TRADING UPDATE
After a very quiet couple of weeks of no trades at all, the REAP portfolio finally awoke with a start by scrambling to respond to the clanging of 3 signals presented not just in the same week, but in the same day. Meanwhile the Commodity ETF portfolio lost some more ground and picked up yet more inventory. In REAP we were buying loads of real-estate and oil – you can call me “J.R.” from now on. (Actually once when Cindy and I were in Boston, a black fellow sitting on the steps of a church looked at me strangely as we were walking by, pointed at me and said “Hey, you’re that guy J.R. in “Dallas“! I wouldn’t have minded being Larry Hagman, but not so much for his character in Dallas as his one in “I Dream of Jeannie“. I was only a kid when that last aired, but man, Barbara Eden was hot - particularly in that genie suit.”)
| REAP TRADES | Trading Update # 172 | |||||||
| # | Trade | Qty | Stock | Symbol | Price | Grp | ||
| 279 | Sold | 32% | iPth Cotton ETF | BAL | @ | $30.46 | 5 | |
| 279 | Bought | 69% | Drxn Energy Bull 3X ETF | ERX | @ | $22.24 | 5 | |
| 280 | Sold | 31% | ProSh UlSht Silver ETF | ZSL | @ | $10.36 | 4 | |
| 280 | Bought | 36% | ProSh Ult RlEst ETF | URE | @ | $3.04 | 4 | |
| 281 | Sold | 33% | ProSh UlSht Rus2000 ETF | SKK | @ | $37.58 | 3 | |
| 281 | Bought | 55% | ProSh Ult Cr Oil ETF | UCO | @ | $9.82 | 2 | |
| REAP methodology detailed in the blogroll under “My Portfolio” | ||||||||
| Qty % are amount by which shares counts are decreased/increased | ||||||||
| C-ETF TRADES | Trading Update # 172 | |||||||
| # | Trade | Qty | Stock | Symbol | Price | Grp | ||
| Bought | 28% | HBP GoldSh Bull+ ETF | HGU | @ | $10.51 | ET | ||
| Bought | 18% | HBP NGas Bull+ ETF | HNU | @ | $4.22 | ET | ||
| Qty % are amount by which shares counts are decreased/increased | ||||||||
REAP has been holding up about on pace with the S&P500; the recent weakness in commodities has prevented REAP from really pulling ahead of the S&P500 despite the significant short equity ETF hedges. In fact one of the sells was the silver short ETF (ZSL). In the CETF program I’ve pretty much used up all the spare cash to buy on the down-scale. There have been no sells because there have been no up days. Two words: fade … me.
Here’s the portfolio status.
| PORTFOLIO SUMMARY | 8-Jul-09 | ||||
| GAIN | WGT | ||||
| COMMODITY ETFs | 19.9% | ||||
| REAP | 80.1% | ||||
| Total Equity (Cdn) | -32.0% | 100.0% | |||
| ********************************************************************** | |||||
| C-ETF PORTFOLIO | C-ETF | ||||
| (Cdn Dollars) | |||||
| Inception 24 JUN 09 | -16.2% | ||||
| CETF POSITIONS | |||||
| ETF | SYM | LAST | GAIN% | WGT | |
| HBP DJIA Ag Bull+ ETF | HAU | $16.50 | -20.1% | 31.5% | |
| HBP GoldSh Bull+ ETF | HGU | $10.25 | -9.0% | 14.1% | |
| HBP NGas Bull+ ETF | HNU | $4.26 | -19.9% | 22.8% | |
| HBP CrOil Bull+ ETF | HOU | $7.16 | -16.6% | 20.8% | |
| Cash | 10.8% | ||||
| ********************************************************************** | |||||
| 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 | 879.6 | -33.1% | -29.3% | 3.8% |
| Re-start OCT 07 | 1526.7 | 879.6 | -42.4% | -29.8% | 12.6% |
| 2009 Year to Date | 903.3 | 879.6 | -2.6% | 1.3% | 3.9% |
| CDN DOLLAR | LAST | INCPT | VAR | Oct-07 | VAR |
| 0.8593 | 0.8547 | -0.5% | 1.0069 | 14.7% | |
| AVERAGE YIELD | 1.37% | ||||
| LEVERAGE (from 2x ETFs) | x | 1.55 | |||
| CURRENCY MIX | 100.0% | ||||
| US Cash | 9.8% | ||||
| US Investments | 76.1% | ||||
| Other (Currency & Country ETFs) | 14.2% | ||||
| MARKET BIAS | NET LONG | 35.5% | |||
| Cash | 9.8% | ||||
| Short | 27.4% | ||||
| Long | 62.9% | ||||
| THEME MIX | 100.0% | ||||
| Agriculture | 4.0% | ||||
| Energy | 12.2% | ||||
| Metals | 10.1% | ||||
| Other Commodity | 1.5% | ||||
| Short Commodity | 2.3% | ||||
