February 26th 2010 Tracking Portfolio

February 26th 2010 Tracking Portfolio

Another month has gone whizzing by, and another portfolio hits its one year anniversary. For those who have not been reading my blog since February 2006, I pull a list of the top 50 stocks over 100m every month in a hypothetical portfolio. I then hold them for a year and track their performance against the Russell 3000 (IWV). I also have two "sub" tracking portfolios.

1. New Stocks - which are new stocks in the top 50 in the past 12 months of tracking portfolios
2. Dividend Stocks - those stocks which yield over 2.5%.

Over time, the dividend portion has been the big winner. However, since I recognized that and started picking more higher dividend stocks it has kind of stopped working. C'est la vie.

Listing of Stocks

The table below lists the 50 stocks and their performance in descending order. Overall the 50 stocks were up 18.6%, but the Russell 3000 was up 23.6%:

Stock	Initial Price	End Price	Percent Change	52 week low	Mkt Cap
QCOR	4.68	12.61	169%	4.62	300.28
DECK	40.07	88.30	120%	38.02	1,544.57
STEC	10.28	20.88	103%	10.15	516.92
SOLR	5.95	10.94	84%	4.90	854.71
CBPO	9.33	17.00	82%	8.00	211.32
EXBD	22.55	40.15	78%	22.57	781.12
CBI	21.69	34.63	60%	16.64	2,148.35
VCLK	9.49	15.14	60%	8.88	828.50
USMO	9.88	15.21	54%	11.02	254.59
RGR	11.51	17.51	52%	11.49	224.30
ODSY	17.89	26.85	50%	N/A	582.05
DLX	17.15	25.32	48%	16.57	918.84
GNI	84.79	119.50	41%	83.75	141.56
PBH	8.03	11.11	38%	6.99	401.74
RAI	24.74	33.98	37%	19.50	15,387.19
GHM	16.06	21.87	36%	13.09	158.90
SNTA	3.91	5.29	35%	2.55	132.85
EME	23.02	30.94	34%	22.29	1,523.62
JCOM	21.70	29.13	34%	21.00	959.47
ACN	39.23	52.18	33%	17.74	25,250.81
CNU	4.17	5.46	31%	3.25	249.97
VGR	13.19	16.98	29%	13.88	1,024.14
ttt	13.56	17.34	28%	6.60	410.33
GME	17.20	19.85	15%	17.13	2,833.73
LO	68.87	77.19	12%	70.24	11,394.24
ARO	23.57	26.26	11%	21.26	2,336.06
FIX	11.51	12.80	11%	9.51	448.82
PRIM	8.08	8.98	11%	5.62	265.99
NSR	23.18	25.38	9%	20.20	1,723.73
AFAM	36.06	38.86	8%	23.50	329.99
TNDM	16.12	17.21	7%	9.87	542.10
FRX	29.88	31.88	7%	24.17	9,034.76
CHKE	15.95	17.00	7%	15.72	150.72
UIS	34.91	36.74	5%	17.04	1,475.96
TSRA	17.96	17.55	-2%	14.96	893.31
IMMU	3.79	3.58	-6%	2.81	285.08
RTN	54.54	51.24	-6%	42.65	21,539.92
PRGX	6.00	5.52	-8%	3.60	138.97
HRB	16.56	15.18	-8%	10.13	5,798.15
PDLI	5.95	4.86	-18%	4.66	836.46
SAI	19.70	15.91	-19%	14.87	4,235.50
SMED	7.10	5.53	-22%	3.65	103.45
APOL	59.88	45.77	-24%	33.75	9,274.51
UTA	9.89	7.02	-29%	3.25	136.61
ONTY	4.80	3.20	-33%	2.20	123.18
UEPS	17.65	10.31	-42%	9.55	800.92
CEU	6.12	2.21	-64%	-	151.37
CSKI	15.53	4.68	-70%	4.59	258.75
SPMD	42.00	8.82	-79%	4.33	629.87
DEXO	29.80	5.74	-81%	4.46	2,054.11

All Open and Closed Monthly Portfolios

This table lists every monthly portfolio in aggregate, obviously those dated March 2010 and forward are still open:

