Portfolio up 1.94% This Week, Wilshire 5000 Up 2.13%

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 The Wilshire 5000 closed at 12,062.80, up from 11,811.39, or 2.13%, since my last post.  The Wilshire 5000's 200-day moving average currently sits at 11,619.35, or 3.82% below today's close. 

The Investor's Intelligence Survey was released on Thursday night. This week's reading was 41.4% BULLS, and 29.3% BEARS, for a spread of 12.1%. This is in comparison to a reading of 36.7% BULLS, and 31.1% BEARS, for a spread of 1.1% on September 14th.  Bullish sentiment has now turned higher in three consecutive weeks.

The Volatility Index closed Friday at 21.71, down from 22.01 back on September 17th. 

Now for the portfolio...
1) Verizon at $32.64, up 6.82% for the year, inclusive of dividends.  FTR, the recent spinoff, recently closed at $8.07/share, worth $56.49 to this portfolio currently.

2) AT&T closed at $27.03, up 3.01% for the year, inclusive of dividends.

3) GE closed at $16.66, up by 10.76% for the year, inclusive of dividends.

4) TBT, the doubleshort U.S. Treasury ETF closed at $32.50, down by 25.55% since my buy. 

5) January 2011 WHR $75/$85 Call spread purchased on Monday closed at $4.85, up 4.30% since my buy.

6) December 2010 SPY $102 Calls closed at $14.02, up 8.68% since my buy.

7) January 2012 DD $45/$55 Call spreads purchased Monday closed at $3.58, down 1.92% since my buy.

8) AAPL closed at $292.32 up by 50.87% 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.  See a post that I am going to do later on in regards to Citi.



10) C closed at $3.90, down by 2.01% since my buy on Monday.

11) GS closed at $147.28, up by 10.93% since my buy.

Overall, the portfolio is up by 5.74% (8.74% for the DOW Dogs), versus 4.92% for the Wilshire 5000. The current basket of ten stocks and options that I am currently invested in, including dividends, is down 1.37% year-to-date. The spread between my performance and the overall market (Wilshire 5000) is at .82% outperform.