New Mechanical Stocks February 19 2009

Before I introduce the new stocks this week, I'd like to bid adieu to the stocks from a year ago. It was an incredible group:

Symbol		Original	Current	Dividend	S&P O	S&P D	Stock Chg	S&P Chg	Diff
DELL	2/21/09	8.41	13.47	-	77.42	2.18	60.2%	46.4%	13.8%
SOLR	2/21/09	4.22	5.62	-	77.42	2.18	33.2%	46.4%	-13.2%

Symbol		Original	Current	Dividend	S&P O	S&P D	Stock Chg	S&P Chg	Diff
FRD	2/21/09	4.95	5.61	-	77.42	2.18	13.3%	46.4%	-33.0%
SOLR	2/21/09	4.22	5.62	-	77.42	2.18	33.2%	46.4%	-13.2%
MTXX	2/21/09	17.90	4.92	-	77.42	2.18	-72.5%	46.4%	-118.9%
TYPE	2/21/09	3.02	9.61	-	77.42	2.18	218.2%	46.4%	171.8%
PTIE	2/21/09	5.41	6.22	-	77.42	2.18	15.0%	46.4%	-31.4%
PDO	2/21/09	3.19	4.70	-	77.42	2.18	47.5%	46.4%	1.1%
SAPE	2/21/09	3.38	9.11	-	77.42	2.18	169.5%	46.4%	123.2%
VDSI	2/21/09	5.25	7.96	-	77.42	2.18	51.6%	46.4%	5.3%
IGTE	2/21/09	2.99	9.07	-	77.42	2.18	203.3%	46.4%	157.0%

The average is up about 23% over the 46% benchmark bounce.

Had some new stocks added this week to the mechanical portfolios. Not sure if I'll be a buyer. MCIC is new to the top 30 list. I wasn't crazy about them in the top 50. ESIC is a new repeater in the top 50. let me see, it was on there 6/21/08 and went down 54%. They are an ISP that seems to be in decline... kind of like ELNK and UNTD. Then the third new stock is ODSY. This is a nursing home stock, a la CNU, AHCI and AMED. Of the 3 new stocks, they are the one I will be most likely to buy. Here are the nursing home stock stats:

odsy	cnu	ahci	amed
66.39	32.24	13.66	214.31
0.56	-	-	0.14
65.83	32.24	13.66	214.17
33.332	61.330	45.417	27.912
17.89	4.64	2.78	60.40
596.31	284.57	126.26	1,685.88
-	-	-	-
27.60	-	-	43.78
89.18	-	-	179.44
98.80	27.02	35.81	45.16
98.80	27.02	35.81	12.10
614.29	257.55	90.45	1,897.00
21.76	12.40	7.83	87.02
122.41	12.91	32.51	141.01
-	-	-	-
16.36	2.25	2.32	14.74
-	-	-	33.06
3.95	0.48	0.98	19.00
106.18	4.82	22.64	169.81
50.40	22.26	19.04	87.02
11%	13%	15%	11%
131%	145%	72%	246%