Friday, July 19, 2013

C.O.D.

Last  night was like the perfect evening for me.  I was in a great mood.  I had just finished a stressful 3 days in New York and was heading home.  I drove my new car, top down on a nice summer evening home from New Haven with the tunes playing.  One great driving song was  Stevie Ray Vaughan-C.O.D (Carnegie Hall)


the other song that I got into was

LYNYRD SKYNYRD - Sweet Home Alabama


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Give them a listen!

My portfolios continue to excel.  I have not had any transactions all week.  Here is where my 4 MFI tranches stand, beating the indices by a whopping 7 points!

8/15/12 Stocks Start Current Dividend Pct Gain R3K Gain
DLB $34.43 $34.03 $4.00 10.5% 23.8%
KFY $13.98 $19.93 $0.00 42.6% 23.8%
MSFT $30.19 $35.44 $0.69 19.7% 23.8%
NSU $3.62 $3.09 $0.12 -11.2% 23.8%
UIS $19.96 $24.83 $0.00 24.4% 23.8%
Totals 17.2% 23.8%
11/15/12 Stocks Start Current Dividend Pct Gain R3K Gain
AAPL $537.62 $431.76 $5.70 -18.6% 27.7%
ABC $40.21 $58.31 $0.42 46.1% 27.7%
LPS $23.89 $32.52 $0.30 37.4% 27.7%
VIAB $49.12 $74.08 $0.83 52.5% 27.7%
WU $12.77 $17.41 $0.38 39.3% 27.7%
Totals 31.3% 27.7%
2/1/13 Stocks Start Current Dividend Pct Gain R3K Gain
AAPL $450.60 $431.76 $5.70 -2.9% 13.0%
GA $6.10 $7.99 $0.42 37.9% 13.0%
STRZA $16.06 $23.58 $0.00 46.8% 13.0%
CA $25.07 $29.74 $0.50 20.6% 13.0%
NUS $41.94 $82.32 $0.60 97.7% 13.0%
Totals 40.0% 13.0%
5/6/2013 Start Current Dividend Pct Gain R3K Gain
KLIC $11.40 $11.21 $0.00 -1.7% 5.5%
CYOU $29.24 $37.99 $0.00 29.9% 5.5%
RDA $9.74 $11.27 $0.00 15.8% 5.5%
NVDA $13.85 $14.55 $0.08 5.6% 5.5%
CF $183.97 $182.96 $0.40 -0.3% 5.5%
Totals 9.9% 5.5%
Category/Tranche August November February May Total
Initial Investment        25,000          25,000        25,000           25,000       100,000
Percent Gain 17.2% 31.3% 40.0% 9.9% 24.6%
Current Balance        29,300          32,833        35,007           27,465       124,604
R3K Gain 23.8% 27.7% 13.0% 5.5% 17.5%
R3K Balance        30,948          31,919        28,262           26,371       117,500

The Chinese gaming stocks (GA and CYOU for me) really seem to be gaining traction.  Another one (GAME, which I mentioned here  (MFI Diary: Made In China) was up about 17% yesterday and still looks cheap at $5.25 to me.

A Big Regret

Well, about a month ago I decided to pare down my number of stocks a bit in my dividend portfolio.  I sold ABR and NEM and put the money into INTC, CIM and FCX (essentially adding to those positions).  Since I did that, CIM has gone from 2.98 to 3.10 (inclusive of a nine cent dividend).  ABR has gone from 6.05 to 7.38.

To me, that is like those AT&T commercials with the kids, "which is better slower or faster?".

"Which is better, a 3% gain or a 22% gain?"

Have a great Friday everyone!!

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