Good Week For My Portfolio, Overall Market

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 The Wilshire 5000 closed at 11,811.39, up from 11,698.90, or .96%, since my last post.  The Wilshire 5000's 200-day moving average currently sits at 11,602.84, or 1.80% below today's close. 

The Investor's Intelligence Survey was released on Thursday night. This week's reading was 36.7% BULLS, and 31.1% BEARS, for a spread of 1.1%. This is in comparison to a reading of 33.3% BULLS, and 32.2% BEARS, for a spread of 1.1% on September 7th.  Sentiment continues to turn higher since our low of 29.4% BULLS back on August 31st.  The 4-week moving average of BULLISH sentiment still sits at a low for the year of 33.2%.  I see these as bullish signs.

The Volatility Index closed Friday at 22.01, up from 21.21 back on September 14th. 

Now for the portfolio...
1) Verizon at $31.68, up 3.68% for the year, inclusive of dividends.  FTR, the recent spinoff, recently closed at $7.96/share, worth $55.72 to this portfolio currently.

2) AT&T closed at $27.57, up 5.07% for the year, inclusive of dividends.

3) GE closed at $16.29, up by 8.30% for the year, inclusive of dividends.

4) TBT, the doubleshort U.S. Treasury ETF closed at $33.80, down by 22.58% since my buy. 

5) FXP, the doubleshort China ETF, closed at $33.86, down by 22.12% since my buy, and after a 1:5 reverse split.

6) December 18, 2010 SPY $102 Calls closed at $12.45, down 3.49% since I purchased them a few weeks back.

7) NLY closed at $17.92, up by 4.04% since my buy, inclusive of a reinvested dividends

8) AAPL closed at $275.37 up by 42.13% since my buy. 

9) January '12 Citigroup Calls closed at $.14, down by 68.18% since my buy.  Still long-term bullish on Citi, and I will reiterate this from now until January 2012.

10)  GS closed at $150.98, up by 10.93% since my buy.

Overall, the portfolio is up by 3.80% (7.57% for the DOW Dogs), versus 2.73% for the Wilshire 5000. The current basket of ten stocks and options that I am currently invested in, including dividends, is down 4.79% year-to-date. The spread between my performance and the overall market (Wilshire 5000) is at 1.07% outperform. 

More later.