+ 2.159 %

Notes- fully invested

 

YTD Portfolio performance 5/31/08

Overall -1.32%
Individual stocks -3.16%
Bond Funds +1.04%

Equity Funds -1.43%

Asset Allocation
Bond Funds 34.15%
Stock Funds 25.33%
Individual Stocks 34.82%
Tradable Cash 5.70%

Style box:

LV 27 LC 25 LG 31
MV 5 MC 5 MG 4

SV 1 MC 2 SG 0

 

Individual Fund Performance YTD
PRWCX  +1.91% TRP Capital Appreciation Fund

RPMGX -0.02% TRP Mid Cap Growth Fund
RPSIX +0.77% TRP Spectrum Income Fund
TRMCX -0.13% TRP Mid Cap Value Fund
VBIIX +0.59% Vanguard Intermediate Bond Index Fund
VFIIX +1.46% Vanguard GNMA Fund
VFSTX +1.16%Vanguard Short Term Investment Grade Bond Fund
VWNFX -5.18% Vanguard Windsor II Fund

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

CAT +15.07%

CSCO -1.29% (+12.08% since I added some shares in Jan, 2008)

GE -16.37%

MMM -6.83%

MSFT -19.84%

ORCL +1.15%

PFE -12.23%

RFMD -29.98%

RIG +4.92%

YHOO +15.05%

ZMH +10.05%

 

Comments:  No trades to report this month. It seems to me that the volatility has settled down a little and I don't know what to make of it. I'm also still looking for Energy and/or Commodities to make a correction.

 

Best to all,

Herb

I gained 2.29% in May.

• Sold JSVAX,BRAIX and DREGX. 
• Bought FLVCX,FCVSX,HFTFX and ADRE

 

• HAINX/HIINX.............18.46%
• SCMLX....................14.43%
• FLVCX.....................11.26%
• JAVLX/JARTX...........12.09%
• JAOSX..................... .8.06%
• PNRZX.......................7.39%
• FDFFX.......................4.09%
• SCMLX......................3.71%
• TIBIX..........................2.88%
• GIGSX.......................2.73%
• ADRE........................3.00%
• Misc,Cash,KO,CSCO and Mutual Funds......11.90%

Regards Ron.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

                                                                                                                                                       

the Whole Banana    +3.74%
Rick's 401k	-2.36%
my 401k	+8.86%
cash	31.46%
US	35.67%
foreign	21.35%
bonds	9.75%
other	1.77%
not class.	0.00%
largecap		14	14	28
midcap		8	9	7
smallcap		9	7	4
LV	20.96%
LG	34.78%
M/SV	25.32%
M/SG	18.94%
average ER	1.23%
yield	2.96%

 

Only variation in investments... I added to my Sharebuilder Roth's Visa and bot more on 5/23/08 at 76.41. I will not buy any more unless a really juicy opportunity presents itself. Maybe I'm too bullish on Visa, but I don't expect that to happen.

Regards,

Susan

My husband & I are retired since 12/31/2006. Rollover IRA's & a small taxable account are in 3 balanced Vanguard funds. Equal amount in each. Rebalance yearly if they are more than 5% out of balance. Yearly drawdown to supplement SS 3.75% of portfolioyearly.  The 3 funds and performance YTD:

Vanguard Star-------33.26% of portfolio.    -1.82% YTD.

Vanguard Wellesley---32.43% of portfolio.    -1.14% YTD

Vanguard Wellington----34.21% of portfolio.   -0.53% YTD 

Portfolio as a whole -1.16% YTD.  

toni

Above zero for the first time this year, on interest earned.

Portfolio %’s and YTD % Gain using XIRR.

Asset        %YTD        May08%      Adj%

Cash           1.3%           15.1%
Fixed           2.4%          30.9%
Bonds          1.9%          16.0%      23.5%
Equity         -2.2%          38.0%      30.5%

Total            0.4%         100.0%

The adjusted allocation percentages reflect the bond component of the balanced funds.  In May, I bought a small additional amount of VWEHX (Vanguard Hi Yield Corp).  Foreign stocks total 7% of portfolio, 19% of equity.

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

Equity and bond funds (w/YTD) are:
USVAX     10.6%     USAA Virginia Bond Fund (1.14%)
VGSTX       6.4%     Vanguard STAR (-1.82%)
VWELX      5.4%     Vanguard Wellington (-0.53%)
DODBX      4.9%      Dodge & Cox Balanced (-3.07%)
VWEHX      4.3%     Vanguard High Yield Corp (1.04%)
FBALX        3.7%     Fidelity Balanced (-0.80%)
VEIPX         3.3%     Vanguard Equity Income (-4.60%)
VHCOX       2.9%     Vanguard Capital Opportunity (0.95%)
DODFX       2.5%     Dodge & Cox International (-2.93%)
VWNFX      2.5%     Vanguard Windsor II (-5.18%)
VMRGX      2.1%     Vanguard Morgan Growth (-2.10%)
FIGRX        1.5%      Fidelity International Discovery (-5.01%)
NAESX       1.4%     Vanguard Small Cap Index (0.74%)
VASVX       1.4%     Vanguard Selected Value (-5.45%)
PTRAX       1.1%      PIMCO Total Return Admin (2.71%)

Neil

                                                              % of Port      '08 Return

Oakmark E&I................................................21.25..... 4.80
Permanent Portfolio.......................................12.14......3.50
Loomis Sayles..............................................10.12......0.84
Julius Baer...................................................10.26......(4.10)
Dodge & Cox Stock........................................9.62......(5.54)
Pimco Real Return......................................... 8.27.......3.57
Dodg & Cox Int'l..............................................8.89......(2.93)
Matthews Asian Growth...................................6.06......(1.26)
Fido Low Priced Stock.....................................5.22........0.46
Fidelity Real Estate.........................................4.70.......10.27
Cash..............................................................3.47 

 I only made one change this month:  I got back into RE with FRESX.  Maybe not a good idea but I like the idea of having RE exposure as normal part of my allocation.  FLPSX managed to climb into the black.  Oakmark continues to do well.  DODGX seems to be climbing out of the funk a bit.  This portfolio seems to be relatively stable it doesn't go one way or the other very fast which seems to be good for this market.

Andrew