How Is MFI Doing This Year?

Thought I would publish a couple of quick statistics on how MFI has fared in 2014.

Year To Date and Inception To Date Results

	Annual		Inception to Date
Year	Russell	MFI	Russell ITD	MFI ITD
2006	11.40%	15.03%	11.40%	15.03%
2007	4.09%	-6.69%	15.96%	7.34%
2008	-37.05%	-37.97%	-27.00%	-33.42%
2009	32.51%	45.18%	-3.27%	-3.34%
2010	18.38%	22.77%	14.50%	18.67%
2011	-0.56%	-10.47%	13.87%	6.25%
2012	16.43%	9.70%	32.57%	16.56%
2013	33.01%	51.70%	76.34%	76.82%
2014	2.05%	2.25%	79.95%	80.80%

This table shows how my MFI Index has done every year and how it has done in aggregate since 2006. Recall, the index is a basket of 50 stocks from the screen at the start of each year, greater than $100m market cap and held for a year.

As you can see, 2014 is pretty much a dead heat (2.05% vs 2.25%) and also since the beginning, pretty much a dead heat.  That seems discouraging, but I have shown subsets of the index that have done very well (larger cap stocks - over $900m and dividend paying stocks, 2.6% or hreater).

Individual Stocks In Index In 2014

Index	Stock	Start	Last Quarter	Current	YTD Change	Quarterly Change
1	ATVI	17.83	20.44	19.94	11.8%	-2.4%
2	MO	38.39	37.43	40.45	5.4%	8.1%
3	APOL	27.32	34.24	29.29	7.2%	-14.5%
4	AAPL	561.02	539.79	595.63	6.2%	10.3%
5	AGX	27.56	29.73	27.10	-1.7%	-8.8%
6	BAH	19.15	22.10	23.55	23.0%	6.6%
7	BKE	52.56	46.02	47.41	-9.8%	3.0%
8	CA	33.65	31.23	30.16	-10.4%	-3.4%
9	CACI	73.22	73.80	72.78	-0.6%	-1.4%
10	CHE	76.62	89.65	83.71	9.3%	-6.6%
11	CRUS	20.43	19.87	22.52	10.3%	13.3%
12	CSCO	22.43	22.59	23.30	3.9%	3.2%
13	COH	56.13	50.00	44.22	-21.2%	-11.6%
14	CRTX	9.49	9.50	9.50	0.1%	0.0%
15	DLX	52.19	52.72	55.59	6.5%	5.4%
16	DHX	7.25	7.46	7.29	0.6%	-2.3%
17	EBIX	14.71	17.15	15.97	8.5%	-6.9%
18	EGL	33.40	45.05	43.07	29.0%	-4.4%
19	GME	49.26	41.10	40.25	-18.3%	-2.1%
20	GTIV	12.41	9.12	7.69	-38.0%	-15.7%
21	GNI	68.10	19.06	19.95	-70.7%	4.7%
22	HLF	78.70	57.57	60.25	-23.4%	4.7%
23	IQNT	11.41	14.61	14.73	29.1%	0.8%
24	ESI	33.58	28.68	27.12	-19.2%	-5.4%
25	LPS	37.38	37.30	37.30	-0.2%	0.0%
26	LQDT	22.66	26.05	17.28	-23.7%	-33.7%
27	LO	50.68	54.70	59.41	17.2%	8.6%
28	MSFT	37.41	41.27	39.97	6.8%	-3.1%
29	MYGN	20.98	34.19	40.05	90.9%	17.1%
30	NATR	17.32	13.78	13.53	-21.9%	-1.8%
31	NOC	114.61	123.99	121.34	5.9%	-2.1%
32	PDLI	8.44	8.31	8.46	0.2%	0.0%
33	PFMT	10.30	9.05	8.60	-16.5%	-5.0%
34	PETS	16.63	13.58	12.83	-22.9%	-5.5%
35	PRSC	25.72	28.28	39.68	54.3%	40.3%
36	QCOR	54.45	65.23	83.35	53.1%	27.8%
37	RTN	90.70	98.79	96.44	6.3%	-2.4%
38	RAI	49.99	54.09	56.61	13.2%	4.7%
39	RPXC	16.90	16.28	16.56	-2.0%	1.7%
40	SAIC	33.07	37.67	38.82	17.4%	3.1%
41	SWHC	13.49	14.62	15.88	17.7%	8.6%
42	STRA	34.47	46.43	43.42	26.0%	-6.5%
43	RGR	73.09	59.80	68.33	-6.5%	14.3%
44	UIS	33.57	30.46	24.16	-28.0%	-20.7%
45	UNTD	13.76	11.56	11.04	-19.8%	-4.5%
46	USMO	14.28	18.17	16.26	13.8%	-10.5%
47	USNA	75.58	75.34	69.84	-7.6%	-7.3%
48	VCI	34.25	34.02	34.02	-0.7%	0.0%
49	VGR	16.37	21.54	21.56	31.7%	0.1%
50	WTW	32.93	20.54	23.24	-29.4%	13.1%
	Total	17,682	18,028	18,080	2.3%	0.3%

This table shows all 50 stocks making up the 2014 index and how they have done in 2014 and in the 2nd quarter.  An interesting one is WTW.  After an abysmal start in 2014, they have bounced up 13% in the 2nd quarter on better than expected earnings.  This is a stock I would have never bought and it is doing well in 2q.  So this shows that sometimes a stock gets beaten down so far, people assume things will be worse than they actually are - but then when the world does not totally crater, they get a good bounce.

