I was traveling this week on business, so I didn’t get a chance to trade until today. Ouch, it bit me, too. I would have been better off investing in chocolate this month, at least I’d retain some of the capital. 🙂
Interestingly, some of the gurus over at the Mechanical Investing board have started working on models that predict volatility, and this month’s volatility was predicted a few weeks ago. I’ll have to pay more attention to that.
- Last 4 weeks: -1.6%
- Last 3 months: -0.3%
- Last 12 months: +4.8%
- Year to date: +5.0% (Dow is +6.5 ytd from 12,463)
Holding for another month:
| Ticker | Bought | Now | Months | Return | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| MCY | $53.85 | $52.76 | 9 | -2.06% | Mercury General Corp. From the LPE_YLD screen. |
| MDR | $79.63 | $80.62 | 2 | +1.18% | McDermott International. From the Screamers screen, but now it’s on the RSPeg2 screen. |
| PKOH | $20.80 | $26.21 | 3 | +26.21% | Park-Ohio Holdings Corp. Originally from the H52EgPS screen, but now on RSPeg2. |
| PFE | $26.10 | $23.87 | 6 | -8.61% | Pfizer Inc. From the LPE_YLD screen. Looks like a loss, but with dividends, it’s actually up a little. |
Selling these:
| Ticker | Bought | Sold | Months | Return | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CAE | $82.51 | $65.14 | 1 | -21.71% | Cascade Corp. From the Screamers screen. Ouch. Screamers do that. |
| CMCO | $34.14 | $23.60 | 1 | -31.04% | Columbus-McKinnon. From the RSPeg2 screen. Ouch. |
| MCK | $59.51 | $59.74 | 1 | +0.33% | McKesson Corp. From the H52EgPS screen. |
| PENX | $30.45 | $32.86 | 1 | +7.72% | Penford Corp. From the Screamers screen. |
| PFGC | $32.98 | $28.30 | 1 | -14.09% | Performance Food. From the H52EgPS screen. Ouch. |
| RNR | $58.99 | $55.78 | 2 | -5.34% | RenaissanceRe Holdings. From the Peg_Minimalist screen. A casualty (heh) of the marker volatility. |
| RS | $46.37 | $49.39 | 4 | +6.4% | Reliance Steel and Aluminum Co. From the TREPPE screen. |
| XL | $84.73 | $74.01 | 1 | -13.27% | XL Capital Ltd. From the Peg_Minimalist screen. |
New stocks for this month:
| Ticker | Bought | Sold | Months | Return | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CFI | $11.85 | $N/A | 0 | N/A% | Culp Inc. From the Peg_Minimalist screen. |
| CLB | $101.74 | $N/A | 0 | N/A% | Core Laboratories NV. From the Peg_Minimalist screen. |
| DO | $92.90 | $N/A | 0 | N/A% | Diamond Offshore Drilling Inc. From the TREPPE screen. |
| FDP | $27.61 | $N/A | 0 | N/A% | Fresh Del Monte Produce Inc. From the H52EgPS screen. |
| ISRG | $206.66 | $N/A | 0 | N/A% | Intuitive Surgical Inc. Maybe they perform operations by really good guessing. From the Screamers screen. |
| MLI | $37.30 | $N/A | 0 | N/A% | Mueller Industries Inc. From the H52EgPS screen. |
| NVT | $64.37 | $N/A | 0 | N/A% | NAVTEQ Corp. From the Screamers screen. |
| PCU | $96.95 | $N/A | 0 | N/A% | Southern Copper Corp. From the TREPPE screen. |
6/3 Options:
| Ticker | Bought | Sold | Months | Return | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No more options until October. |
The next trade will be September 4.
Chasing the Wind 
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