Archive for May, 2008

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%.

Bought more PAL – North American Palladium

Wednesday, May 7th, 2008

Bought .4% position in PAL to bring position to 2%. Price was $5.10 down 6.6%

Bought more ABX – Barrick Gold

Wednesday, May 7th, 2008

Bought another 1% position in ABX at $39.10 to increase total to 2%. Profitability up, production up, hedging stopped and dividend raised.

Sold SUN – Sunoco

Tuesday, May 6th, 2008

Sold entire .5% SUN position at $43.96 – 17% loss on position.

Sold VLO – Valero

Tuesday, May 6th, 2008

Sold entire VLO position – 2.5% at $47.23 which represents a 20% loss. Just way to early on this as oil continued climbing putting more margin pressure on the refiners. Still Have TSO, SUN and HTE which are in that segment.

Bought more OPDCF – Opti Canada

Tuesday, May 6th, 2008

Bought another .5% OPCDF – Optio Canada (oil sands) at $21.99 USD to bring position to 2%.

Sold CX – Cemex

Tuesday, May 6th, 2008

Sold .75% Cemex position (entire position) at 29.21 for 10% gain