Stocks in my portfolio as of tonight

May 9th, 2008

AGQNF, 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

May 9th, 2008

Sold entire 2.5% PGH position at $19.90 (up 1% on day) for a 7.5% gain.

Bought more FCX – Freeport-McMoran Copper & Gold

May 9th, 2008

Bought 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)

May 9th, 2008

Added to MT position at $93.43 (down 2.7% on the day) to increase position to 2.3%

Sold PWE – Penn West Energy Trust

May 9th, 2008

Sold entire 2.5% PWE position at $32.15 for 2.75% loss. Lightening up on oil-related positions.

Sold PVX – Provident Energy Trust

May 9th, 2008

Sold 1.5% PVX position at $11.45 – 4.5% loss. Lightening up on oil-related holdings. Should be noted that these energy trusts are all very high-yielding, have been held for a fairly long time and with dividends received they all represent overall profitable positions.

Sold BTE – Baytex Energy Trust

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

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)

May 9th, 2008

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

Good day today

May 8th, 2008

Up about 1.5% and a new high in portfolio total value. KALU however didn’t work out so well – at least not yet anyway.

Gold, silver, copper, palladium, coal mining stocks particularly strong.