Value Quant April 22, 2012

Last period the market direction was predominantly down, not surprising since the market has gone mostly straight up since January.  In fact this is the first real pullback we’ve had  in three months.  Our performance was also knocked down by holding ESL.  The previous month ESL had shot up 10% on takeover speculation.  This period it dropped back down to pre-take over talk levels.  We returned -4% percent this period compared to our benchmark SPY down 1.2%.  You can find the latest newsletter HERE.

Value Quant March 24, 2012

Continuing our run from last month, we returned 5.6 percent this period beating our benchmark SPY by 3.6 percent.  You can find the latest newsletter HERE.

Value Quant February 26, 2012

Value Quant February 26, 2012

Back to business as usual.  We returned 4.4% this period beating our benchmark SPY by a half percent despite carrying a large cash position.  You can find the latest newsletter HERE.

Value Quant January 28, 2012

Ahhh, bloody hell!  We were doing quite well then MIG increased their loss reserves and brought guidance down for 2012 causing a 14% loss over night.  In a concentrated portfolio this really hurts.  We were up about 1.5% but that stinks compared to the 5% our benchmark the SPY returned.  You can see the latest report HERE.

For the period December 5, 2011, to December 30, 2011, overall we gained 2.3% while our benchmark the ETF SPY ended down a half a percent.  Our cash position dropped from 24%. to 17%.  The latest newsletter is available Here or by copying and pasting the below url into your browser address bar:

http://advancecapital.org/PDF%27s/ValueQuants20111231x.pdf

For those of you not subscribed to the service,  BIG was replaced with PETM before market open this morning.

Value Quant period ending 12/2/2011

For the period November 4, 2011, to December 2, 2011, overall we lost 2.7% 7.7% while the S&P500 lost 0.9%.  CSH was a particularly bad performer and it alone kept us from at least matching the S&P500.  Our cash position is 24%.  The latest newsletter is available Here or by copying and pasting the below url:

http://advancecapital.org/PDF%27s/ValueQuants20111203x.pdf

Value Quant period ending 11/5/2011

For the period October 8th, 2011, to November 4th, 2011, overall we gained 7.7% while the S&P500 gained 9.0%.  Good stock selection, particularly MDF helped the portfolio while our large cash position hurt.  The latest newsletter is available HERE or by copying and pasting the below url:

http://advancecapital.org/PDF%27s/ValueQuants20111105x.pdf

Value Quant period ending 10/7/2011

For the period September 12th, to October 7th, 2011, overall we gained 0.2% while the S&P500 lost 0.2%.  That's nothing to write home about, but we still beat the benchmark.  I sold our small position in C to concentrate on the core porfolio holdings.  The S&P500 broke through support at what looked to be a bottom at 1120 last period.  Next support is around 1050 and I brought our cash position back up to reflect this.  The latest newsletter is available HERE or by copying and pasting the below url.


http://advancecapital.org/PDF%27s/ValueQuants20111008x.pdf

Value Quant period ending 9/9/2011

For the period August 15th to September 9th, 2011, overall we lost 0.4% while the S&P500 lost 1.9%.  That's negative performance, but we still beat our benchmark.  I sold our small position in BAC after hearing about Buffet's investment and getting a good bounce.  If they need capital that bad I want out.  I'm calling a bottom around 1120 in the S&P500 and plan to reduce my cash from 17% to around 10%.  If you have any questions just ask.  The latest newsletter is available HERE or by copying and pasting the below url.

http://advancecapital.org/PDF%27s/ValueQuants20110911x.pdf