Tribute To May 6th 2013 Tranche

Here are my 5 stocks from the tranche that sunsets this week.

5/6/2013	Start	Current	Dividend	Pct Gain	R3K Gain
KLIC	$11.40	$14.48	$0.00	27.0%	19.1%
CYOU	$29.24	$28.02	$0.00	-4.2%	19.1%
RDA	$9.74	$16.45	$0.10	70.0%	19.1%
NVDA	$13.85	$18.43	$0.32	35.4%	19.1%
CF	$183.97	$243.37	$2.80	33.8%	19.1%
Totals				32.4%	19.1%

As you can see, it was a most excellent tranche.  I will sell KLIC, RDA, NVDA and CF on Tuesday.

Here are the 5 stocks I will likely buy:

5/6/2014	Start	Current	Dividend	Pct Gain	R3K Gain
ca	$29.91	$29.91	$0.00	0.0%	0.0%
csco	$22.94	$22.94	$0.00	0.0%	0.0%
rcii	$29.14	$29.14	$0.00	0.0%	0.0%
nsr	$26.63	$26.63	$0.00	0.0%	0.0%
avg	$19.20	$19.20	$0.00	0.0%	0.0%
Totals				0.0%	0.0%

Contest

At the start of the year, I picked a basket of 10 stocks and have been tracking against ten picks by some of the major brokerage houses.  I am holding my own thus far!

Player	Stock	Start	Current	Dividends	Change
MFI Diary	GNW	15.53	17.81	-	14.7%
	GTAT	8.72	16.91	-	93.9%
	SBS	11.34	9.93	-	-12.4%
	HIMX	14.72	8.78	-	-40.4%
	HIG-WT	27.53	27.21	-	-1.2%
	KLIC	13.30	14.48	-	8.9%
	CF	233.04	243.37	1.00	4.9%
	BAC-WTA	6.47	7.50	-	15.9%
	RPXC	16.90	16.56	-	-2.0%
	ATVI	17.83	19.94	0.20	13.0%
	Total				9.5%
Player	Stock	Start	Current	Dividends	Change
Barron's	ABX	17.63	17.40	-	-1.3%
	CNQ	33.10	40.92	-	23.6%
	DE	91.33	92.92	-	1.7%
	GM	40.87	34.97	-	-14.4%
	INTC	25.96	26.41	0.23	2.6%
	MET	53.92	51.89	0.28	-3.3%
	NSRGY	73.59	77.14	-	4.8%
	SPG	152.16	173.07	1.25	14.6%
	AAL	30.02	36.49	-	21.6%
	C	52.11	47.73	0.01	-8.4%
	Total				4.2%
Player	Stock	Start	Current	Dividends	Change
ML/BAC	ADM	43.40	43.55	0.24	0.9%
	CAT	90.81	105.01	1.20	17.0%
	CTL	31.85	34.83	0.54	11.1%
	C	52.11	47.73	0.01	-8.4%
	CSCO	22.43	22.94	0.36	3.9%
	DVA	63.37	67.39	-	6.3%
	XOM	101.20	102.01	0.63	1.4%
	GM	40.87	34.97	0.30	-13.7%
	NEE	85.62	97.99	0.73	15.3%
	NUE	53.38	52.35	0.37	-1.2%
	Total				3.3%
Player	Stock	Start	Current	Dividends	Change
Eric Y	CA	33.65	29.91	0.25	-10.4%
	CLCT	17.15	22.68	0.33	34.1%
	CSCO	22.43	22.94	0.36	3.9%
	LO	50.68	58.79	0.62	17.2%
	MANT	29.93	29.92	0.21	0.7%
	MSFT	37.41	39.69	0.28	6.8%
	PETS	16.63	12.66	0.17	-22.9%
	RGR	73.09	67.79	0.54	-6.5%
	USMO	14.28	16.13	0.13	13.8%
	VCI	34.25	34.02	-	-0.7%
	Total				3.6%
Player	Stock	Start	Current	Dividends	Change
Cantor/Fitz	AAPL	561.02	592.58	3.05	6.2%
	JNPR	22.57	24.75	-	9.7%
	DLR	49.12	54.00	-	9.9%
	FB	54.65	60.46	-	10.6%
	GOOG	1,120.71	1,055.86	-	-5.8%
	DATA	68.93	58.46	-	-15.2%
	SPLK	68.67	54.87	-	-20.1%
	SVU	7.29	7.12	-	-2.3%
	TMO	111.35	114.22	-	2.6%
	VSTM	11.40	8.01	-	-29.7%
	Total				-3.4%