The portfolio managed a 2.3% gain in the month of June – no thanks to trading acumen. This is more of a ”thanks man, I owe you one” to the Canadian dollar.
| *********************************************************** | |||
| MONTHLY RESULTS | JUN 09 | ||
| REAP | USD | -2.5% | |
| COMMODITY ETFS | CAD | -2.9% | |
| PORTFOLIO EQUITY | CAD | 2.3% | |
| Canadian Dollar | -6.1% | ||
| *********************************************************** | |||
It would seem counter-intuitive that both programs lost money in the month and the portfolio gained, however, REAP is by far the larger of the two programs – all trading in US dollars now – and the drop in the Canadian dollar more than offset the monthly loss in both programs.
Since I’ve split off a part to short-term trade commodity ETFs, I will continue to express the total equity performance (total of both programs) in Canadian dollars, the C-ETF trading also in Canadian dollars (it’s done in a Canadian account), but the REAP program in US dollars to make comparison with the S&P500 easier.
There was one trade on the last day of the month. Bought some more grains in the CETF program. As I’ve swung into an immediate loss after only 4 trading days in this new little experiment, I’m seeing now how this is going to be a great way to seriously embarrass myself in front of all my trading friends as I drift a little closer toward the way they trade. “Nice flame-out, George. What else have you got?” 
| COMMODITY ETF TRADES | ||||||||
| # | Trade | Qty | Stock | Symbol | Price | Grp | ||
| Bought | 14% | HBP DJIA Ag Bull+ ETF | HAU | @ | $20.04 | ET | ||
| Qty % are amount by which shares counts are decreased/increased | ||||||||
And that leaves us with all this stuff at the end of this month - CETFs down 2.9% on the year/month/week, and REAP up 4.9% in equity and 3.1% ahead of the S&P500.
| PORTFOLIO SUMMARY | 30-Jun-09 | ||||
| GAIN | WGT | ||||
| COMMODITY ETFs | 21.8% | ||||
| REAP | 78.2% | ||||
| Total Equity (Cdn) | -27.9% | 100.0% | |||
| ********************************************************************** | |||||
| C-ETF PORTFOLIO | C-ETF | ||||
| (Cdn Dollars) | |||||
| Inception 24 JUN 09 | -2.9% | ||||
| CETF POSITIONS | |||||
| ETF | SYM | LAST | GAIN% | WGT | |
| HBP DJIA Ag Bull+ ETF | HAU | $19.28 | -10.5% | 24.3% | |
| HBP GoldSh Bull+ ETF | HGU | $11.68 | -0.5% | 6.4% | |
| HBP NGas Bull+ ETF | HNU | $5.62 | -5.0% | 13.6% | |
| HBP CrOil Bull+ ETF | HOU | $9.80 | 11.2% | 8.7% | |
| Cash | 47.1% | ||||
| ********************************************************************** | |||||
| REAP PORTFOLIO | S&P500 | S&P500 | SP500 | REAP | vs S&P |
| (US Dollars) | TOT RET | ||||
| REF DATE | START | LAST | % | % | VAR |
| Inception MAR 07 | 1406.2 | 919.3 | -30.3% | -26.8% | 3.5% |
| Re-start OCT 07 | 1526.7 | 919.3 | -39.8% | -27.3% | 12.5% |
| 2009 Year to Date | 903.3 | 919.3 | 1.8% | 4.9% | 3.1% |
| CDN DOLLAR | LAST | INCPT | VAR | Oct-07 | VAR |
| 0.86 | 0.8547 | -0.6% | 1.0069 | 14.6% | |
| AVERAGE YIELD | 1.41% | ||||
| LEVERAGE (from 2x ETFs) | x | 1.51 | |||
| CURRENCY MIX | 100.0% | ||||
| US Cash | 11.1% | ||||
| US Investments | 75.8% | ||||
| Other (Currency & Country ETFs) | 13.1% | ||||
| MARKET BIAS | NET LONG | 36.2% | |||
| Cash | 11.1% | ||||
| Short | 26.4% | ||||
| Long | 62.5% | ||||
| THEME MIX | 100.0% | ||||
| Agriculture | 4.0% | ||||
| Energy | 11.1% | ||||
| Metals | 10.7% | ||||
| Other Commodity | 2.0% | ||||
| Short Commodity | 3.0% | ||||
| Country ETF | 6.3% | ||||
