Archive for May, 2008

Bought more EWC – iShares MSCI Canada

Tuesday, May 6th, 2008

Added another .75% EWC to bring position to 2% at $33.58 (up 1.63% on day)

Bought ABX – Barrick Mining

Tuesday, May 6th, 2008

Bought a 1% position in Barrick Mining (gold) at 39.75

Bought NEM – Newmont Mining

Tuesday, May 6th, 2008

Bought a 1% position in Newmoint Mining (gold) at 45.9164

Sold part of HTE Harvest Energy Trust position

Friday, May 2nd, 2008

Sold 1% piece of HTE at $22.12 USD. Remaining position is about 2%. This company bought a refinery and hasn’t performed well ever since. Just wanted to reduce the risk by dropping the position size a bit.

Sold 1% of PWE – Penn West Energy Trust

Friday, May 2nd, 2008

Sold 1% of PWE at $30.39 (up 2.25% today). Wanted to reduce position after reading a story on SeekingAlpha.com. Sold the position from one account at a 7.5% profit. The remaining 2% position is owned at higher cost. Reluctant to sell because of the high income 13% plus but didn’t want an over-weighted position.

Sold half of SDA – Sadia

Friday, May 2nd, 2008

Sold 1% position of SDA – Sadia at about 30% gain – seemed to have moved pretty far pretty fast.