July 2017 MFI Formula Tranche Officially Closed

July 2017 MFI Formula Tranche Officially Closed

I wrote over the weekend that I would be finalizing my July 2017 MFI Formula tranche at close of day Monday.  It ended up being a great one.

7/1/2017	Start	Current	Dividend	Pct Gain	R3K Gain
CSCO	$30.98	$42.67	$1.24	41.7%	17.4%
GME	$20.95	$15.47	$1.52	-18.9%	17.4%
HPQ	$17.60	$23.37	$0.53	35.8%	17.4%
RGR	$60.70	$56.70	$0.99	-5.0%	17.4%
SYNT	$16.21	$37.77	$0.00	133.0%	17.4%
Totals				37.3%	17.4%

I will sell GME today.  SYNT, CSCO and HPQ will be sold tomorrow to capture LT CG tax rate (a big deal here for SYNT with 133% gain).

My new July tranche bounced back with great day yesterday, so already up 2.7%... although trailing benchmark:

7/2/2018	Start	Current	Dividend	Pct Gain	R3K Gain
CJREF	$3.90	$3.65	$0.00	-6.5%	2.9%
GILD	$70.80	$76.64	$0.00	8.2%	2.9%
IPG	$22.80	$23.09	$0.00	1.3%	2.9%
KLAC	$102.03	$105.96	$0.00	3.9%	2.9%
TUP	$40.09	$42.70	$0.00	6.5%	2.9%
Totals				2.7%	2.9%

Energetic Energy

 I noted at end of June I had started a basket of Energy stocks as oil prices are moving up sharply but stock prices of energy stocks have not kept pace.  This has worked very well so far.  It is mostly oil and gas names, but I do have some alternative energy as well.

Ticker	Bought	Current	Dividend	Gain	Weight
APA	40.57	48.40	-	19.3%	0.8%
AR	19.09	22.44	-	17.5%	0.8%
CHK	4.49	5.39	-	20.1%	0.8%
ECA	12.40	13.00	0.03	5.1%	2.7%
ETP	19.22	19.15	-	-0.4%	1.3%
FSLR	51.46	54.83	-	6.5%	1.1%
KMI	16.73	18.10	-	8.2%	2.2%
OXY	83.04	85.25	0.79	3.6%	1.4%
PXD	194.94	189.24	-	-2.9%	0.7%
RRC	15.96	17.54	-	9.9%	0.8%
SEDG	47.39	54.30	-	14.6%	1.3%
SN	4.00	4.84	-	21.0%	0.8%
SPWR	7.69	7.96	-	3.5%	0.7%
SWN	4.74	5.60	-	18.2%	0.8%
WPX	17.81	19.35	-	8.6%	1.1%

The weight is % of my overall portfolio, so about 17%.