Shifting of the Wind?

There is a famous scene in the Return of the King, during the seige of Gondor where the Winds shift.  This is of course foreshadowing that the West will ultimately win.

I'd like to think the winds are shifting for magic formula investing.  As readers of this blog know, I have tracked monthly MFI portfolios for annual periods back to January of 2006.  We have been on a long losing streak.  The last 19 months have lost to the Russell 3000.  And until recently,  all 12 open portfolios were also losing.  But that has changed the past week or two.  The three most recent portfolios are now "winning".  I have seen that happen before, but it is a possible early signal.

I did double my stake in GTAT yesterday at $6.46 a share (a good price on the day).  I think they are a good risk/reward story.

My dividend portfolio continues to cook with gas.  It is up almost 18% on the year and is up 11% since June 25th.

Stock	Shares	Avg Cost	Current Price	Dividends Received	Pct Change	R3K Change	Diff
BHK	3,009	12.60	14.61	2,667	23.0%	5.6%	17.3%
CPL	1,573	22.63	23.12	1,882	7.5%	16.5%	-9.0%
CSCO	4,230	17.19	19.06	825	12.0%	6.1%	5.9%
CSQ	5,330	8.23	10.04	3,739	30.5%	21.5%	9.0%
ENH	2,000	34.80	37.22	-	7.0%	3.9%	3.1%
FCX	1,021	37.55	35.34	749	-3.9%	10.2%	-14.1%
FSC	2,702	9.78	10.46	1,011	10.7%	4.1%	6.6%
HFC	1,069	33.80	39.87	1,117	21.0%	2.7%	18.3%
INTC	1,302	19.74	26.33	1,559	39.4%	23.3%	16.1%
JPM	1,661	35.18	36.98	494	6.0%	6.0%	0.0%
JQC	4,751	8.87	9.43	4,052	16.0%	8.2%	7.8%
KMF	1,817	21.86	27.95	2,847	35.0%	17.8%	17.2%
KSS	629	48.15	51.96	199	8.6%	4.4%	4.2%
KSW	13,673	3.78	3.87	6,633	15.3%	20.9%	-5.6%
LNC	2,442	24.30	23.89	789	-0.4%	15.9%	-16.3%
MPC	579	43.89	49.25	343	13.6%	3.6%	9.9%
MSFT	965	26.83	30.90	1,267	20.1%	15.2%	4.9%
O	548	19.01	41.72	7,048	187.1%	68.5%	118.6%
OIBAX	3,837	4.90	6.43	6,273	64.7%	68.4%	-3.7%
PGR	2,000	20.48	19.74	-	-3.6%	4.5%	-8.1%
PRE	1,032	61.96	74.34	2,186	23.4%	10.2%	13.2%
PVD	417	64.11	89.40	2,737	49.7%	18.0%	31.7%
SAI	3,925	13.06	11.97	821	-6.7%	0.4%	-7.1%
STO	1,040	23.82	25.17	1,121	10.2%	19.7%	-9.5%
TROX	2,023	24.12	25.57	500	7.0%	4.1%	2.9%
VIVHY	2,296	16.70	19.68	3,749	27.6%	3.0%	24.6%
WBK	508	105.89	127.80	6,166	32.2%	15.7%	16.5%
Total Open				60,775	17.2%	11.6%	5.7%
Closed					10.8%	8.4%	2.4%
Combined					13.4%	9.6%	3.7%
IRR Since 12/31/10					14.7%
2012 Gain					17.9%