November Comes to a Close

Not a great month for stock picking. I bought too many Chinese stocks in the month (NEP, SCEI, JGBO and CEU. They were down an average of 17%! Still, I managed a 2% gain for the month as the rest of the portfolio carried the day.

I do have three interesting tables/charts to share.

Interesting Table/Chart 1

This shows how the 47 stocks in my MFI index have fared for the year and this week (note how well QCOR and GTLS have done):

Stock	Start	Last Week	Current	YTD Change	Weekly Change
amed	48.60	29.00	28.39	-41.6%	-2.1%
ARO	22.70	26.90	27.05	19.2%	0.6%
CBI	20.22	28.18	28.33	40.1%	0.5%
CBPO	12.08	10.92	11.56	-4.3%	5.9%
CBST	18.97	23.34	21.69	14.3%	-7.1%
CEU	6.12	4.41	2.70	-55.9%	-38.8%
CF	90.38	122.81	120.74	33.6%	-1.7%
CHKE	16.77	20.64	19.69	17.4%	-4.6%
CYTK	2.91	2.23	2.21	-24.1%	-0.9%
DLX	14.06	22.19	21.19	50.7%	-4.5%
ELNK	7.87	9.08	8.96	13.9%	-1.3%
EME	26.90	26.38	26.79	-0.4%	1.6%
ENDP	20.52	35.35	36.03	75.6%	1.9%
EPAX	13.05	10.59	11.02	-15.6%	4.1%
ESI	95.96	59.99	58.50	-39.0%	-2.5%
EXBD	22.56	34.27	34.68	53.7%	1.2%
FIX	12.17	11.35	11.18	-8.1%	-1.5%
FLR	44.66	57.59	57.84	29.5%	0.4%
FRX	32.11	31.85	31.85	-0.8%	0.0%
FWLT	29.44	28.78	28.00	-4.9%	-2.7%
GHM	20.62	17.01	16.44	-20.3%	-3.4%
GME	21.94	20.50	19.90	-9.3%	-2.9%
GTLS	16.52	28.45	31.60	91.3%	11.1%
IDCC	26.56	34.12	33.10	24.6%	-3.0%
IMMU	3.21	3.20	3.15	-1.9%	-1.6%
JTX	4.40	0.83	0.85	-80.7%	2.4%
LO	76.95	83.52	79.80	3.7%	-4.5%
NSR	23.04	26.66	25.85	12.2%	-3.0%
PDLI	5.89	5.77	5.80	-1.5%	0.5%
PPD	41.08	61.86	64.69	57.5%	4.6%
PRGX	5.91	5.86	5.83	-1.4%	-0.5%
PRIM	7.88	8.64	8.83	12.1%	2.2%
QCOR	4.75	14.73	14.24	199.8%	-3.3%
RGR	9.49	16.10	16.00	68.6%	-0.6%
RTN	50.37	46.48	46.23	-8.2%	-0.5%
SNTA	5.06	4.13	4.29	-15.2%	3.9%
SOLR	5.56	7.09	6.68	20.1%	-5.8%
TSRA	23.27	20.65	19.87	-14.6%	-3.8%
ttt	10.01	14.62	14.36	43.5%	-1.8%
UEPS	19.40	12.04	12.16	-37.3%	1.0%
UNTD	6.76	6.20	6.37	-5.8%	2.7%
USMO	10.43	16.70	16.98	62.8%	1.7%
UTA	10.56	6.26	6.24	-40.9%	-0.3%
VALV	5.15	6.92	6.72	30.5%	-2.9%
VCLK	10.12	15.76	15.56	53.8%	-1.3%
VGR	13.09	18.65	18.27	39.6%	-2.0%
WTW	28.61	34.36	34.25	19.7%	-0.3%
Totals	9,666	11,162	11,049	14.3%	-1.0%

Interesting Table/Chart #2

This chart shows the MFI index from inception:


Interesting Table/Chart #3

Here is the same chart for just the year 2010. Note I have added my actual portfolio on the chart as well. It is quite volatile... obviously too many stocks in the high risk category!

I did sell my TTT today. I had owned them over a year and have had a very nice gain. I have started to worry that the Bush tax cuts will not be extended, so it made sense to take my tax hit in the 2010 year at a long term rate of 15%. Still like the stock. So I am officially 7% in cash.

Paying Dividends

Not sure what to buy right now, I am leaning towards re-buying IDCC, especially if they become a dividend payer. Finally, I did buy STD today at 9.64 (obviously not as part of my MFI portfolio as I felt their 20% sell-off of late was over done and they were on my long term watch list as I am building up a dividend portfolio for retirement. (note I also have SLF, BNS, DD, VR, PHI, AZN, TOT, SDRL, CVX, SCCO, PG and PVD on my watch list while owning USB, STD, LNC, CSQ, RNR-PC, ENH-PA, OIBAX, O, WBK, SLRC and XOM along with my MFI divvy stocks).

Finally, speaking of dividends, I did get good news from KSW today as they announced an unexpected dividend (KSW, Inc. Declares Cash Dividend). So they will have paid a 10 cent dividend in June and now this 7 cent dividend in December, which is 17 cents or about 5%... which is unusual for a micro-cap stock. I still think they'll make me some money... some day.