Mechanical Investing for November 2006

Posted by Michael on October 31st, 2006 filed in Finances

The Michael Investing Club (number of members: 1) did OK in October. It’s nice to see positive numbers again, though I’m still lagging the market.

Holding for another month:

Ticker	Bought	Now	Months	Return
CMA	$55.03	$58.00	5	+5.4%	Comerica, Inc. From the LPEYLD screen.
KR	$23.13	$22.58	1	-2.3%	Kroger Co. From the H52EarnPS screen.
OMG	$45.91	$57.18	1	+24.5%	O M Group Inc. Originally from the TREPPE screen, now also on Screamers and Peg-Minimum.
SWY	$31.20	$29.38	2	-5.8%	Safeway Inc. From the H52EarnPS screen.

Selling these:

Ticker	Bought	Sold	Months	Return
CPY	$47.99	$47.23	1	-1.6%	C P I Corp. From the Screamers screen.
EME	$49.17	$59.07	4	+20.1%	EMCOR Group, Inc. From the H52EarnPS screen. Can’t be too upset with that.
GYMB	$43.48	$46.77	1	+7.6%	Gymboree Corp. From the Screamers screen.
HOC	$44.31	$46.76	2	+5.5%	Holly Corp. From the LowPEZLTD screen.
PCCC	$8.38	$10.71	3	+27.8%	PC Connection Inc. From the H52EarnPS screen.
SHW	$55.72	$59.18	1	+6.2%	Sherwin Williams Co. From the TREPPE screen.
TROW	$47.66	$47.33	1	-0.7%	T Rowe Price Group Inc. From the LowPE_ZLTD screen.
WM	$45.96	$42.19	5	-8.2%	Washington Mutual. From the LPE_YLD screen.

New stocks for this month:

Ticker	Bought	Sold	Return
BAC	$54.05	$N/A	N/A%	Bank of America. I held this earlier this year for a nice profit. From the LPE_YLD screen.
ILMN	$43.96	$N/A	N/A%	Illumina, Inc. I held this in January for a nice little profit. From the Screamers screen.
KELYA	$28.64	$N/A	N/A%	Kelly Services Inc. I held this in late 2005 for a 6.7% loss; let’s see if I get my money back. From the H52EarnPS screen.
LYO	$25.46	$N/A	N/A%	Lyondell Chemical Company. I thought we were done with oil stocks. From the H52EarnPS screen.
MTW	$54.09	$N/A	N/A%	Manitowoc Company, Inc. Sounds… Indian? Canadian? Manatee? From the Peg-Minimalist screen.
PWR	$18.39	$N/A	N/A%	Quanta Services. Why does the ticker symbol start with P? From the Peg-Minimalist screen.
RIMM	$117.05	$N/A	N/A%	Research in Motion. I held this in late 2004 for a 24.7% profit; let’s see if it’s a repeat 2 years later. From the Screamers screen.
TSM	$9.66	$N/A	N/A%	Taiwan Semiconductor Mfg. If China invades Taiwan, now you know why I’ll be upset. From the LPE_YLD screen.

6/3 Options:

Ticker	Bought	Sold	Months	Return
.GPIAK	$3.50	$4.90	3	+40.0%	GPI Group One Jan 55 Calls. Sold, early November.
.IQACH	$6.60	$8.30	3	+25.6%	ILMN Illumina Inc Mar 40 Calls. Was a -57% loss until a few weeks ago. Sold, early November.
.AEMBI	$3.80	$1.70	2	-55.3%	AEM (Agnico-Eagle Mines Ltd) Feb 45 Calls. Will sell in early December.
.SEUCH	$5.00	$6.80	2	+36.0%	SHOO Steve Madden Ltd Mar 40 Calls. Will sell in early December.
.QEICL	$2.60	$2.45	1	-5.7%	SEICT (S E I Inv Corp) Mar 60 Calls. Will sell in early January.
.TDG	$0.89	$1.50	1	+68.5%	T AT&T Apr 35 Calls. Will sell in early January.
.MEHDV	$0.5722	$N/A	0	N/A%	MEH Apr 12.5 Calls. Will sell in early February.
.ATIDQ	$6.60	$N/A	0	N/A%	ATI Apr 85 Calls. Will sell in early February.