It did not feel like a stellar week for my portfolio. The crash of NUS definitively was a downer, even if I did mitigate the loss. I was also relatively active with transactions, but none of them have born any fruit yet - not that I expect a stock to go up just because I bought them. Also, INTC disappointed investors again. KLIC also dropped a lot. So it was not a stellar week.
Doing the math, I was a bit surprised that I "only" lost about 1%. It was not all negative, TC-PT and GA actually had strong weeks.
MFI Portfolio
The factor adjusted loss of $10,000 from NUS made it an uphill week for this portfolio from the get-go. I have a streak of 5 straight months where this portfolio has beaten the R3K, but that looks seriously in jeopardy as I was beating the R3K overall by 28.2 points on January 1st and that lead is now 25.2 points. Obviously the January drop of 16% (before I sold) of NUS has been a headwind, but interestingly KLIC is quietly down 15%.
My February 2013 tranche only has a few days left. I am actually starting to be pretty excited about some of my potential choices. I think at the end of the month, I will have a decent 5 stocks!
| 2/1/13 Stocks | Start | Current | Dividend | Pct Gain | R3K Gain |
| $450.60 | $540.67 | $8.75 | 21.9% | 24.8% | |
| GA | $6.10 | $11.08 | $0.65 | 92.3% | 24.8% |
| STRZA | $16.06 | $29.40 | $0.00 | 83.1% | 24.8% |
| CA | $25.07 | $34.43 | $1.00 | 41.3% | 24.8% |
| $41.94 | $116.59 | $1.20 | 180.8% | 24.8% | |
| Totals | 83.9% | 24.8% | |||
| Start | Current | Dividend | Pct Gain | R3K Gain | |
| $11.40 | $11.35 | $0.00 | -0.4% | 16.5% | |
| CYOU | $29.24 | $30.50 | $0.00 | 4.3% | 16.5% |
| $9.74 | $18.08 | $0.10 | 86.7% | 16.5% | |
| $13.85 | $15.99 | $0.24 | 17.1% | 16.5% | |
| CF | $183.97 | $245.81 | $1.80 | 34.6% | 16.5% |
| Totals | 28.5% | 16.5% | |||
| Start | Current | Dividend | Pct Gain | R3K Gain | |
| CF | $187.26 | $245.81 | $1.00 | 31.8% | 12.1% |
| $66.06 | $82.05 | $0.32 | 24.7% | 12.1% | |
| AGX | $15.60 | $29.97 | $0.75 | 96.9% | 12.1% |
| $11.29 | $11.35 | $0.00 | 0.5% | 12.1% | |
| RPXC | $15.92 | $16.98 | $0.00 | 6.7% | 12.1% |
| Totals | 32.1% | 12.1% | |||
| 11/15/13 Stocks | Start | Current | Dividend | Pct Gain | R3K Gain |
| AVG | $17.22 | $16.91 | $0.00 | -1.8% | 3.0% |
| $17.71 | $16.96 | $0.00 | -4.2% | 2.6% | |
| GA | $9.04 | $11.08 | $0.23 | 25.2% | 2.6% |
| RPXC | $17.04 | $16.98 | $0.00 | -0.4% | 2.6% |
| $48.01 | $57.99 | $0.00 | 20.8% | 2.6% | |
| Totals | 7.9% | 2.7% | |||
| Category/Tranche | August | November | February | May | Total |
| Initial Investment | 25,000 | 25,000 | 25,000 | 25,000 | 100,000 |
| Current Tranche | 32.1% | 7.9% | 83.9% | 28.5% | 37.9% |
| Previous Tranche | 14.1% | 43.7% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 12.1% |
| MFI Overall Gain | 50.7% | 55.1% | 83.9% | 28.5% | 54.5% |
| Current Balance | 37,674 | 38,779 | 45,975 | 32,118 | 154,545 |
| R3K Current Tranche | 12.1% | 36.7% | 24.8% | 16.5% | 22.5% |
| R3K Overall Gain | 37.0% | 36.7% | 24.8% | 16.5% | 28.7% |
| R3K Balance | 34,241 | 34,170 | 31,190 | 29,114 | 128,715 |
| Annualized IRR | 33.3% | 45.3% | 88.3% | 42.7% | 49.9% |
Not a great week here either, as KLIC is a pretty large holding and nothing really popped up. I was very active this week with this portfolio. I bought SIRI, C and RIOM. Then I also added to my KLIC.