Date	Total	IWV
1/6/2006	16.0%	10.9%
2/17/2006	21.2%	14.6%
3/29/2006	13.0%	9.6%
4/7/2006	10.3%	12.1%
5/12/2006	20.4%	18.6%
5/31/2006	29.2%	23.3%
6/30/2006	22.4%	20.0%
7/31/2006	19.7%	17.3%
8/31/2006	13.0%	13.3%
9/28/2006	12.7%	14.6%
10/27/2006	10.3%	12.0%
11/29/2006	-0.3%	4.8%
12/28/2006	-6.9%	3.4%
1/26/2007	-10.2%	-6.6%
2/27/2007	-3.7%	-1.0%
3/26/2007	-9.8%	-5.5%
4/27/2007	-10.9%	-5.0%
5/29/2007	-11.5%	-6.3%
7/3/2007	-30.0%	-15.6%
7/30/2007	-19.9%	-11.5%
8/30/2007	-12.5%	-8.7%
9/27/2007	-19.0%	-18.2%
11/2/2007	-40.4%	-34.3%
11/28/2007	-40.1%	-38.3%
12/28/2007	-36.3%	-40.0%
1/25/2008	-36.4%	-35.9%
2/26/2008	-51.7%	-41.5%
3/24/2008	-40.9%	-36.8%
4/25/2008	-25.6%	-31.0%
5/28/2008	-22.2%	-33.6%
7/2/2008	-11.7%	-25.3%
7/29/2008	-10.5%	-20.9%
8/29/2008	-13.8%	-17.9%
9/26/2008	-4.3%	-10.0%
10/31/2008	18.7%	13.9%
11/26/2008	50.9%	27.7%
12/26/2008	48.9%	32.3%
1/23/2009	59.3%	36.4%
2/27/2009	92.8%	55.6%
3/27/2009	85.8%	48.1%
4/24/2009	69.7%	45.8%
5/29/2009	31.8%	22.8%
6/29/2009	21.3%	24.0%
7/29/2009	19.5%	15.9%
8/28/2009	7.4%	8.8%
9/25/2009	12.6%	12.4%
10/30/2009	22.7%	18.3%
11/27/2009	24.3%	13.6%
12/31/2009	23.7%	18.1%
1/22/2010	19.0%	20.6%
2/26/2010	18.6%	23.6%
3/25/2010	10.2%	16.5%
4/23/2010	4.7%	10.8%
5/28/2010	17.1%	23.3%
6/29/2010	25.3%	29.6%
7/29/2010	17.4%	22.5%
9/2/2010	27.4%	23.5%
9/24/2010	19.0%	17.1%
10/29/2010	16.4%	13.0%
11/26/2010	11.9%	11.8%
1/3/2011	5.1%	4.1%
1/28/2011	4.5%	3.9%
2/25/2011	0.0%	0.0%
Grand Total	7.9%	5.6%
Closed	6.8%	3.3%
Open	13.3%	14.7%

Value Assuming Start of $100,000

Just looking at average annual returns doesn't tell the whole story. If you go up 10% one year and down 10% the next, that is mathematically very different than going up 25% one year and down 25% the next. So I show what you would have (for the total, the new and the dividend versions) assuming you started with $100,000 spread over the first 12 months of 2006.

Total	124,621
Total New	119,210
Total Dividend	205,742
Total Russell 3K	115,777

The New and Dividend Stocks for February 25th 2011

As we finish a portfolio, I also start a new one. Here are the stocks that qualify as "New" or "Dividend" stocks this month (New is the top table):

Date	Stock	Initial Price	End Price
2/25/2011	VNDA	7.28	7.28
2/25/2011	RLRN	10.87	10.87
2/25/2011	CRTX	5.49	5.49
2/25/2011	CEPH	56.22	56.22
2/25/2011	CPLA	57.06	57.06
Date	Stock	Initial Price	End Price
2/25/2011	USMO	15.21	15.21
2/25/2011	RLRN	10.87	10.87
2/25/2011	RTN	51.24	51.24
2/25/2011	PETS	14.86	14.86
2/25/2011	PRM	4.58	4.58
2/25/2011	PDLI	4.86	4.86
2/25/2011	LO	77.19	77.19
2/25/2011	DLX	25.32	25.32
2/25/2011	CHKE	17.00	17.00
2/25/2011	HRB	15.18	15.18