Weekend Update - 10/26/13

Well, it was s stressful week. But I have made it to the weekend.  It is a perfect mid-fall Saturday out there. The sun is rising and shining through the speckled leaves of the trees.  It is quite crisp out there, 30 degrees. Probably a good day to do some yard work.  I am reading a great book that discusses why we do things.  It actually talked about blogs.

"Why are blogs so popular? Not only is it because so many people have the desire to write; after all, people wrote before blogs were invented. It is also because blogs have two features that distinguish them from all other forms of writing. First, they provide the hope or the illusion that someone else will read one's writing.... Indeed the "number of views" statistic is a highly motivating feature in the blogosphere because it lets the blogger know exactly how many people have at least seen the posting.Blogs also provide the readers with the abilities to leave their reactions and comments - gratifying for both the blogger, who now has a verifiable audience, and the reader-cum-writer."

So there you have it gentle reader, I blog in the hopes that you will read and perhaps even comment.

Maria Bartiromo

Do any of you watch CNBC?  Do you like Maria Bartiromo?  I am sure she is a nice person, but I can't
stand watching her on TV.  The first part is her voice. It kind of grates on me.  It reminds me of Fran Dreschler from the Nanny.  And I just hate her catch phrase, "It's Four O'clock, do you know where your money is?".  It seems so superficial and a play on wanting to know where you children are.  Ok, I know this has nothing to do with anything.  I am just rambling a bit this morning.  I will actually switch (gasp) sometimes to Fox Business news to watch Liz Claman.

Transactions

I did have two transactions this week.  First I sold my STO   I just decided that state run oil companies are just not as well-run as I would like.  I owned them for 2 years and made 8%.  They can't all be home runs, right?  I will likely invest the proceeds into stocks I currently own, like BBEP and IP.  Secondly, I bought AWRE which is a stock I profiled as a potential MFI stock in mid-November.  I have placed it in my discretionary portfolio for now.  They announce earnings next week and I really like their story.  Knowing my luck, they will disappoint next week!

Dividend Portfolio

First, overall I guess it was a decent week.  My portfolio was up 80 basis points. That was exactly on par with the Russell 3000. That makes me up 36.25% for the year.

Stock	Shares	Avg Cost	Current Price	Dividends Received	Pct Change	R3K Change	Diff
AAPL	115	461.49	525.96	817.31	15.5%	19.9%	-4.4%
ABR	8,000	6.83	7.02	-	2.8%	4.0%	-1.1%
AOD	20,932	3.96	4.18	3,519.27	9.8%	14.6%	-4.8%
BBEP	3,584	15.44	18.99	1,675.20	26.0%	8.5%	17.5%
CSCO	4,389	17.34	22.46	4,219.92	35.0%	33.0%	2.0%
CSQ	6,587	8.57	10.62	9,144.46	40.2%	43.6%	-3.4%
INTC	3,718	22.24	24.24	3,654.19	13.4%	27.3%	-13.9%
IP	1,172	46.55	45.57	-	-2.1%	4.3%	-6.4%
O	577	20.20	42.98	8,386.74	184.7%	102.3%	82.4%
OIBAX	4,059	4.98	6.22	7,601.22	62.6%	106.1%	-43.5%
RIG	1,898	49.94	49.50	1,491.28	0.7%	11.0%	-10.3%
SBS	6,211	9.54	10.87	-	13.9%	4.6%	9.4%
TC-PT	4,000	15.39	17.80	2,437.20	19.7%	11.7%	8.0%
TCRD	4,200	14.73	16.62	1,764.00	15.7%	8.9%	6.8%
TGONF	7,000	10.27	10.00	337.50	-2.2%	7.7%	-9.9%
Total Open				45,048	17.3%	18.8%	-1.6%
Closed					13.6%	10.1%	3.5%
Combined					14.4%	12.0%	2.4%
Annualized IRR Since 12/31/10					18.4%
2013 Gain					19.1%

One always wants to do better, but year to date +19.1% feels alright for this portfolio.