| Country ETF | 6.2% | ||||
| Financial | 4.7% | ||||
| Health Care | 0.0% | ||||
| Infrastructure | 2.2% | ||||
| Real Estate | 6.3% | ||||
| Retail | 0.0% | ||||
| Technology | 9.3% | ||||
| Transportation | 1.5% | ||||
| Short Equity | 20.9% | ||||
| Short Bond | 4.1% | ||||
| Currency | 4.8% | ||||
| Cash | 9.8% | ||||
| 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 | $36.23 | -13.68% | 4.6% | 0.00% |
| British Petroleum | BP | $45.31 | -2.86% | 2.9% | 7.15% |
| Buff Wld Wings | BWLD | $31.75 | 0.00% | 0.0% | 0.00% |
| iSh Australia ETF | EWA | $15.55 | 0.00% | 0.0% | 0.00% |
| Garmin | GRMN | $22.89 | 4.18% | 1.0% | 3.42% |
| iPth Coffee ETF | JO | $34.26 | -6.61% | 1.6% | 0.00% |
| GROUP #1 | |||||
| FTSE/Xinhua China ETF | FXI | $36.51 | 6.35% | 3.2% | 1.21% |
| Genesee & Wyoming | GWR | $25.00 | 2.80% | 1.5% | 0.00% |
| Nvidia | NVDA | $10.11 | 16.90% | 5.0% | 0.00% |
| UBS Ag Platinum ETF | PTM | $13.03 | -7.04% | 3.0% | 0.00% |
| ProSh UlSht SP500 ETF | SDS | $60.16 | 4.07% | 7.0% | 1.00% |
| ProSh Ult Cr Oil ETF | UCO | $9.71 | 6.59% | 3.4% | 0.00% |
| GROUP #1 | |||||
| Clay Gl Lumber ETF | CUT | $12.61 | 0.00% | 0.0% | 0.00% |
| iSh Singapore ETF | EWS | $8.66 | 0.00% | 0.0% | 0.00% |
| Formfactor | FORM | $18.97 | 0.00% | 0.0% | 0.00% |
| ProSh UlSht Rus2000 ETF | SKK | $36.80 | 9.52% | 1.3% | 2.53% |
| Sun Hydraulics | SNHY | $15.40 | -6.05% | 2.2% | 1.96% |
| ProSh USht Bonds ETF | TBT | $48.35 | 23.68% | 4.1% | 1.69% |
| GROUP #1 | |||||
| iPth Copper ETF | JJC | $29.94 | 0.00% | 0.0% | 0.00% |
| Nokia | NOK | $14.17 | -6.99% | 3.3% | 3.93% |
| ProSh UlSht QQQ ETF | QID | $34.93 | -12.68% | 5.5% | 2.02% |
| ProSh Ult RlEst ETF | URE | $3.13 | -5.78% | 6.3% | 7.63% |
| ProSh Ult JpYen ETF | YCL | $26.64 | 2.41% | 2.5% | 0.00% |
| ProSh UlSht Silver ETF | ZSL | $10.30 | 20.49% | 2.3% | 0.00% |
| GROUP #5 | |||||
| iPth Cotton ETF | BAL | $30.68 | -5.16% | 1.5% | 0.00% |
| CME Group | CME | $263.90 | 14.13% | 2.8% | 1.99% |
| Drxn Energy Bull 3X ETF | ERX | $23.31 | -11.07% | 3.2% | 0.77% |
| Merck | MRK | $28.04 | 0.00% | 0.0% | 0.00% |
| Claym Gl Solar ETF | TAN | $8.41 | -8.91% | 2.7% | 0.00% |
| MkVec Gold Mng ETF | GDX | $35.19 | -8.08% | 2.4% | 0.03% |
| GROUP #6 | |||||
| Broadcom | BRCM | $23.35 | 0.00% | 0.0% | 0.00% |
| ProSh UlSht Dow ETF | DXD | $51.00 | -11.46% | 7.1% | 0.96% |
| iSh Hong Kong ETF | EWH | $13.07 | 4.27% | 3.0% | 5.86% |
| iPth Sugar ETF | SGG | $51.86 | 2.74% | 2.4% | 0.00% |
| ProSh Ult Euro ETF | ULE | $28.55 | 0.99% | 2.3% | 0.00% |
| ProSh Ult Financl ETF | UYG | $3.41 | -8.82% | 2.0% | 1.89% |
Cindy is now in St Louis and I’m Mr. Mom again for this week at least. Last time she was in Seattle to help her sister Elizabeth get through her cancer treatments. This time it was Cindy’s mother Jane having to undergo emergency surgery for an intestinal blockage. Jane appears to have come through nicely and is on the mend. Elizabeth thankfully is also recovering – there are no visible remaining signs of the cancer, but getting the chemo out of the system is an arduous many-month-long process. We’re all planning to get together in Hawaii in the first week of August – I hope everyone will be up to it. Our family get-togethers are always fun.
Yesterday my son Ben’s oil-pan on his 96 Jetta decided to blow a plug and spew all the oil in the car all over his mother’s driveway. Spent half the night last night waiting for the CAA tow-truck to arrive, and then had to go to the east end this evening to pick up (and pay for) the repaired car with Ben. So the activity around here has turned up a notch or two these days. But … I blog, therefore I am. 
Cheers,
Allocator
a.k.a. George Parkanyi
2 Comments
July 9, 2009 at 12:50 am
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July 10, 2009 at 10:29 pm
thx for the news