Archive for the ‘Investment Portfolio Changes’ Category

Sold BTE – Baytex Energy Trust

Friday, May 9th, 2008

Sold entire 2% Baytex position at $27.00 for 8.5% gain. Lightening up on oil related positions in ace of rapid price spike.

Sold PDS – Precision Drilling

Friday, May 9th, 2008

Sold entire PDS position (1.25%) at $27.50 for 16% profit. Lightening up on oil related issues.

Bought MT – ArcelorMittal (steel)

Friday, May 9th, 2008

Bought 1% position in MT at $93.88 (down 2%)

Bought DBA – Powershares DB Agriculture Fund

Thursday, May 8th, 2008

Bought a 1% position in DBA at $37.00. Additional money in agriculture/food sector.

Bought .7% KALU – Kaiser Aluminum

Thursday, May 8th, 2008

Bought at $68.76 – down about 7%. Selling seems overdone. Speculative trade.

Sold entire TSO – Tesoro Corp. position

Thursday, May 8th, 2008

Sold entire 1.25% TSO position at $23.55 – down 4.5% and at about 19% loss. That was the last of the four refining stocks I bought too early as it turned out.

Sold entire position HTE – Harvest Energy Trust

Thursday, May 8th, 2008

Sold 2% HTE position at $23.11 USD at 27% loss. Very weak results and with oil at $120, where is the improvement going to come from?

Bought more EWS – iShares MSCI Singapore ETF

Wednesday, May 7th, 2008

Bought another 1% position in EWS to bring total position to 2%. Price was $13.60 down 3.25%

Bought more EWA – iShares Australia MSCI ETF

Wednesday, May 7th, 2008

Bought .4% more EWA to bring position to .8%. Price was $27.90 – down 3.25%.

Bought More EWZ – iShares MSCI Brazil

Wednesday, May 7th, 2008

Bought an additional 1% EWZ to bring position to 3%. Price was $91.47 down over 3%.