Category: Portfolio Update

Another great week to be invested in commodities or commodity stocks.  The Precious Metals: Gold and Silver were up 1.5% and 2.5% respectively.  Platinum Group metal Palladium had a huge week up 7.0%.  Palladium is used in jewelry and is also an alternative to platinum in catalytic converters in automobiles.   Base Metals lead by Cooper continued to shine up 4.7%.  Base Metals have been on fire for awhile, but the new news was in old yeller’s move.

Continue reading “Week in Review 4/13 – Gold Moves Thru $680”

This thread tracks real trades in one of my portfolios. Refer to backgrounder for more info.

Sit back, relax and enjoy the fruits of my labor – that’s the kind of week it was in the Real Money Portfolio.  This year has been a grind.  Many quick trades in and out trying to preserve capital and getting positioned for the next run.  With any luck, we are in the midst of the next run.  The portfolio was up 3.3% v. S&P 500 0.6% for the week. Continue reading “Real Money Portfolio – Update 4/14”

Volume was light all week as traders skipped out early for Easter, but the ones that were around held up the fort nicely:  DOW +1.7%, S&P500 +1.6%, NASDAQ +2.0%.  The Futures rallied on Friday with the release of a strong jobs report.  Hopefully, this carries over for a few days – that is until there is something else to worry about.

Commodites continued to shine lead by Copper +7.3%.  Precious Metals were respectable with Gold and Silver up +1.6% and +2.2% respectively for the week.  Oil fell -2.4% as geopolitical tension eased with the release of the British soliders by Iran.

 So, how did the portfolios perform? Continue reading “Week in Review 4/6 – Market Up in Holiday Shortened Week”

This thread tracks real trades in one of my portfolios. Refer to backgrounder for more info.

It was a good week for the Real Money portfolio.  Unfortunately, we didn’t do much to close the gap that has been created over the past few weeks versus the S&P 500.  For the week, the Real Money portfolio was up 1.7% v. 1.6% for the S&P 500.  Three buys were made this week bringing the total allocation up to 80% stocks (CEF – 30%, PCU – 20%, RIO – 20% , BHP – 10%) and 20% cash. 

A little upward momentum would be welcomed in the first part of the week.  That would enable me to move the stops up to break-even on these trades. Continue reading “Real Money Portfolio – Update 4/7”

The S&P 500 and NASDAQ squeaked out gains of 0.2% and 0.3% respectively for the quarter, while the DOW couldn’t hold its head above water closing down -0.9%.  Considering the DOW’s 400 point melt down on February 27th - the indices held up fairly well.

Holding up is fine, but making money is more fun.  If that interest you – commodities were the place to be invested.  Copper 9.5%, Gold 4.8%, Silver 3.9% led the way.  That’s if you don’t include Nickel’s nearly 40% return.  Oil struggled out of the gate, but now it is up almost 8% for the year. 

So, how did the portfolios perform? Continue reading “Week in Review 3/30 – Market Closes Quarter with a Whimper”