Below are all of my closed transactions for 2008 with the percentage realized gain or loss along with the percentage of the portfolio of each position. Closed positions are those that were done after the purchase of the stock took place. Therefore, purchases that took place in 2007 may have been close in 2008 while purchases in late 2008 may not have reflected a gain or loss until 2009. As an example, FDO was purchased in late December 2007 and sold late January 2008.
After transaction costs, the total return in the portfolio for 2008 was 14.35%. The dividend yield received on the account was 2.53%, with the dividend accounting for 17.62% of the total change in the account value. I am open to questions about the rational for selecting a particular stock at a given time during 2008. One thing that will be noticed about the differences between 2008 and 2009 is that 2009 has far fewer transactions.
Because this portfolio actually made money when the major indices lost close to 40% in 2008, I'm hoping to replicated this approach (mainly to avoid losing money in a market downturn.) I would appreciate any constructive insights or thoughts by you the reader. I'm hoping this will be an instructive moment for everyone involved. If you don't wish to post in the comment section then send me an email.I will be posting my transaction history for 2009 here shortly.
-Touc
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Symbol
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Close date
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Total % Gain | % of Portfolio | |||
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(FDO)
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1/31/2008
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10.65%
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96.67%
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(WSC)
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2/11/2008
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-3.93%
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94.28%
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(AIG)
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2/28/2008
|
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12.52%
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82.65%
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(CTAS)
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3/13/2008
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-3.81%
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29.43%
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(CDE)
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3/13/2008
|
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-12.42%
|
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1.91%
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(BSC)
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3/14/2008
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7.33%
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26.10%
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(HTX)
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3/24/2008
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1.73%
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29.52%
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(KGC)
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3/24/2008
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-16.73%
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38.15%
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(CTAS)
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|
4/16/2008
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-4.34%
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31.11%
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(GSS)
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|
4/16/2008
|
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-13.21%
|
|
1.77%
|
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(NC)
|
|
7/23/2008
|
|
27.30%
|
|
32.11%
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(MSA)
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|
8/11/2008
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19.02%
|
|
36.71%
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(WIN)
|
|
8/14/2008
|
|
5.55%
|
|
27.27%
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(BGG)
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|
8/27/2008
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1.27%
|
|
31.38%
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(ANAT)
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|
9/9/2008
|
|
-11.64%
|
|
28.26%
|
|
(EXPD)
|
|
9/9/2008
|
|
-5.51%
|
|
33.01%
|
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(HPQ)
|
|
9/9/2008
|
|
115.03%
|
|
0.07%
|
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(NSEC)
|
|
9/9/2008
|
|
-17.36%
|
|
3.08%
|
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(TDS)
|
|
9/9/2008
|
|
-3.97%
|
|
38.10%
|
|
(NEM)
|
|
9/17/2008
|
|
3.27%
|
|
32.03%
|
|
(HL)
|
|
9/18/2008
|
|
5.70%
|
|
39.06%
|
|
(AIG)
|
|
9/23/2008
|
|
33.94%
|
|
38.27%
|
|
(ANAT)
|
|
9/29/2008
|
|
2.80%
|
|
29.25%
|
|
(ADM)
|
|
9/30/2008
|
|
-8.43%
|
|
20.77%
|
|
(WAG)
|
|
9/30/2008
|
|
-1.75%
|
|
44.09%
|
|
(TMR)
|
|
10/7/2008
|
|
-14.66%
|
|
11.36%
|
|
(NXG)
|
|
10/7/2008
|
|
-12.72%
|
|
11.40%
|
|
(AEM)
|
|
10/10/2008
|
|
-3.03%
|
|
15.58%
|
|
(FNM)
|
|
10/10/2008
|
|
-46.25%
|
|
7.14%
|
|
(GSS)
|
|
10/10/2008
|
|
-8.66%
|
|
12.11%
|
|
(JOF)
|
|
10/14/2008
|
|
2.34%
|
|
22.18%
|
|
(DOG)
|
|
10/15/2008
|
|
1.14%
|
|
43.23%
|
|
(AIG)
|
|
10/20/2008
|
|
-2.55%
|
|
66.35%
|
|
(BMI)
|
|
10/22/2008
|
|
-5.40%
|
|
35.38%
|
|
(EUM)
|
|
10/27/2008
|
|
5.26%
|
|
46.63%
|
|
(AEM)
|
|
10/28/2008
|
|
-4.08%
|
|
25.83%
|
|
(ABX)
|
|
10/28/2008
|
|
-2.92%
|
|
24.26%
|
|
(CTL)
|
|
10/31/2008
|
|
-9.93%
|
|
34.18%
|
|
(NC)
|
|
10/31/2008
|
|
-0.14%
|
|
43.42%
|
|
(NC)
|
|
11/7/2008
|
|
-12.16%
|
|
49.47%
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