What a great month. If you page back to my post at the end of January, you would see I was down 3.5% that month. I am now up for the year 6.2%. So a little math would tell you I added about 9% in the month.
RGR was up 26%, NUS was up 32% and KING made me 23%. Oh, don't forget CBI, up a snappy 34%. Then EYES was the best of them all, up 84%. Sadly, I missed some of that upside selling on Thursday.
MFI Select
It was a great rebound month for this portfolio as well. The 20 stocks were up 7.6%, headlined by the 5 new stocks as of February 1st, up a composite 9.3%.
| Start | Current | Dividend | Pct Gain | R3K Gain | |
| AVG | $19.57 | $22.57 | $0.00 | 15.3% | 13.4% |
| CA | $29.54 | $32.52 | $1.00 | 13.5% | 13.4% |
| $22.79 | $29.51 | $0.57 | 32.0% | 13.4% | |
| NSR | $25.82 | $26.52 | $0.00 | 2.7% | 13.4% |
| $28.78 | $27.60 | $0.70 | -1.7% | 13.4% | |
| Totals | 12.4% | 13.4% | |||
| Start | Current | Dividend | Pct Gain | R3K Gain | |
| $24.40 | $29.51 | $0.38 | 22.5% | 8.6% | |
| AGX | $36.71 | $32.43 | $0.70 | -9.8% | 8.6% |
| ITRN | $21.32 | $23.04 | $0.38 | 9.8% | 8.6% |
| $9.34 | $12.39 | $0.07 | 33.5% | 8.6% | |
| $58.25 | $46.16 | $0.14 | -20.5% | 8.6% | |
| Totals | 7.1% | 8.6% | |||
| Start | Current | Dividend | Pct Gain | R3K Gain | |
| $64.80 | $58.00 | $0.42 | -9.8% | 4.2% | |
| IPCM | $38.45 | $43.24 | $0.00 | 12.5% | 4.2% |
| VIAB | $72.29 | $69.94 | $0.33 | -2.8% | 4.2% |
| NHTC | $12.19 | $13.05 | $0.01 | 7.1% | 4.2% |
| $4.40 | $4.52 | $0.00 | 2.7% | 4.2% | |
| Totals | 1.9% | 4.2% | |||
| Start | Current | Dividend | Pct Gain | R3K Gain | |
| VEC | $28.00 | $31.81 | $0.00 | 13.6% | 5.6% |
| $62.73 | $72.51 | $0.00 | 15.6% | 5.6% | |
| VIAB | $63.91 | $69.94 | $0.00 | 9.4% | 5.6% |
| $22.03 | $22.64 | $0.00 | 2.8% | 5.6% | |
| NHTC | $12.44 | $13.05 | $0.00 | 4.9% | 5.6% |
| Totals | 9.3% | 5.6% | |||
| Category/Tranche | August | November | February | May | Total |
| Initial Investment | 25,000 | 25,000 | 25,000 | 25,000 | 100,000 |
| Current Tranche | 7.1% | 1.9% | 9.3% | 12.4% | 7.4% |
| Previous Tranche | 41.4% | 14.2% | 8.5% | 33.0% | 21.8% |
| Tranche -2 | 14.1% | 43.7% | 78.3% | - | 34.0% |
| MFI Overall Gain | 72.8% | 67.3% | 111.2% | 49.5% | 75.2% |
| Current Balance | 43,193 | 41,831 | 52,805 | 37,368 | 175,198 |
| R3K Current Tranche | 8.6% | 4.2% | 5.6% | 13.4% | 8.0% |
| R3K Overall Gain | 58.4% | 63.0% | 44.5% | 34.8% | 50.2% |
| R3K Balance | 39,605 | 40,749 | 36,121 | 33,708 | 150,182 |
| Annualized IRR | 24.0% | 25.2% | 43.4% | 24.8% | 27.6% |
So my MFI has regained some luster. My 20 open stocks are in almost a dead heat with the benchmark - I was trailing substantially a few weeks ago. Of course in aggregate, going back to August 2012, I have increased my worth from $100k to 175k, a 25 point cushion over the benchmark.
| Date | Differential | Value |
| -2.20% | 99,765 | |
| -1.78% | 102,798 | |
| -2.26% | 102,594 | |
| -2.23% | 102,881 | |
| -0.43% | 106,804 | |
| 2.00% | 110,423 | |
| 4.75% | 115,831 | |
| 4.29% | 114,888 | |
| 6.91% | 124,799 | |
| 10.46% | 124,536 | |
| 19.67% | 138,655 | |
| 19.75% | 143,514 | |
| 23.70% | 150,105 | |
| 26.63% | 157,138 | |
| 24.70% | 150,619 | |
| 25.66% | 158,116 | |
| 30.38% | 162,991 | |
| 29.65% | 162,428 | |
| 31.44% | 167,001 | |
| 39.23% | 177,971 | |
| 31.13% | 167,054 | |
| 35.90% | 177,792 | |
| 29.38% | 168,321 | |
| 26.14% | 168,810 | |
| 30.22% | 176,420 | |
| 28.17% | 174,306 | |
| 20.63% | 162,833 | |
| 25.02% | 175,198 |
MFI Formula
The formula continues it's strong start.
| 10/1/2014 Stocks | Start | Current | Dividend | Pct Gain | R3K Gain |
| BAH | $23.52 | $29.76 | $0.24 | 27.5% | 8.1% |
| $45.55 | $50.30 | $3.22 | 17.5% | 8.1% | |
| CA | $27.87 | $32.52 | $0.50 | 18.5% | 8.1% |
| $41.70 | $36.97 | $0.33 | -10.6% | 8.1% | |
| $44.56 | $54.18 | $0.70 | 23.1% | 8.1% | |
| Totals | 15.2% | 8.1% | |||
| 12/31/14 Stocks | Start | Current | Dividend | Pct Gain | R3K Gain |
| CA | $30.83 | $32.52 | $0.25 | 6.3% | 1.6% |
| $28.36 | $29.51 | $0.19 | 4.7% | 1.6% | |
| $34.81 | $51.96 | $0.00 | 49.2% | 1.6% | |
| $34.21 | $36.97 | $0.00 | 8.1% | 1.6% | |
| IQNT | $19.87 | $14.75 | $0.15 | -25.0% | 1.6% |
| Totals | 8.7% | 1.6% |
Both tranches have about a 7 point cushion. That is very impressive. For the record, it is not luck. The October rejects are up even more (about 17%) and the December rejects are up 8.1%. The formula is working.
UCO Trade
I am trying a relatively small UCO trade - etf associated with the price of oil. This will use covered calls and will be a winner as long as the price of oil does not crater.
| Type | Date | Shares | Purchase | Current | Cost | Value | Gain/Loss | X Date |
| Stock | 3,000 | $8.69 | $8.14 | 26,070 | 24,420 | (1,650) | ||
| Sold Call | 3,000 | $0.20 | 600 | 600 | ||||
| Overall | (1,050) |
The shares bought are illustrative, but everything else is real. My first calls expired yesterday. I will sell some new ones next week.
Income
I am thinking more and more about income as I get closer to retirement. While I have made strides over the past 5 years, I do need to continue the push. After I fund my final two MFI Formula tranches here in 2015, the strong push for new money will be income generating securities. Not sexy, but the idea of a regular month dividend flow will make me feel more secure.
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1 comment:
Marsh,
I agree that this is not luck. My #1 is up 15.6% and #2 is up 6.3% but we only share 5 of these stocks meaning another 8 other stock are beating the index. I am up 10.9% vs the master up 11.9%.
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