Four times a year I retire an MFI Formula tranche and then start a new one. Pretty exciting, huh? Many times, it has felt like the market is extended when I start a new tranche and I certainly have the same feeling (after S&P had best quarter in years) this time. But here I am buying new stocks today and actually kicking in a little extra into the MFI pot.
MFI Formula is an approach I started in October 2014... so 4 years ago. Perhaps it would help if I walk you through how it works.
Step 1 - Pull top 50 greater than 130m list (I am slowly indexing the market cap)
| Ticker | Market Cap | Price | Dividend | Yield |
| ACOR | 932 | 19.77 | - | 0.00% |
| AEIS | 2,049 | 52.22 | - | 0.00% |
| ALSN | 6,777 | 51.64 | 0.60 | 1.16% |
| AMCX | 3,758 | 66.01 | - | 0.00% |
| AMAT | 37,688 | 38.34 | 0.60 | 1.56% |
| AGX | 657 | 42.20 | 1.50 | 3.55% |
| HRB | 5,345 | 26.01 | 0.98 | 3.77% |
| BPT | 650 | 35.27 | 0.85 | 2.41% |
| CASA | 1,299 | 15.07 | - | 0.00% |
| CJREF | 691 | 3.32 | 0.89 | 26.78% |
| DLX | 2,640 | 55.43 | 1.20 | 2.17% |
| DNB | 5,292 | 142.65 | 0.24 | 0.17% |
| ESIO | 600 | 17.38 | - | 0.00% |
| EVC | 432 | 4.86 | 0.20 | 4.10% |
| ESRX | 53,433 | 95.06 | - | 0.00% |
| FTSI | 1,324 | 12.11 | - | 0.00% |
| GME | 1,557 | 15.28 | 1.52 | 9.94% |
| GILD | 101,036 | 77.96 | 2.23 | 2.86% |
| HSII | 611 | 32.24 | 0.52 | 1.61% |
| HPQ | 40,510 | 25.60 | 0.56 | 2.17% |
| IMMR | 314 | 10.21 | - | 0.00% |
| INVA | 1,771 | 15.62 | - | 0.00% |
| IDCC | 2,748 | 78.95 | - | 0.00% |
| IPG | 8,789 | 22.90 | 0.81 | 3.54% |
| KLAC | 15,723 | 100.76 | 2.67 | 2.65% |
| LRCX | 25,052 | 150.24 | 3.00 | 2.00% |
| LEE | 155 | 2.71 | - | 0.00% |
| MSB | 362 | 27.58 | 2.48 | 9.01% |
| MSGN | 1,923 | 25.78 | - | 0.00% |
| NHTC | 262 | 23.05 | 0.54 | 2.34% |
| NLS | 412 | 13.62 | - | 0.00% |
| NKTR | 9,767 | 56.65 | - | 0.00% |
| EGOV | 958 | 14.40 | 0.32 | 2.23% |
| OMC | 15,275 | 68.08 | 2.42 | 3.55% |
| PTN | 196 | 0.98 | - | 0.00% |
| PETS | 673 | 32.67 | 0.97 | 2.97% |
| SGH | 637 | 690.00 | - | 0.00% |
| SRNE | 480 | 4.13 | - | 0.00% |
| SP | 792 | 35.43 | - | 0.00% |
| THO | 4,351 | 82.56 | 1.49 | 1.80% |
| TVTY | 1,302 | 32.57 | - | 0.00% |
| TUP | 1,640 | 32.78 | 2.72 | 8.30% |
| HEAR | 269 | 19.53 | - | 0.00% |
| UIS | 1,027 | 20.09 | - | 0.00% |
| UTHR | 5,922 | 125.96 | - | 0.00% |
| EGY | 165 | 2.78 | - | 0.00% |
| VEC | 346 | 30.76 | - | 0.00% |
| VIAB | 13,085 | 32.46 | 0.80 | 2.46% |
| WDC | 17,174 | 58.02 | 2.00 | 3.45% |
| ZAGG | 410 | 14.55 | - | 0.00% |
Step 2 - Filter out the 16 smallest stocks and those with dividend yield < 2.4%. Also, a discretionary toss, I choose BPT.
| Number | Ticker | Market Cap | Price | Dividend | Yield |
| 1 | HRB | 5,345 | 26.01 | 0.98 | 3.77% |
| 2 | CJREF | 691 | 3.32 | 0.89 | 26.78% |
| 3 | GME | 1,557 | 15.28 | 1.52 | 9.94% |
| 4 | GILD | 101,036 | 77.96 | 2.23 | 2.86% |
| 5 | IPG | 8,789 | 22.90 | 0.81 | 3.54% |
| 6 | KLAC | 15,723 | 100.76 | 2.67 | 2.65% |
| 7 | OMC | 15,275 | 68.08 | 2.42 | 3.55% |
| 8 | PETS | 673 | 32.67 | 0.97 | 2.97% |
| 9 | TUP | 1,640 | 32.78 | 2.72 | 8.30% |
| 10 | VIAB | 13,085 | 32.46 | 0.80 | 2.46% |
| 11 | WDC | 17,174 | 58.02 | 2.00 | 3.45% |
Step 3 - run a random number generator to get 5 stocks from this list
| Random # | Stock |
| 4 | GILD |
| 10 | VIAB |
| 5 | IPG |
| 8 | PETS |
| 2 | CJREF |
PETS is a new one. Looks like I should have not sold my GILD yesterday.
Ok, quick update. Here are my 5 stocks with purchase prices (bought around 10:30).
| 10/2/2018 | Start | Current | Dividend | Pct Gain | R3K Gain |
| CJREF | $3.36 | $3.37 | $0.00 | 0.3% | 0.1% |
| GILD | $78.13 | $78.28 | $0.00 | 0.2% | 0.1% |
| IPG | $22.80 | $22.92 | $0.00 | 0.5% | 0.1% |
| PETS | $31.56 | $31.62 | $0.00 | 0.2% | 0.1% |
| VIAB | $32.21 | $32.23 | $0.00 | 0.0% | 0.1% |
| Totals | 0.2% | 0.1% |
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