As I mentioned last night, it was a strong week for me. I was up 2.25%. It was a pretty active week. I finally terminated my LMNS position. I also got out of FGL and KERX. And I started a new position in GPS as a dividend stock. I also added money to the college funds of my children and bought LNC. Busy week.
My MFI index (which is a basket of 50 MFI stocks) was pretty much flat for the week. It was really hurt by ESI, which tumbled 26% on earnings.
MFI Portfolio
My MFI portfolio continues to be a champion. It popped another 1.7% and is now up 5.6% on the year (my overall portfolio is up 7.11%). A key for this portfolio of late is that I have really managed (probably by luck as much as anything) to avoid any absolute lemons. NSR, a recent addition popped 8% this week on news they are a finalist in bid with FCC (Neustar Rises on FCC Meet on Numbers-Switching Contract). Now for all I know, they will not get that contract, which would be a negative for the stock (another MFI stock, LQDT, lost out on some government contracts this year and is down 32% on the year).
The table below shows my 4 MFI tranches and how they are doing against their benchmarks (they are all leading):
| Start | Current | Dividend | Pct Gain | R3K Gain | |
| CF | $187.26 | $246.66 | $3.00 | 33.3% | 15.8% |
| $66.06 | $74.11 | $0.53 | 13.0% | 15.8% | |
| AGX | $15.60 | $29.96 | $0.75 | 96.9% | 15.8% |
| $11.29 | $14.21 | $0.00 | 25.9% | 15.8% | |
| RPXC | $15.92 | $16.49 | $0.00 | 3.6% | 15.8% |
| Totals | 34.5% | 15.8% | |||
| 11/15/13 Stocks | Start | Current | Dividend | Pct Gain | R3K Gain |
| AVG | $17.22 | $19.95 | $0.00 | 15.9% | 6.4% |
| $17.71 | $20.68 | $0.20 | 17.9% | 6.4% | |
| GA | $9.04 | $11.79 | $0.23 | 33.0% | 6.4% |
| RPXC | $17.04 | $16.49 | $0.00 | -3.2% | 6.4% |
| $48.01 | $59.25 | $0.00 | 23.4% | 6.4% | |
| Totals | 17.4% | 6.4% | |||
| 2/1/14 Stocks | Start | Current | Dividend | Pct Gain | R3K Gain |
| $17.13 | $20.68 | $0.20 | 21.9% | 6.5% | |
| $61.47 | $64.18 | $0.90 | 5.9% | 6.5% | |
| RPXC | $16.22 | $16.49 | $0.00 | 1.7% | 6.5% |
| $69.55 | $94.27 | $0.23 | 35.9% | 6.5% | |
| WNR | $39.11 | $39.71 | $0.52 | 2.9% | 6.5% |
| Totals | 13.6% | 6.5% | |||
| Start | Current | Dividend | Pct Gain | R3K Gain | |
| AVG | $19.57 | $19.95 | $0.00 | 1.9% | 1.3% |
| CA | $29.54 | $29.19 | $0.00 | -1.2% | 1.3% |
| $22.79 | $24.52 | $0.00 | 7.6% | 1.3% | |
| NSR | $25.82 | $28.93 | $0.00 | 12.1% | 1.3% |
| $28.78 | $28.49 | $0.00 | -1.0% | 1.3% | |
| Totals | 3.9% | 1.3% |
| Category/Tranche | August | November | February | May | Total |
| Initial Investment | 25,000 | 25,000 | 25,000 | 25,000 | 100,000 |
| Current Tranche | 34.5% | 17.4% | 13.6% | 3.9% | 17.9% |
| Previous Tranche | 14.1% | 43.7% | 78.3% | 33.0% | 40.5% |
| MFI Overall Gain | 53.4% | 68.7% | 102.6% | 38.2% | 65.7% |
| Current Balance | 38,358 | 42,185 | 50,638 | 34,545 | 165,726 |
| R3K Current Tranche | 15.8% | 45.5% | 6.5% | 1.3% | 17.3% |
| R3K Overall Gain | 41.5% | 45.5% | 29.0% | 20.4% | 33.7% |
| R3K Balance | 35,365 | 36,372 | 32,238 | 29,722 | 133,697 |
| Annualized IRR | 27.3% | 41.1% | 71.6% | 36.1% | 49.9% |
I am pleased with the start of the most recent tranche, up 3.9%. The five stocks I sold have run off poorly so far, down 1.1% (CYOU is the worst). The 10 alternative stocks I considered are up 2%, with SNDK the best performer (part of my Feb tranche) and BWC and COH the dogs. As an aside, I do laugh that Yahoo finance often gets confused on headlines for Coach, here is a sample (Nuggets' President Says Brian Shaw Won't Coach the Knicks ).
