Market monitor - Sectors & Industries

June 28th, 2009

Here are the sectors from the last week.

Last 30 days performance (top 5):

Technology +7.01%
Utilities +5.57%
Health Care +4.24%
Telecoms +2.06%
Consumer goods +0.25%

(Data retrieved from financial websites such as MarketWatch, MSN Money, Yahoo Finance, and others)


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Picks 06/22 - 06/26

June 26th, 2009

New stock picks this week:

No new picks

Existing & new holdings:

Symbol Qty Last Gain($) Gain(%)
SYNA 26 38.10 31.22 3.25
V 27 63.82 -59.67 -3.35

Contribution this week: $0

Starting account value = $1,813.05

Account value = $1,857.88 (without margin)

Buying power = $0

Portfolio Gain/loss this week = 2.47%

Portfolio Gain/Loss for JUNE 2009 = -16.35%

Portfolio Gain/loss for 2009 = -15.93%

Annual Return (CAGR): -29.62%


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Market monitor - Sectors & Industries

June 21st, 2009

Here are the sectors from the last week.

Last 30 days performance (top 5):

Technology +7.20%
Utilities +5.06%
Health Care +3.32%
Financials +1.15%
Consumer goods +0.93%

(Data retrieved from financial websites such as MarketWatch, MSN Money, Yahoo Finance, and others)


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How many shares to buy per trade to protect your portfolio?

June 19th, 2009

Have you heard advice such as “cut your losses quickly”, “do not risk more than 10% per trade”, “do not risk more than 6% of your portfolio” and similar? I have read about this in many books and I always wondered how to apply this advice to my tiny portfolio to protect it against loses. I always made it wrong and lost more than the advice recommended. But how to limit your trades correctly against inevitable loses? When I started trading a few years ago I was clueless about this topic. Later I created a strategy of money management and I though I finally solved this issue and my portfolio is protected. However a few days ago I realized I made another costly mistake. The mistake that reduced my portfolio by almost 14% within couple days even though my money management should protect it and I was supposed lose not more than 6%. What did I do wrong then?
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Picks 06/15 - 06/19

June 19th, 2009

New stock picks this week:

No new picks

Existing & new holdings:

Symbol Qty Last Gain($) Gain(%)
SYNA 26 38.92 52.54 5.48
V 27 61.37 -125.82 -7.06

Contribution this week: $0

Starting account value = $2,093.10

Account value = $1,813.05 (without margin)

Buying power = $0

Portfolio Gain/loss this week = -13.38%

Portfolio Gain/Loss for JUNE 2009 = -18.37%

Portfolio Gain/loss for 2009 = -17.95%

Annual Return (CAGR): -31.32%

I made a costly mistake this week, which caused my portfolio lost more than allowed. Unfortunately I realized it too late. Well I corrected my strategy a bit, so hopefully next time this won’t happen again. I am going to write about this topic in my next post.


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