Next Tranche

Next Tranche

Now that my February MFI Select tranche is bought and running, I thought I'd take a quick glance at next tranche to have upcoming anniversary.

My 4/1/18 MFI Formula tranche is on deck.

4/3/2018	Start	Current	Dividend	Pct Gain	R3K Gain
AMGN	$166.46	$188.31	$3.96	15.5%	6.8%
VIAB	$29.20	$30.33	$0.60	5.9%	6.8%
GILD	$72.71	$67.68	$1.14	-5.4%	6.8%
TUP	$47.32	$27.90	$2.04	-36.7%	6.8%
EGOV	$13.29	$17.17	$0.24	31.0%	6.8%
Totals				2.1%	6.8%

I guess the good news is that unlike the tranche (2/1/18) that I just retired at -27.5%, this one is in the green.  It is losing by 4.7 points to the benchmark.  I often harp on the point that to be successful, we need to avoid the stinker stocks that drop by 30% or more.  My MFI Formula has been very successful in that regard.  Only 2 of 70 stock years have dropped 30% or more (VIAB and BKE, both in 2015, a difficult year for MFI).  Sadly, TUP is on the cusp of being number three due to their 27% sell off in January when they slashed their dividend.  We will see if they can bounce back and save this tranche from a loss.

Upcoming Tranche

Obviously way to early to pick my names, but if picking today, here are the stocks that would qualify:

Ticker	Market Cap	Price	Dividend	Yield
HRB	4,855	23.86	0.80	4.16%
BKE	858	17.83	1.00	5.62%
CJREF	908	4.23	0.56	13.16%
GME	1,162	11.76	1.53	12.98%
HPQ	35,184	22.74	0.58	2.56%
IPG	8,725	22.88	0.84	3.67%
KLAC	16,200	107.11	2.82	2.63%
OMC	17,498	78.34	2.40	3.06%
STX	12,985	45.18	2.53	5.60%
TGNA	2,425	11.52	0.28	2.42%
VIAB	11,871	30.24	0.80	2.66%

The CJREF yield Yahoo provides is wrong, but it would still qualify.  A lot of familiar names/faces.  That is a recurring theme with MFI Formula.  Sometimes that is good, but sometimes (like when TUP or GME crash) it isn't so much fun.