Discretionary Portfolio
Sometimes I think I should just call this the GTAT portfolio as it seems to swing with the fortunes of GTAT. This week, GTAT spiked up about 14%, over $1 on Friday on news that Samsung is considering the usage of sapphire (Samsung Sees Sparkle In Sapphire). Now I am pretty sure GTAT cannot do business with Samsung due to exclusivity of AAPL deal. So spike was either due to people not understanding that or the fact that it increased probability of AAPL using greater amount of sapphire sooner.
I did increase my BAC-WTA position this week.
| Stock | Shares | Avg Cost | Current Price | Pct Change | R3K Change | Diff |
| BAC-WTA | 8,000 | 5.73 | 6.81 | 18.8% | 14.6% | 4.2% |
| EDV | 139 | 101.20 | 104.12 | 2.9% | 3.8% | -0.9% |
| GNW | 11,000 | 9.16 | 17.28 | 88.7% | 26.5% | 62.2% |
| GTAT | 14,000 | 8.64 | 15.95 | 84.6% | 6.8% | 77.9% |
| HIG-WT | 1,650 | 21.24 | 25.99 | 22.4% | 15.8% | 6.6% |
| 7,000 | 11.48 | 14.21 | 23.8% | 11.4% | 12.5% | |
| RIOM | 25,000 | 2.25 | 1.81 | -19.6% | 1.9% | -21.5% |
| Total Open | 47.8% | 12.7% | 35.1% | |||
| Closed | 3.0% | 1.4% | 1.6% | |||
| Combined | 8.0% | 2.7% | 5.3% | |||
Dividend Portfolio
As I mentioned, I sold FGL and bought GPS this week. This portfolio is up 3.2% so far this year, so not great, but not terrible considering the overall bleah-ness of the markets. Of course the real juice of this portfolio is the fact that it delivers income of a bit more than $58,000 a year (with my multiplier). It is real money and while I do not need or rely on that income stream now, I plan to keep building it up as I move towards retirement age.
| Stock | Shares | Avg Cost | Current Price | Dividends Received | Pct Change | R3K Change | Diff |
| AOD | 14,005 | 8.02 | 8.62 | 9,323.45 | 15.7% | 17.6% | -1.9% |
| BBEP | 5,713 | 16.74 | 20.84 | 7,788.60 | 32.7% | 11.2% | 21.5% |
| CSQ | 6,905 | 8.67 | 11.68 | 12,579.25 | 55.7% | 51.3% | 4.4% |
| FSC | 8,264 | 9.57 | 9.33 | 1,675.47 | -0.4% | 1.9% | -2.3% |
| 2,000 | 40.55 | 41.14 | - | 1.5% | 0.8% | 0.6% | |
| NTC | 6,691 | 12.01 | 12.64 | 1,516.77 | 7.2% | 2.6% | 4.6% |
| O | 595 | 20.83 | 42.93 | 9,133.01 | 179.8% | 110.5% | 69.3% |
| 4,125 | 5.00 | 6.16 | 8,067.44 | 62.4% | 119.1% | -56.7% | |
| PM | 1,000 | 78.60 | 86.57 | 940.00 | 11.3% | 2.0% | 9.4% |
| TGONF | 7,000 | 10.27 | 9.90 | 2,367.50 | -0.3% | 15.7% | -16.0% |
| TPVG | 5,029 | 15.55 | 15.49 | 450.00 | 0.2% | 0.1% | 0.0% |
| Total Open | 53,841 | 17.2% | 15.1% | 2.1% | |||
| Closed | 12.1% | 10.9% | 1.2% | ||||
| Combined | 12.9% | 11.6% | 1.4% | ||||
| Annualized IRR Since 12/31/10 | 17.3% | ||||||
| 2014 Gain | 3.2% | ||||||
| Stock | Shares | Ann Dividend / Share | Yield | Projected Dividend | Worth |
| AOD | 14,005 | 0.68 | 7.9% | 9,495 | 120,720 |
| BBEP | 5,713 | 1.95 | 9.4% | 11,141 | 119,063 |
| CSQ | 6,905 | 1.00 | 8.6% | 6,905 | 80,653 |
| FSC | 8,264 | 1.00 | 10.7% | 8,264 | 77,100 |
| GPS | 2,000 | 0.88 | 2.1% | 1,760 | 82,280 |
| NTC | 6,691 | 0.68 | 5.4% | 4,577 | 84,580 |
| O | 595 | 2.17 | 5.1% | 1,292 | 25,565 |
| OIBAX | 4,125 | 0.29 | 4.7% | 1,196 | 25,412 |
| PM | 1,000 | 3.76 | 4.3% | 3,760 | 86,570 |
| TGONF | 7,000 | 0.60 | 6.1% | 4,200 | 69,300 |
| TPVG | 5,029 | 1.20 | 7.7% | 6,035 | 77,899 |
| Total | 6.9% | 58,625 | 849,143 |
Call It A Wrap
Well, it is time for me to do some of my knee/leg exercises. So I will call it a wrap for now. I will likely post some more later this weekend as it is a long weekend and with my knee (2 weeks out of surgery), I am not going to be out & about much.
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