Bought .6% position in HOGS – Chinese livestock and food supplier – at $10.17 (down 7% on the day).
Archive for May, 2008
Bought HOGS – Zhongpin Inc.
Tuesday, May 13th, 2008Sold PAL – North American Palladium
Tuesday, May 13th, 2008Sold the entire 2.5% PAL position at $6.00 (up 15% on the day) for a 19% profit in two weeks.
Bought JJA – iPath AIG Agriculture ETN
Tuesday, May 13th, 2008Bought 1% position in JJA at $59.33 (down 1.53% on day) – agricultural commodity ETN
Bought COW – iPath AIG Livestock RTN
Tuesday, May 13th, 2008Bought 1% position in COW (pork & beef) commodity ETN at $44.50
Sold ECA – Encana
Monday, May 12th, 2008Sold ECA at $92.81 – 2 point trade. Will look to possibly re-enter ECA after seeing where the initial flurry of activity settles down to. Oil is lower today so ECA is bucking a trend and the higher price level this morning may not hold.
Bought ECA – Encana
Monday, May 12th, 2008Bought a 1% position in ECA pre-open at $90.81. They are splitting into two companies with one to focus on the oil sands project. Usually this type of split results in the pieces being valued higher than the previous un-split entity.
Stocks in my portfolio as of tonight
Friday, May 9th, 2008AGQNF, ATGFF, ABX, CCJ, CDE, CLLZF, ERF, FCX, EWA, EWZ, EWC, EWS, EWY, EWT, KALU, MOO, KOL, NFEI, NEM, NBDFF, PAL, BQI, OPCDF, PEYUF, PCL, PCH, DBA, RYN, SDA, SA, SLW, PCU, JSC, TGB, TCK, AUY, YPF, MT
Cash about 33% of portfolio
Five letter symbols are US OTC symbols for stocks traded on Canadian exchanges and not on US exchanges.
Sold PGH – Pengrowth Energy Trust
Friday, May 9th, 2008Sold entire 2.5% PGH position at $19.90 (up 1% on day) for a 7.5% gain.
Bought more FCX – Freeport-McMoran Copper & Gold
Friday, May 9th, 2008Bought another 1% FCX position at $113.51 (down 4.5% on the day) for a total of 3.2% holding.
Bought more MT – ArcelorMittal (steel)
Friday, May 9th, 2008Added to MT position at $93.43 (down 2.7% on the day) to increase position to 2.3%