| Financial | 5.3% | ||||
| Health Care | 0.0% | ||||
| Infrastructure | 2.3% | ||||
| Real Estate | 5.1% | ||||
| Retail | 0.0% | ||||
| Technology | 9.7% | ||||
| Transportation | 1.5% | ||||
| Short Equity | 19.2% | ||||
| Short Bond | 4.2% | ||||
| Currency | 4.5% | ||||
| Cash | 11.1% | ||||
| Portfolio Notes | |||||
| Inception date is when I started tracking portfolio performance in | |||||
| this blog. I track it to reflect total performance after initial mistakes | |||||
| and discretionary trading losses. A more accurate representation | |||||
| of REAP’s “pure” performance is as of 10 Oct 07, when I | |||||
| re-established it after selling out the portfolio twice due to | |||||
| sub-prime systemic concerns. | |||||
| *** S&P Comparison is total return to reflect dividend re-investment | |||||
| REAP GROUPS | |||||
| STOCK | SYM | LAST | GAIN % | WGT | YLD |
| GROUP #1 | |||||
| ProSh Ultra Silver ETF | AGQ | $40.49 | -3.53% | 5.0% | 0.00% |
| British Petroleum | BP | $47.68 | 2.22% | 3.0% | 7.15% |
| Buff Wld Wings | BWLD | $32.52 | 0.00% | 0.0% | 0.00% |
| iSh Australia ETF | EWA | $16.80 | 0.00% | 0.0% | 0.00% |
| Garmin | GRMN | $23.82 | 8.41% | 1.0% | 3.42% |
| iPth Coffee ETF | JO | $35.73 | -2.60% | 1.6% | 0.00% |
| GROUP #1 | |||||
| FTSE/Xinhua China ETF | FXI | $38.37 | 11.76% | 3.2% | 1.21% |
| Genesee & Wyoming | GWR | $26.51 | 9.01% | 1.5% | 0.00% |
| Nvidia | NVDA | $11.29 | 30.55% | 5.4% | 0.00% |
| UBS Ag Platinum ETF | PTM | $14.21 | 1.37% | 3.2% | 0.00% |
| ProSh UlSht SP500 ETF | SDS | $55.33 | -4.29% | 6.3% | 1.00% |
| ProSh Ult Cr Oil ETF | UCO | $13.16 | 51.49% | 2.8% | 0.00% |
| GROUP #1 | |||||
| Clay Gl Lumber ETF | CUT | $13.37 | 0.00% | 0.0% | 0.00% |
| iSh Singapore ETF | EWS | $9.02 | 0.00% | 0.0% | 0.00% |
| Formfactor | FORM | $17.28 | 0.00% | 0.0% | 0.00% |
| ProSh UlSht Rus2000 ETF | SKK | $32.88 | -2.14% | 1.7% | 2.53% |
| Sun Hydraulics | SNHY | $16.17 | -1.35% | 2.3% | 1.96% |
| ProSh USht Bonds ETF | TBT | $50.92 | 30.26% | 4.2% | 1.69% |
| GROUP #1 | |||||
| iPth Copper ETF | JJC | $31.59 | 0.00% | 0.0% | 0.00% |
| Nokia | NOK | $14.58 | -4.30% | 3.3% | 3.93% |
| ProSh UlSht QQQ ETF | QID | $32.02 | -19.95% | 4.8% | 2.02% |
| ProSh Ult RlEst ETF | URE | $3.56 | 4.23% | 5.1% | 7.42% |
| ProSh Ult JpYen ETF | YCL | $24.70 | -5.05% | 2.2% | 0.00% |
| ProSh UlSht Silver ETF | ZSL | $9.35 | 9.39% | 3.0% | 0.00% |
| GROUP #5 | |||||
| iPth Cotton ETF | BAL | $29.48 | -8.87% | 2.0% | 0.00% |
| CME Group | CME | $311.12 | 34.55% | 3.1% | 1.99% |
| Drxn Energy Bull 3X ETF | ERX | $29.27 | 1.63% | 2.3% | 0.70% |
| Merck | MRK | $27.96 | 0.00% | 0.0% | 0.00% |
| Claym Gl Solar ETF | TAN | $9.54 | 3.29% | 2.9% | 0.00% |
| MkVec Gold Mng ETF | GDX | $37.82 | -1.22% | 2.5% | 0.03% |
| GROUP #6 | |||||
| Broadcom | BRCM | $24.79 | 0.00% | 0.0% | 0.00% |
| ProSh UlSht Dow ETF | DXD | $47.90 | -16.84% | 6.4% | 0.96% |
| iSh Hong Kong ETF | EWH | $13.74 | 9.61% | 3.1% | 5.86% |
| iPth Sugar ETF | SGG | $53.53 | 6.05% | 2.4% | 0.00% |
| ProSh Ult Euro ETF | ULE | $29.21 | 3.32% | 2.3% | 0.00% |
| ProSh Ult Financl ETF | UYG | $3.86 | 3.21% | 2.2% | 1.89% |
The family’s banging on me right now to get off my butt and figure out an outing for us all on this Canada Day holiday. And … we still have to book our accommodations on the Big Island for our upcoming Hawaii trip – we’re thinking half the week around Hilo and the volcanoes, and half around Kona and the west-side of the island.
Cheer,
Allocator
a.k.a George Parkanyi