SIRI is a play on Liberty Media (which owns 52% of SIRI) putting a buy out bid on them. It feels a bit like self-dealing, and stock advocates agree, such as Ralph Nader (Nader Assembling Shareholder-Activism Group). I think there will be substantial pressure on them to increase the bid, or else face a litany of lawsuits (Sirius XM Sued by Shareholders Over Liberty Buyout Offer).
C is a TBTF bank that is trading a bit under book value. It has long been the ugly duckling of the large banks, but they have new management and still a strong retail franchise. With their drop post-earnings, felt like a good buying opportunity.
RIOM is a small, but very profitable miner. I have watched it for 6 months or so and it seems to have bottomed out.
| Stock | Shares | Avg Cost | Current Price | Dividends Received | Pct Change | R3K Change | Diff |
| BAC-WTA | 6,000 | 5.35 | 7.05 | - | 31.8% | 17.0% | 14.7% |
| C | 1,000 | 52.67 | 52.27 | - | -0.8% | -0.4% | -0.4% |
| CS | 1,800 | 28.75 | 32.52 | - | 13.1% | 3.6% | 9.5% |
| GNW | 7,000 | 6.82 | 16.09 | - | 135.9% | 41.0% | 95.0% |
| GTAT | 21,000 | 5.23 | 9.06 | - | 73.1% | 9.1% | 64.0% |
| HIG-WT | 1,650 | 21.24 | 26.45 | - | 24.5% | 12.5% | 12.0% |
| 5,500 | 11.46 | 11.35 | - | -1.0% | 10.7% | -11.7% | |
| RIOM | 15,000 | 2.26 | 2.20 | - | -2.7% | 0.0% | -2.7% |
| 15,000 | 3.73 | 3.72 | - | -0.4% | 1.2% | -1.5% | |
| Total Open | - | 35.0% | 10.1% | 24.9% | |||
| Closed | 6.3% | 3.1% | 3.1% | ||||
| Combined | 15.4% | 5.3% | 10.0% | ||||
Dividend PortfolioI guess it was a decent week here, largely helped by TC-PT rocketing up 27%! INTC was actually up slightly over the week. They ran up the day or two before earnings, so it really was not the crash it felt like.
I did buy some shares in NTC, a CT Municipal CEF. It yields a bit under 6% (tax free) so is pretty attractive. I have not included it (yet) in my dividend portfolio. I actually plan to include it, but I have not built my full position yet. It is pretty lightly traded and my bid price was only partially filled. It is likely that a position like NTC will make it more difficult to beat bench marks, as in reality over time 6% is as good as it gets. But my Diary is not just about beating benchmarks, but I am also trying to illustrate how to build a portfolio. And even in today's world, that should include some bonds or bond-like securities.
| Stock | Shares | Avg Cost | Current Price | Dividends Received | Pct Change | R3K Change | Diff |
| AOD | 21,343 | 3.96 | 4.26 | 4,533.38 | 12.8% | 19.3% | -6.4% |
| BBEP | 4,713 | 16.16 | 20.13 | 4,188.93 | 30.1% | 10.5% | 19.6% |
| 4,389 | 17.34 | 22.74 | 4,965.98 | 37.7% | 38.8% | -1.2% | |
| CSQ | 6,718 | 8.60 | 11.09 | 10,529.20 | 47.1% | 48.7% | -1.6% |
| 3,754 | 22.25 | 25.85 | 4,490.84 | 21.5% | 32.6% | -11.1% | |
| O | 585 | 20.46 | 38.41 | 8,703.80 | 160.5% | 108.3% | 52.1% |
| 4,093 | 4.99 | 6.08 | 7,808.22 | 60.2% | 114.0% | -53.8% | |
| 6,211 | 9.54 | 10.22 | - | 7.1% | 9.2% | -2.0% | |
| TC-PT | 4,000 | 15.39 | 16.32 | 4,061.80 | 12.7% | 16.6% | -3.9% |
| TGONF | 7,000 | 10.27 | 9.94 | 1,317.50 | -1.4% | 12.4% | -13.8% |
| Total Open | 50,600 | 24.9% | 28.2% | -3.3% | |||
| Closed | 12.9% | 10.3% | 2.6% | ||||
| Combined | 14.6% | 12.9% | 1.7% | ||||
| Annualized IRR Since 12/31/10 | 17.8% | ||||||
| 2013 Gain | 0.9% | ||||||
I hope everyone has a great weekend. Some good football games on. I will be taking my daughter ice skating today and will be going to a concert this evening.
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