Saturday, August 09, 2014

Weekend Update - Off To Cape Cod!

Weekend Update

Quick update this morning.  Then off for a family vacation. It has been a wild summer, this weekend is the first weekend since school ended in June, that our entire family will be together!

I am actually looking forward to a driving summer vacation.  It should take us 3+ hours to get there.  I have downloaded three new books on my Kindle, I will take my laptop to blog occasionally and otherwise I plan to sit in an Adirondack chair and watch life go by.

I had a much needed bounce back week in the market following four straight down weeks.  It is a good thing I had an up week as the reverse of the wealth effect would have made me enjoy Cape Cod less. For the week I was up 2.8%. That is my 3rd best week of the year - which actually surprises me as it didn't feel THAT great.

MFI Tranches

 Here are my 4 open MFI tranches.  Obviously, the August 15th tranche has a week to go.

8/15/2013 Start Current Dividend Pct Gain R3K Gain
CF $187.26 $246.87 $3.00 33.4% 17.9%
FLR $66.06 $72.21 $0.53 10.1% 17.9%
AGX $15.60 $34.98 $0.75 129.0% 17.9%
KLIC $11.29 $14.00 $0.00 24.0% 17.9%
RPXC $15.92 $15.09 $0.00 -5.2% 17.9%
Totals 38.3% 17.9%
11/15/13 Stocks Start Current Dividend Pct Gain R3K Gain
AVG $17.22 $17.65 $0.00 2.5% 8.3%
ATVI $17.71 $22.54 $0.20 28.4% 8.3%
GA $9.04 $11.90 $0.23 34.2% 8.3%
RPXC $17.04 $15.09 $0.00 -11.4% 8.3%
SYNA $48.01 $81.03 $0.00 68.8% 8.3%
Totals 24.5% 8.3%
2/1/14 Stocks Start Current Dividend Pct Gain R3K Gain
ATVI $17.13 $22.54 $0.20 32.7% 8.4%
KLAC $61.47 $72.34 $0.90 19.1% 8.4%
RPXC $16.22 $15.09 $0.00 -7.0% 8.4%
SNDK $69.55 $91.43 $0.53 32.2% 8.4%
WNR $39.11 $44.93 $0.78 16.9% 8.4%
Totals 18.8% 8.4%
5/6/2014 Start Current Dividend Pct Gain R3K Gain
AVG $19.57 $17.65 $0.00 -9.8% 3.1%
CA $29.54 $28.55 $0.25 -2.5% 3.1%
CSCO $22.79 $25.03 $0.19 10.7% 3.1%
NSR $25.82 $27.59 $0.00 6.9% 3.1%
RCII $28.78 $24.75 $0.23 -13.2% 3.1%
Totals -1.6% 3.1%

You can see the May tranche is still struggling a bit.  Part of that is me - in hindsight RCII was not exactly a savvy pick and a borderline MFI stock (I currently rank them #990, there must have been some error in their financials or my worksheet that identified them in May). But part of it is that MFI in total is struggling.  Here are the 4 most recent tracking portfolios:

4/25/2014 -2.0%
5/30/2014 -1.8%
6/27/2014 -4.5%
7/25/2014 -3.1%
There have been some spectacular blow-ups in MFI world of late (ESI and NUS for examples).  The table below shows my MFI Index and how the 50 stocks have fared for the year and since May 6th:

