Tuesday, April 30, 2013

Break On Through (to the Other Side)

Always fun for me to listen to the Doors. Not sure what it is I like about their songs.  They were certainly distinctive with that Pipe Organ sound.

It is an appropriate theme for my MFI portfolio as it does seem to be breaking on through.  Not just pour moi.  I also see the tracking portfolios starting to pick up some momentum.  I have always preached that MFI portfolios were streaky; perhaps we are starting to get on the right side of the streak.

My portfolio of 15 stocks via three tranches is now beating the indices by 50 basis points.  I know that is not much.  Nowhere close to what the book discussed.  But after 2+ years of under-performance, it feels tremendous!

8/15/12 Stocks Start Current Dividend Pct Gain R3K Gain
DLB $34.43 $32.76 $4.00 6.8% 16.0%
KFY $13.98 $16.51 $0.00 18.1% 16.0%
MSFT $30.19 $32.91 $0.46 10.5% 16.0%
NSU $3.62 $3.74 $0.05 4.8% 16.0%
UIS $19.96 $19.12 $0.00 -4.2% 16.0%
Totals 7.2% 16.0%
11/15/12 Stocks Start Current Dividend Pct Gain R3K Gain
AAPL $537.62 $442.88 $2.65 -17.1% 19.6%
ABC $40.21 $54.01 $0.21 34.8% 19.6%
LPS $23.89 $27.63 $0.20 16.5% 19.6%
VIAB $49.12 $63.83 $0.55 31.1% 19.6%
WU $12.77 $14.76 $0.25 17.5% 19.6%
Totals 16.6% 19.6%
2/1/13 Stocks Start Current Dividend Pct Gain R3K Gain
AAPL $450.60 $442.88 $2.65 -1.1% 5.9%
GA $6.10 $7.38 $0.00 21.0% 5.9%
STRZA $16.06 $23.34 $0.00 45.3% 5.9%
CA $25.07 $26.92 $0.25 8.4% 5.9%
NUS $41.94 $50.76 $0.30 21.7% 5.9%
Totals 19.1% 5.9%

Newest Tracking Portfolio - April 26 2013

Not quite as nice today as the picture.  But thought I'd make a quick post on the newest tracking portfolio of the 50 MFI stocks > 100m market cap.  As regular readers know, the official list is found at Magic Formula Investing .

I always create two sub-portfolios - (1) new stocks and (2) dividend stocks.  Here are those two sub-portfolios:

New Stocks

Date Stock Initial Price End Price 52 week low Mkt Cap
4/26/2013 SWHC                8.71             8.84                 6.07           566
4/26/2013 TVL              12.05           12.04                 2.64           648
4/26/2013 FLR              56.38           56.45                44.99         9,133


Dividend Stocks

Stock Initial Price End Price 52 week low Mkt Cap
AAPL            417.20         430.12              385.10     387,864
AGX              17.60           17.68                12.59           246
BAH              14.52           15.00                11.85         2,008
CSCO              20.67           20.98                14.96     109,718
GME              34.62           34.57                15.32         4,110
GNI              68.73           69.00                60.32           102
HLF              38.27           38.75                24.24         4,047
IDCC              42.54           43.59                22.37         1,769
INTX                9.56             9.57                 7.83           173
LO              42.83           42.95                36.70       16,167
MSB              20.99           21.03                20.26           270
MSFT              31.79           32.61                26.26     263,703
NOC              74.24           74.96                56.59       17,492
NSU                3.69             3.78                 2.68           742
PDLI                7.70             7.79                 6.14         1,071
PETS              12.82           12.72                 9.15           255
QCOR              29.28           29.72                17.25         1,715
RTN              60.20           60.72                49.03       19,415
STX              36.40           36.22                21.62       13,053
USMO              13.19           13.23                10.34           276
WCRX              13.76           13.99                10.85         3,450
XLS              10.76           10.88                 9.01         2,007