Archive | January 2014
January 10, 2014  

Portfolio, January 10, 2014 (featuring a trade!)

S&P 500:                 1842 (131.1%)

Portfolio:         $771,287 (154.3%)

IBB                    1153 shares    $274,356

FSAVX             sold

IAI                     5675 shares     $219,004

PGJ                   7750 shares    $237,522

Cash                                            $40,405

Notes: The portfolio has made its first trade in months, as FSAVX has not performed as well as top funds/ETFs in recent months.  The portfolio has done well even since the January 2 update, in large part due to its biotech stake.

 

January 2, 2014  

Stocks? Pt. 4

Through the last year, the S&P 500 is up from 1462 to 1832 (25.3%), while the Morningstar value portfolio is up 21.2%.

Of the stocks in the original portfolio, Facebook nearly doubled (99%), Amazon was up by 55%, and Applied Materials was up 50%.  Other significant gainers included Microsoft, John Wiley General Dynamics, Amgen, and Bank of New York.   Unfortunately, Potash lost 21%, and Weight Watchers lost 40% over the same period.

The portfolio as a whole slightly underperformed the S&P 500 in a relative bull market, suggesting that blindly purchasing a portfolio of stocks meeting Morningstar’s value criteria may not be an optimal investment strategy, at least in the bull market of the past year.

January 2, 2014  

Portfolio, January 1, 2014

S&P 500:                 1832 (130.36%)

Portfolio:         $751,762 (150.3%)

IBB                    1153 shares    $261,823

FSAVX             3820 shares    $212,850

PGJ                   7750 shares    $236,607

Cash                                           $40,480

Notes: The portfolio has not made any changes since the October 1 update, and has outperformed the S&P 500 by 66% since beginning this blog.  The portfolio lagged the S&P 500 in October, but outperformed in November and December, as reflected in the chart below:

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