Index Stock Start May 6th Current YTD Change Change Since May 6th Shares
1   ATVI      17.83         19.31         22.74 27.5% 17.8%         13.07
2   MO      38.39         40.24         42.59 10.9% 5.8%           6.07
3   APOL      27.32         28.49         26.67 -2.4% -6.4%           8.53
4   AAPL    561.02      597.46       672.81 19.9% 12.6%           0.42
5   AGX      27.56         27.20         34.98 26.9% 28.6%           8.46
6   BAH      19.15         23.87         21.39 11.7% -10.4%         12.17
7   BKE      52.56         47.13         47.46 -9.7% 0.7%           4.44
8   CA      33.65         29.73         29.05 -13.7% -2.3%           6.93
9   CACI      73.22         71.96         69.63 -4.9% -3.2%           3.18
10   CHE      76.62         84.72       100.10 30.6% 18.2%           3.04
11   CRUS      20.43         22.51         22.33 9.3% -0.8%         11.41
12   CSCO      22.43         23.08         25.39 13.2% 10.0%         10.39
13   COH      56.13         42.95         37.39 -33.4% -13.0%           4.15
14   CRTX         9.49           9.50            9.50 0.1% 0.0%         24.56
15   DLX      52.19         54.11         57.31 9.8% 5.9%           4.47
16   DHX         7.25           6.95            8.48 17.0% 22.0%         32.15
17   EBIX      14.71         15.48         13.95 -5.2% -9.9%         15.85
18   EGL      33.40         43.00         33.80 1.2% -21.4%           6.98
19   GME      49.26         37.99         41.36 -16.0% 8.9%           4.73
20   GTIV      12.41           7.75         18.22 46.8% 135.1%         18.78
21   GNI      68.10         19.97         25.12 -63.1% 25.8%           3.42
22   HLF      78.70         59.86         51.79 -34.2% -13.5%           2.96
23   IQNT      11.41         14.44         10.33 -9.5% -28.4%         20.43
24   ESI      33.58         25.79            8.59 -74.4% -66.7%           6.94
25   LPS      37.38         37.30         37.30 -0.2% 0.0%           6.24
26   LQDT      22.66         17.55         13.27 -41.4% -24.4%         10.29
27   LO      50.68         58.53         61.64 21.6% 5.3%           4.60
28   MSFT      37.41         39.34         43.76 17.0% 11.2%           6.23
29   MYGN      20.98         40.88         37.74 79.9% -7.7%         11.11
30   NATR      17.32         13.40         16.05 -7.3% 19.8%         13.46
31   NOC    114.61      120.23       124.17 8.3% 3.3%           2.03
32   PDLI         8.44           8.40            9.70 14.9% 0.0%         27.62
33   PFMT      10.30           8.62            9.33 -9.4% 8.2%         22.63
34   PETS      16.63         13.03         14.47 -13.0% 11.1%         14.02
35   PRSC      25.72         39.54         44.81 74.2% 13.3%           9.06
36   QCOR      54.45         84.54         92.29 69.5% 9.2%           4.28
37   RTN      90.70         96.56         92.82 2.3% -3.9%           2.57
38   RAI      49.99         56.31         58.41 16.8% 3.7%           4.66
39   RPXC      16.90         16.20         15.09 -10.7% -6.9%         13.79
40   SAIC      33.07         38.52         42.47 28.4% 10.3%           7.05
41   SWHC      13.49         15.12         12.59 -6.7% -16.7%         17.28
42   STRA      34.47         42.85         56.27 63.2% 31.3%           6.76
43   RGR      73.09         64.30         52.02 -28.8% -19.1%           3.19
44   UIS      33.57         23.54         21.92 -34.7% -6.9%           6.94
45   UNTD      13.76         10.95         10.59 -23.0% -3.3%         16.94
46   SPOK      14.28         15.19         15.06 5.5% -0.8%         16.32
47   USNA      75.58         69.55         69.44 -8.1% -0.2%           3.08
48   VCI      34.25         34.02         34.02 -0.7% 0.0%           6.81
49   VGR      16.37         21.56         22.30 36.2% 3.4%         14.24
50   WTW      32.93         22.62         22.96 -30.3% 1.5%           7.08
Total    17,682      17,875       18,326 3.6% 2.5%
Actually up 2.5%, though a lot of that is GTIV (oh that I would have bought them!).

For kicks, I did start at the beginning of August what potentially a new August MFI tranche would have been. It has done pretty well, but sadly is hypothetical.

8/15/2014 Start Current Dividend Pct Gain R3K Gain
CSCO $25.05 $25.03 $0.00 -0.1% 0.4%
AGX $33.99 $34.98 $0.00 2.9% 0.4%
HSII $18.47 $19.14 $0.00 3.6% 0.4%
TNH $146.59 $151.85 $0.00 3.6% 0.4%
RGR $50.35 $50.99 $0.00 1.3% 0.4%
Totals 2.3% 0.4%

Discretionary Portfolio

People who read my blog yesterday will recall I did have an "aha!" moment regarding this portfolio yesterday. While the numbers still look good in total, my 2014 picks have been (shall we say) less than stellar.  I have gotten too much into just trading here as opposed to investing (which is really my strength). So my plan this week is to sell this portfolio down a bit and increase my August MFI tranche stake by 20 to 25%.  As a note, I will continue to create my MFI tables that I listed above, as if my MFI MFI was unchanging - otherwise the math starts getting hairy.  But I will occasionally publish my actual YTD MFI results, which will take into account the additions.  I have actually been doing this for the past year - I did add to three of the past four tranches recently - but the percentage increases were much smaller than 20 to 25% add. Does this make sense or am I rambling?

 
Stock Shares Avg Cost Current Price Pct Change R3K Change Diff
BAC-WTA       10,000         5.91                 6.75 14.3% 12.6% 1.6%
GNW       11,880         9.48               12.91 36.1% 25.2% 10.9%
GTAT       18,000       10.49               15.49 47.6% 4.7% 42.9%
HIG-WT         1,650       21.24               25.35 19.4% 17.3% 2.0%
KLIC         7,000       11.48               14.00 22.0% 12.9% 9.2%
RIOM       25,000         2.01                 2.51 24.6% 3.2% 21.4%
TC       20,000         2.94                 2.77 -5.8% -2.4% -3.3%
TLM         7,500       10.78               10.67 -1.1% -1.6% 0.6%
TSL         4,000       11.13               11.53 3.6% -1.9% 5.5%
TTOO         4,000       14.54               13.40 -7.8% 1.1% -8.9%
        
        
        
        
        
Total Open 21.9% 7.8% 14.2%
Closed 2.5% 1.2% 1.3%
Combined 5.3% 2.1% 3.2%

I think TTOO and TC are the most likely candidates to be sold to raise $ for MFI.  That will actually overshoot the mark needed a bit.

