Entries Tagged 'investing' ↓
April 28th, 2008 — investing
Recovering slowly, I’m still in first place, only down 4.52% on the year. The current status:
| Berkshire Hatha Class B Ord Shs |
-9.82% |
| Mindray Medical International Ltd |
-18.97% |
| PowerShares Water Resource Portfolio |
-2.29% |
| Buffalo Wild Wings Inc |
12.19% |
| Mueller Water Products Series A Ord Shs |
-15.13% |
| Central European Distribution Corp |
6.06% |
| Cognizant Technology Solutions Corp |
-8.10% |
| Grant Prideco Inc |
3.39% |
Overall, the combined portfolio is still down 10.87% on the year. For most of the first three months of the year, only a couple of stocks in the 39 combined family picks were up; today six are. The three above, plus RIMM, CVS Caremark and Costco Wholesale.
March 20th, 2008 — investing
After yet another wild week, I’m pulling ahead in the family stock contest. Translation: I suck less than my family members.
| Me |
$87,694.07 |
-12.31% |
| Niece-in-law-to-be |
$85,331.46 |
-14.67% |
| Little Firebones |
$84,163.55 |
-15.84% |
| Mrs Firebones |
$82,892.81 |
-17.11% |
| Nephew |
$70,340.52 |
-29.66% |
Of the stocks selected, the only winners are my pick of Buffalo Wild Wings (BWLD: up 5.6%) and my wife’s pick of CVS Caremark (CVS: up 0.25%).
In terms of indices, I’m beating the following indices:
- NASDAQ Composite
- NASDAQ 100 Stock
- Russell 2000
- CAC 40 (France)
- DAX (XETRA) (Germany)
- Nikkei 225 (Japan)
- ASX All Ordinaries (Australia)
- Korea Composite
The “wisdom of the crowd” theory is not holding up well; the combined portfolio is down 17.92%, which ends up being closest in YTD performance to the NASDAQ 100 Stock index (which is down 17.71% YTD).
