+ 1.441 %.

Portfolio "snapshot"- simply "that".  One etf, one oef, three stocks. 

YTD         -.36%

Cash     24.13%

U.S.      26.03%

Foreign  16.93%

Bonds   32.74% 

Other       .18%

 

25  24  34

06  06  02

01  02  00

Both my wife and I are retired with S.S. 

Withdrawal time.

Syd
 

 

YTD Portfolio performance 4/30/08

Overall -1.89%
Individual stocks -3.73%
Bond Funds +1.58%

Equity Funds -3.47%

Asset Allocation
Bond Funds 34.54%
Stock Funds 24.95%
Individual Stocks 34.78%
Tradable Cash 5.73%

Style box:

LV 26 LC 21 LG 36
MV 5 MC 5 MG 4

SV 1 MC 2 SG 0

 

Individual Fund Performance YTD
PRWCX  -0.20% TRP Capital Appreciation Fund

RPMGX -4.07% TRP Mid Cap Growth Fund
RPSIX +1.12% TRP Spectrum Income Fund
TRMCX -2.54% TRP Mid Cap Value Fund
VBIIX +2.36 % Vanguard Intermediate Bond Index Fund
VFIIX +2.08% Vanguard GNMA Fund
VFSTX +0.94%Vanguard Short Term Investment Grade Bond Fund
VWNFX -6.08% Vanguard Windsor II Fund

Stocks that have moved up at all or down more than 5% YTD

CAT +14.01%

CL -8.40%

CSCO -5.28% (+7.55% since I added some shares in Jan, 2008)

GE -10.98%

MMM -8.23%

MSFT -19.57%

NOC -6.01

ORCL -7.76%

PFE -10.27%

RFMD -40.98%

RIG +3.01%

YHOO +17.84%

ZMH +12.11%

 

Comments:  I took a little profit in April by selling ¼ of my CAT and XOM. I feel the Commodity and Energy Rallies are getting long in tooth and that we should see a correction in at least one of them. Also sold 1/3 of my ZMH. This will be the first year I have to take RMD and I would rather decide for myself what to take, but that is another story. It is very interesting to watch the maneuverings between MSFT and YHOO regarding the takeover. I own both and I am glad I reduced them last October, when they both spiked up into the mid $30 range.

 

Best to all,

Herb

Portfolio %’s and YTD % Gain using XIRR.

Asset        %YTD        Apr08%      Adj%

Cash           1.1%          15.9%
Fixed           1.9%          31.2%
Bonds          0.9%          15.2%     22.8%
Equity         -3.9%          37.7%     30.1%

Total           -0.6%         100.0%

The adjusted allocation percentages reflect the bond component of the balanced funds.  In April, I bought a new position in VWEHX (Vanguard Hi Yield Corp) equal to 3.5% of overall portfolio.  This was to take advantage of the low NAV, and high yield, for this fund.  Foreign stocks total 7% of portfolio, 18% of equity.

Current M* Stylebox:
 27    25    21
  8      7      6
  3      2      2

Equity and bond funds (w/YTD) are:
USVAX     10.6%   USAA Virginia Bond Fund (0.03%)
VGSTX      6.4%    Vanguard STAR (-2.83%)
VWELX     5.4%    Vanguard Wellington (-1.42%)
DODBX     4.9%     Dodge & Cox Balanced (-3.60%)
FBALX      3.6%     Fidelity Balanced (-3.00%)
VWEHX     3.5%    Vanguard High Yield Corp (1.21%)
VEIPX       3.4%     Vanguard Equity Income (-4.69%)
VHCOX      2.8%    Vanguard Capital Opportunity (-4.56%)
VWNFX     2.5%    Vanguard Windsor II (-6.08%)
DODFX      2.5%    Dodge & Cox International (-4.04%)
VMRGX     2.0%    Vanguard Morgan Growth (-6.04%)
FIGRX       1.5%     Fidelity International Discovery (-6.82%)
VASVX     1.4%     Vanguard Selected Value (-8.54%)
NAESX     1.4%     Vanguard Small Cap Index (-4.20%)
PTRAX      1.1%     PIMCO Total Return Admin (3.67%)

Neil

My IRA portfolio is 40.46% domestic, 44.11% foreign, and 15.13% others as of 4/30/08. I am looking for opportunities to put 5% of 15.13% into equities, and then I will reach to a point where I am fully invested. My YTD in the past months are:

                my port           my bogey (50% FSTMX, 50% FSIIX)  M*Fund Average

1/31/08     -9.20%              -7.10%                                              ?????

2/29/08     -6.74%              -7.68%                                              -6.18%

3/31/08     -10.54%            -8.15%                                              -7.00%

4/30/08     -4.17%              -4.34%                                              -3.66%

I take care of accounts for others and I don't tweak those accounts except once a year. They are always fully invested and are doing better than my IRA as of 4/30/08, except one account. This one account, I haven't changed funds in it for years and as you have guessed, it is heavy in financials. FWIW. KM

Name	1 Year	3 Years	5 Years
Vanguard Mutual Fund Assets	0.9%	4.3%	6.4%
Total Assets	0.9%	4.3%	6.4%

Name
Short-term reserves
Vanguard Prime Money Mkt Fund	61.50%
Vanguard Prime Money Mkt Fund	23.20%
Subtotal	84.70%

Name
Other investments
Money Market Investor	15.30%
Subtotal	15.30%
Total	100.00%

Up 5.44% for April. Down 5.82% YTD

Sold in April; VGHEX and TWHIX.  Bought SCMVX,GIGSX and JARTX.

I'm an upgrader,(a dirty word on other sites).

Regards Ron

                          % of Portfolio         YTD Return
Oakmark E&I...................20.94................. 2.60
Permanent Portfolio..........11.98..................3.50
Loomis Sayles..................10.21................. 0.84
Julius Baer.......................10.13................(5.93)
Dodge & Cox Stock.............9.81................(6.45)
Pimco Real Return..............8.37.................3.68
Dodg & Cox Int'l..................8.91................(4.04)
Matthews Asian Growth........6.17................(0.66)
Fido Low Priced Stock.........5.14................(2.94)
Cash...................................8.34 
  
Finally gave up on Third Avenue Value - sold it last month.  I am staying pretty steady, my portfolio isn't moving one way or the other very fast.  Still looking for a good domestic option. 

 Andrew

Since 1 June 2001

Actual Return: +44.5%         Relative to VTSMX: +42.1%

YTD

Actual Return: +3.3%           Relative to VTSMX: +9.4%

Current Allocation

Equities (includes gold mutual fund): 23.9%

Muni Bond Funds: 48.9%

PCRDX: 10.7%

EWJ: 10.6%

Cash: 5.9%

Last day of the month I redeployed about half of the proceeds from selling the gold fund at the end of February back into the same gold fund. Intend to deploy the remainder soon.

Don