Market, Portfolio Still In The Black - Finish Week Flat

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 The Wilshire 5000 closed at 12072.58, up from 12,062.80, or .08%, since September 24th.  The Wilshire 5000's 200-day moving average currently sits at 11,636.13, or 3.75% below Friday's close. 

The Investor's Intelligence Survey was released on Thursday night. This week's reading was 43.3% BULLS, and 27.8% BEARS, for a spread of 15.5%. This is in comparison to a reading of 41.4% BULLS, and 29.3% BEARS, for a spread of 12.1% on September 21st.  Bullish sentiment has now turned higher in four consecutive weeks.

The Volatility Index closed Friday at 22.50, up from 21.71 back on September 24th. 

Now for the portfolio...
1) Verizon at $32.89, up 7.64% for the year, inclusive of dividends.  FTR, the recent spinoff, recently closed at $8.18/share, worth $57.26 to this portfolio currently.

2) AT&T closed at $28.81, up 3.13% for the year, inclusive of dividends.  (Note: apparently in a few of the most recent portfolio updates I had given some inaccurate prices.  I use two "portfolios" in two different websites to quickly access prices for this blog, and in one location I had ATT, and the other I had T for this equity.  As it turns out, T is the stock, and ATT is the debt.  My apologies for any confusion.)

3) GE closed at $16.36, up by 8.76% for the year, inclusive of dividends.

4) TBT, the doubleshort U.S. Treasury ETF closed at $31.54, down an abysmal 27.75% since my buy. 

5) January 2011 WHR $75/$85 Call spread purchased a few weeks back closed at $4.84, up 4.09% since my buy.

6) December 2010 SPY $102 Calls closed at $13.93, up 7.98% since my buy.

7) January 2012 DD $45/$55 Call spreads purchased a few weeks back closed at $3.28, down 10.14% since my buy.

8) AAPL closed at $282.52 up by 45.82% since my buy. 

9) January '12 Citigroup Calls closed at $.15, down by 65.91% since my buy. 

10) C closed at $4.09, up by 2.76% since my buy.

11) GS closed at $147.70, up by 8.52% since my buy.

Overall, the portfolio is up by 4.10% (8.41% for the DOW Dogs), versus 5.00% for the Wilshire 5000. The current basket of eleven stocks and options that I am currently invested in, including dividends, is down 2.84% year-to-date. The spread between my performance and the overall market (Wilshire 5000) is at .90% underperform.