MFI Portfolio

I say it every week, but it bears repeating how this portfolio has accelerated in performance during the year. It is up a scintillating 44% for the year, and only half the funds were invested as of January 1st.  The table below shows the month by month performance versus R3K:

Date	Differential
12/1/2012	-2.20%
1/1/2013	-1.78%
2/1/2013	-2.26%
3/1/2013	-2.23%
4/1/2013	-0.43%
5/1/2013	2.00%
6/1/2013	4.75%
7/1/2013	4.29%
8/1/2013	6.91%
9/1/2013	10.46%
10/1/2013	19.67%
Current	21.40%

Then here are the actual 4 tranches:

11/15/12 Stocks	Start	Current	Dividend	Pct Gain	R3K Gain
AAPL	$537.62	$525.96	$8.75	-0.5%	34.4%
ABC	$40.21	$65.24	$0.63	63.8%	34.4%
LPS	$23.89	$34.06	$0.40	44.2%	34.4%
VIAB	$49.12	$84.94	$1.15	75.3%	34.4%
WU	$12.77	$19.29	$0.50	55.0%	34.4%
Totals				47.6%	34.4%
2/1/13 Stocks	Start	Current	Dividend	Pct Gain	R3K Gain
AAPL	$450.60	$525.96	$8.75	18.7%	19.0%
GA	$6.10	$9.24	$0.42	58.4%	19.0%
STRZA	$16.06	$30.03	$0.00	87.0%	19.0%
CA	$25.07	$31.40	$0.75	28.2%	19.0%
NUS	$41.94	$115.76	$0.90	178.2%	19.0%
Totals				74.1%	19.0%
5/6/2013	Start	Current	Dividend	Pct Gain	R3K Gain
KLIC	$11.40	$13.15	$0.00	15.4%	11.1%
CYOU	$29.24	$35.71	$0.00	22.1%	11.1%
RDA	$9.74	$14.80	$0.10	53.1%	11.1%
NVDA	$13.85	$15.24	$0.15	11.1%	11.1%
CF	$183.97	$209.62	$0.80	14.4%	11.1%
Totals				23.2%	11.1%
8/15/2013	Start	Current	Dividend	Pct Gain	R3K Gain
CF	$187.26	$209.62	$0.00	11.9%	6.9%
FLR	$66.06	$76.31	$0.16	15.8%	6.9%
AGX	$15.60	$22.45	$0.00	43.9%	6.9%
KLIC	$11.29	$13.15	$0.00	16.5%	6.9%
RPXC	$15.92	$17.08	$0.00	7.3%	6.9%
Totals				19.1%	6.9%
Category/Tranche	August	November	February	May	Total
Initial Investment	25,000	25,000	25,000	25,000	100,000
Current Tranche	19.1%	47.6%	74.1%	23.2%	40.3%
Previous Tranche	14.1%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	3.5%
MFI Overall Gain	35.8%	47.6%	74.1%	23.2%	45.2%
Current Balance	33,953	36,892	43,522	30,802	145,170
R3K Current Tranche	6.9%	34.4%	19.0%	11.1%	17.9%
R3K Overall Gain	30.6%	34.4%	19.0%	11.1%	23.8%
R3K Balance	32,654	33,596	29,755	27,770	123,774
Annualized IRR	29.1%	50.8%	113.0%	55.1%	77.8%

You can see I was up 1.4% during the week.

Discretionary Portfolio

here are my discretionary stocks.  You can see I have not gotten around to adding AWRE yet.  I bought right at the close on Friday, so I will add to my worksheet on Monday.

Stock	Gain	Cost	Price
GNW	100.6%	7.10	14.25
GTAT	141.0%	3.39	8.17
ACAS	12.6%	12.70	14.29
KLIC	17.9%	11.15	13.15
HIG-WT	16.8%	21.24	24.81
BAC-WTA	14.0%	5.35	6.10
SFXE	-28.3%	13.00	9.32
Grand Total	57.3%	7.05	11.09