Mechanical Investing for June 2007

Posted by Michael on June 4th, 2007 filed in Finances, Personal Stuff

First day back from vacation and immediately jumped into trading this month’s stocks. Still positive, though the Dow Jones index has caught up to me.

Holding for another month:

Ticker	Bought	Now	Months	Return
AVT	$36.40	$43.31	3	+19.0%	Avnet Inc. From the RSPeg2 screen, but now also on TRPPE and H52EgPS. I sold off about 15% though just to trim back this position.
LTR	$47.81	$51.50	1	+7.7%	Loews Corp. From the Peg-Minimalist screen. What’s funny to me is that last month I thought this was the hardware store Lowes, but it’s the movie theater chain.
MCY	$53.85	$57.29	7	+6.4%	Mercury General Corp. From the LPE_YLD screen.
NAFC	$39.22	$49.66	1	+26.6%	Nash Finch Co. From the H52EgPS screen.
PKOH	$20.80	$23.97	1	+15.2N/A%	Park-Ohio Holdings Corp.. From the H52EgPS screen.
PFE	$26.10	$27.64	4	+5.9%	Pfizer Inc. From the LPE_YLD screen.
RS	$46.37	$62.31	2	+34.4%	Reliance Steel and Aluminum Co. From the TREPPE screen.

Selling these:

Ticker	Bought	Sold	Months	Return
AKS	$16.49	$35.43	6	+114.9%	AK Steel Holding Corp. From the Peg_Minimalist screen, but now also on RSPeg2 and Screamers. Aww, I’m going to miss this one since it doubled while I held it.
AP	$36.73	$37.53	1	+2.1%	Ampco-Pittsburgh. From the Peg_Minimalist screen.
FEIC	$34.38	$36.45	3	+6.0%	FEI Co. Kewl, nanobots! From the RSPeg2 screen.
PCU	$70.90	$93.16	2	+31.4%	Southern Copper Corp, which of course is abbreviated “PCU.” From the TREPPE screen.
SGP	$31.61	$32.30	1	+2.2%	Schering Plough. From the Screamers screen.

New stocks for this month:

Ticker	Bought	Sold	Return
BUCY	$70.05	$N/A	N/A%	Bucyrus International Inc. From the RSPeg2 screen.
CRDN	$68.27	$N/A	N/A%	Ceradyne Inc. From the TREPPE screen. Bought this back in 2005 at $46 and sold for $50 6 months later.
CRY	$14.55	$N/A	N/A%	CryoLife Inc. From the Screamers screen. Eww. Biomaterials, implantable devices, and BioGlue made from bovine blood protein.
MDR	$79.63	$N/A	N/A%	McDermott International. From the Screamers screen. I had this just a few months ago when I bought at $48.50 and sold at $50.39.
RNR	$58.99	$N/A	N/A%	RenaissanceRe Holdings. From the Peg_Minimalist screen. Renaissance Holdings… could it be a codpiece? No, it’s insurance and reinsurance.