Also, we are quickly winding towards Thanksgiving. We will spend the long weekend up in New Hampshire.
MFI Results in 2012
I was looking at my tracking portfolios this morning. Of the 12 open portfolios, only three are making money. All 12 on average are down 2.8%. The worst one is the 9/28/12 portfolio, which is down 8.3%.
| Stock | Initial Price | End Price | Percent Change | Mkt Cap |
| ESI | 32.23 | 17.39 | -46.0% | 753 |
| GTAT | 5.45 | 3.10 | -43.1% | 629 |
| APOL | 29.05 | 19.51 | -32.8% | 3,315 |
| EXPR | 14.82 | 10.85 | -26.8% | 1,299 |
| UIS | 20.82 | 15.59 | -25.1% | 945 |
| STRA | 64.35 | 48.65 | -24.4% | 782 |
| UTSI | 1.03 | 0.79 | -23.3% | 156 |
| RPXC | 11.19 | 8.85 | -20.9% | 595 |
| CPLA | 35.06 | 27.89 | -20.5% | 467 |
| POZN | 6.63 | 5.29 | -20.2% | 201 |
| GNI | 80.40 | 67.20 | -16.4% | 124 |
| INTX | 9.73 | 8.15 | -16.2% | 190 |
| LPS | 27.89 | 23.80 | -14.7% | 2,359 |
| NSU | 4.70 | 4.03 | -14.3% | 942 |
| AFAM | 21.28 | 18.29 | -14.1% | 200 |
| CF | 221.79 | 195.58 | -11.8% | 13,789 |
| EGY | 8.55 | 7.55 | -11.7% | 493 |
| STX | 30.63 | 27.11 | -11.5% | 12,397 |
| WCRX | 13.50 | 11.98 | -11.3% | 3,334 |
| JCOM | 32.33 | 28.79 | -10.9% | 1,454 |
| MSFT | 29.52 | 26.52 | -10.2% | 252,771 |
| DELL | 9.86 | 8.86 | -10.2% | 17,379 |
| BODY | 10.45 | 9.56 | -8.5% | 175 |
| VECO | 30.00 | 27.49 | -8.4% | 1,206 |
| SAI | 11.91 | 11.01 | -7.6% | 4,131 |
| USMO | 11.73 | 10.87 | -7.3% | 266 |
| NATR | 16.29 | 15.10 | -7.3% | 258 |
| KLAC | 47.29 | 44.33 | -6.3% | 7,985 |
| TW | 53.05 | 50.17 | -5.4% | 3,840 |
| CSCO | 18.96 | 17.99 | -5.1% | 99,576 |
| PDLI | 7.70 | 7.35 | -4.5% | 1,073 |
| SAVE | 17.08 | 16.32 | -4.4% | 1,259 |
| USNA | 46.47 | 44.52 | -4.2% | 655 |
| RTN | 56.66 | 54.46 | -3.9% | 19,103 |
| DHX | 8.42 | 8.11 | -3.7% | 533 |
| DLB | 32.75 | 31.58 | -3.6% | 3,588 |
| DLX | 30.30 | 29.26 | -3.4% | 1,549 |
| KLIC | 10.41 | 10.07 | -3.3% | 772 |
| CACI | 51.79 | 50.48 | -2.5% | 1,269 |
| VG | 2.28 | 2.23 | -2.2% | 517 |
| MANT | 24.00 | 23.54 | -1.9% | 893 |
| UBNT | 11.90 | 11.98 | 0.7% | 1,085 |
| ICON | 18.24 | 18.44 | 1.1% | 1,301 |
| HRB | 17.33 | 17.85 | 3.0% | 4,698 |
| PETS | 9.90 | 10.44 | 5.5% | 204 |
| AGX | 16.85 | 18.31 | 8.7% | 242 |
| NUS | 38.66 | 44.22 | 14.4% | 2,279 |
| GME | 21.00 | 25.55 | 21.7% | 2,605 |
| TNAV | 5.97 | 7.40 | 24.0% | 246 |
| QCOR | 18.47 | 24.78 | 34.2% | 1,064 |
I do not know about you, but that is pretty distressing. Honestly, my new MFI is not faring any better. I am starting to question whether I have found the secret sauce.
| August 15 Tranche | |||||
| Stock | Start | Current | Dividend | Pct Gain | R3K Gain |
| DLB | $34.43 | $31.58 | $0.00 | -8.3% | -2.4% |
| KFY | $13.98 | $13.20 | $0.00 | -5.6% | -2.4% |
| MSFT | $30.19 | $26.52 | $0.23 | -10.6% | -2.4% |
| NSU | $3.62 | $4.03 | $0.00 | 11.5% | -2.4% |
| UIS | $19.96 | $15.59 | $0.00 | -21.9% | -2.4% |
| Totals | -7.0% | -2.4% | |||
| November 15 Tranche | |||||
| Stock | Start | Current | Dividend | Pct Gain | R3K Gain |
| AAPL | $537.62 | $527.68 | - | -1.8% | 0.6% |
| ABC | $40.21 | $40.26 | - | 0.1% | 0.6% |
| LPS | $23.89 | $23.80 | - | -0.4% | 0.6% |
| VIAB | $49.12 | $49.46 | - | 0.7% | 0.6% |
| WU | $12.77 | $12.71 | - | -0.5% | 0.6% |
| Totals | -0.4% | 0.6% |
Not too impressive. I intend to keep plugging along. But when August 2013 rolls around, I will take serious stock on whether to continue or not. The dividend side of my portfolio is really cooking.
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4 comments:
The market generally is down about 6% since late September, so it's no surprised that the Sep tranche is tanking.
Seems like the dividend portfolio has been doing great for a while now. Any reason why you have not switched just to that?
I have used real money quarterly portfolios since 2011. I have 3 closed and 4 open. Only one has/is beating the market (the 8/2011, which has closed). Of the 7, 5 have/are losing money.
Thanks for everyone's notes. The dividend portfolio is my largest component of my investments. I started to go back into MFI as I had convinced myself that I had identified ways to avoid some of the traps hidden within MFI stocks. Still early days to see if that is true or not. I will stick with it for. Bit.
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