Dividend Portfolio

This portfolio has been doing better of late. TGONF really rallied. GPS spiked up the other day. TNH is a new holding and is off to a nice start.

Stock Shares Avg Cost Current Price Dividends Received Pct Change R3K Change Diff
AOD        14,186         8.03          8.57            10,916.30 16.3% 18.9% -2.7%
BBEP          5,713       16.74        21.46            10,650.92 39.4% 12.7% 26.7%
CSQ          7,001         8.72        11.53            14,277.43 55.7% 52.3% 3.4%
FSC          8,395         9.57          9.84              3,068.21 6.7% 3.2% 3.5%
GPS          2,000       40.55        42.57                  440.00 5.5% 2.2% 3.3%
NADL          6,366         9.60          9.58              1,200.00 1.7% 0.7% 1.1%
NTC          6,784       12.02        12.60              2,284.84 7.7% 3.9% 3.7%
O              600       21.02        43.80              9,350.71 182.5% 111.3% 71.1%
OIBAX          4,147         5.00          6.09              8,261.12 61.6% 121.3% -59.7%
TGONF          7,000       10.27        10.87              3,452.50 10.6% 17.2% -6.6%
TIME          2,000       22.89        23.63                           -   3.2% -1.5% 4.8%
TNH              500    148.10      151.85                           -   2.5% 0.6% 1.9%
TPVG          5,128       15.54        15.15              1,958.70 -0.1% 1.5% -1.5%
           
           
           
           
           
           
           
Total Open                  65,861 17.5% 14.3% 3.2%
Closed 12.0% 10.9% 1.1%
Combined 12.9% 11.4% 1.5%
Annualized IRR Since 12/31/10 17.2%
2014 Gain 4.9%

A gain of 4.9% for the year is actually ok. Pretty much on par with the R3K. Again, the purpose of this portfolio is to produce income, and it is really starting to do a great job.  Here is a table showing expected annual dividends (with my multiplier):

 Stock   Shares   Ann Dividend / Share   Yield   Projected Dividend   Worth 
 AOD         14,186         0.68 7.9%                    9,618     121,577
 BBEP           5,713         2.01 9.4%                  11,484     122,606
 CSQ           7,001         1.00 8.7%                    7,001        80,726
 FSC           8,395         1.10 11.2%                    9,235        82,608
 GPS           2,000         0.88 2.1%                    1,760        85,140
 NADL           6,366         0.96 10.0%                    6,111        60,987
 NTC           6,784         0.68 5.4%                    4,640        85,478
 O               600         2.17 5.0%                    1,303        26,299
 OIBAX           4,147         0.29 4.8%                    1,203        25,254
 TGONF           7,000         0.62 5.7%                    4,340        76,090
 TIME           2,000         0.80 3.4%                    1,600        47,260
 TNH               500       12.04 7.9%                    6,020        75,925
 TPVG           5,128         1.20 7.9%                    6,154        77,691
              
              
              
              
              
              
              
 Total  7.3%                  70,469     967,641

Over $70,000!  That may be a high water mark for this portfolio. The add of TNH certainly helped. I may add selectively to this portfolio as well with the shrinking of discretionary.  TIME and NADL are both a little undersized and seem relatively cheap.  I really could use at least one bank or insurance company on this list (though CSQ does have some of that embedded).

Here are upcoming dividends:

Stock Shares x Date Div/Share Est New Shares Amount
FSC          8,395 8/12/14  $    0.083                          71.0              700
NTC          6,784 8/12/14  $    0.057                          30.0              387
CF              120 8/14/14  $    1.500                              -                180
TNH              718 8/14/14  $    3.110                          14.0          2,234
KLAC              652 8/15/14  $    0.500                            4.0              326
AOD        14,276 8/22/14  $    0.057                          94.0              807
TPVG          5,128 8/28/14  $    0.300                       101.0          1,538
CA          1,013 8/28/14  $    0.250                            8.0              253
O              600 8/30/14  $    0.183                            2.0              110
OIBAX          4,167 8/30/14  $    0.015                          10.0                63
FLR              344 8/30/14  $    0.210                            1.0                72

Actually, I will likely not get the FLR one, as they will be sold from August MFI tranche before end of August.

Wrap-Up

Well, looks like another weekend update is completed.  I am going to enjoy this perfect New England Summer Saturday (hard to believe but it is under 60 this morning) and get ready for the trip.  I will glance at Barron's and may make another post this weekend, but maybe not - it is summer, so I may just chill.

Have a great week everyone.

2 comments:

msmith1862 said...

Are you considering tnh?

Marsh_Gerda said...

I bought tnh in my dividend portfolio.