Sunday, August 15, 2010

I'm Still Beating The Market By Over 3.0%

The Wilshire 5000 closed at 11,203.50, down from 11,680.30, or 4.08%, since my post on 8/7/10.  The Wilshire 5000's 200-day moving average currently sits at 11,579.62, or 3.25% below Friday's close.  The Wilshire 5000 has now closed below it's 200-day moving average for the 3rd day in a row. 

The Investor's Intelligence Survey was released on Thursday night. This week's reading was 41.7% BULLS, and 27.5% BEARS, for a spread of 14.2%. This is in comparison to a reading of 38.9% BULLS, and 33.3% BEARS, for a spread of 5.6% on August 3rd. 

The Volatility Index closed Friday at 26.24, up from 21.74 back on August 7th. 

Now for the portfolio...
1) Verizon at $30.03, down 1.72% for the year, inclusive of dividends.  FTR, the recent spinoff, recently closed at $7.60/share, worth $53.20 to this portfolio currently.

2) AT&T closed at $26.90, up 2.52% for the year, inclusive of dividends.

3) GE closed at $15.38, up by 2.25% for the year, inclusive of dividends.

4) TBT, the doubleshort U.S. Treasury ETF closed at $34.19, down by 21.68% since my buy. 

5) FXP, the doubleshort China ETF, closed at $37.72, down by 13.24% since my buy, and after a 1:5 reverse split.

6) December 18, 2010 SPY $102 Calls closed at $10.53, down from 18.37% since I purchased them this past week

7) NLY closed at $17.39, up by .96% since my buy, inclusive of a reinvested dividends

8) AAPL closed at $249.10 up by 28.57% since my buy. 

9) January '12 Citigroup Calls closed at $.18, down by 59.09% since my buy.  Still long-term bullish on Citi, and I will reiterate this from now until January 2012.

10)  GS closed at $148.08, up by 8.80% since my buy.

Overall, the portfolio is up by .52% (2.84% for the DOW Dogs), versus -2.56% for the Wilshire 5000. The current basket of ten stocks that I am currently invested in, including dividends, is down 7.79% year-to-date. The spread between my performance and the overall market (Wilshire 5000) is at 3.08% outperform.

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