	87.16	-	-9.6%	-5.0%	-4.6%
TRMS	12/29/08	1.03	1.29	-	87.16	-	25.2%	-5.0%	30.3%
WFR	12/29/08	13.43	16.11	-	87.16	-	20.0%	-5.0%	25.0%
AHCI	1/5/09	1.15	1.27	-	92.96	-	10.4%	-11.0%	21.4%
CKSW	1/5/09	1.99	3.03	-	92.96	-	52.3%	-11.0%	63.2%
						Totals	-15.9%	-25.5%	9.6%
66.1% of stocks beat the S&P 500 Benchmark
S&P C			82.76