Jan. 14th, 2011

pyesetz: (felix)
(Are youse guys sick of this yet?)

WhatSinceGainThis weekStatus
TD
TD Bank
25‑Oct3.8%
(17%/yr)
+2.7% Doing well.  A long-term hold.  Gains were mediocre until this week.  Perhaps this is a delayed reaction to last week's news about TD's purchase of Chrysler Financial.  The 17% figure for annualized yield assumes 60¢ quarterly dividends (first one should arrive 31-Jan).
JNK
Junk bond fund
19‑Nov2.4%
(8%/yr)
+0.5%? Only the dividends are saving this thing from being a loser.  1.5% of the gain is a once-per-year deal I happened to catch.  Annualized yield of 8% is too low, but ITA and MACD are still saying "hold".
DRETF
Dundee REIT
16‑Dec6.0%
(78%/yr)
+2.4% Clear sailing.  A long-term hold.  0.6% dividend should arrive next week, bumping my gain.
KOL
Coal industry fund
22‑Dec5.4%
(94%/yr)
+0.7% Doing well.  Three new highs this week, but down on Friday.  Perhaps I'll keep it until spring.
DRR
Short Euro 2× fund
06‑Jan-5.5%
(-286%/yr)
-6.8% I bought this last year: it went up a little, then went down a lot, so I sold it.  I bought it again this year: same result.  Eurozone news has been good, which is bad for this "short" instrument.  Only 2/16 indicators; ITA and MACD both say "sell".  I've put in my sell order and am giving up on this thing for awhile.
OUTD
Outdoor Channel
10‑Jan-0.3%
(-14%/yr)
-0.3%? I bought at a dip, then it went up a lot that first day, then sliding down ever since.  Today's news is that Time-Warner Cable will start carrying OUTD in the Dallas TX area, so maybe the stock will go up next week.  MACD says "hold" but ITA says "sell".
ATML
Atmel Corp.
10‑Jan3.1%
(61%/yr)
+3.1% This stock has done very well for a very long time—its price did not fall in 2008, unlike almost all other stocks.  The founder is still involved with the company.  I should consider moving it to my "long-term hold" pile.
TNA
Russell 2000 3× fund
13‑Jan1.8%
(2611%/yr)
+7.3% I bought this last year and sold after nine weeks for +38% gain.  Then it rose 3.3% more during the week I didn't own it!  So I bought it back.  This thing basically tracks the US economy as a whole, which is widely expected to do very well over the next few months.

Overall, my IRA is up 0.9% for the week, which would be 47%/year if every week could be like this one.

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