Thursday, June 21, 2012

Portfolio Update

Once again, I have made changes to my portfolio, so here is my portfolio update. Since I have been adding cash to my account, I had enough to make an order. I chose to add to my CNK position in the event that it would pull back to $21.50.

Well, it did. But a little more than I had expected. Apparently the Federal Reserve statements, Existing Home Sales, and Jobless Claims reports this week didn't give the market much solace, even though the European economic scene seems to have stabilized for the moment. But that can change any day.

I will continue to add cash to my account and put in orders to add to my existing positions. I believe the market will be more bearish this summer as Congress continues to perpetrate what they can to force a presidential change this fall by doing nothing that the current president has asked them to do. This is not me saying that I support Barack Obama, nor do I support Mitt Romney. I am of the opinion that Presidents have become nothing more than figure-heads. It is congress that actually has all the real power to help the economy.That is my opinion, you can take it or leave it. Disclaimer: See bottom of page. http://investorsopinion.blogspot.com

CNK - Cinemark Holdings, Inc.

Friday, June 8, 2012

Portfolio Update

I am a little behind schedule on reporting my portfolio updates. Since my last update, I have changed some of my opinions a little. I have also added to my account so that I have some additional cash to invest.

First, I have restarted auto deposits into my investing account and my IRA. Both of which are under-funded. I especially have a lot of catching up to do in my IRA. However, further information about that is outside the scope of this post.

Second, I STC my puts against FB. The result was that I raked in ~37% profit on that short trade.

Lastly, I then took the profit and the capital that I had pending for one of my other dividend paying stock picks, CNK, and added to my already existing positions of JNJ and PG. I then re-evaluated the chart for CNK and decided to buy a third of the shares I was planning on at the higher price it was currently around. Unfortunately, CNK has declined a little since I BTO the position today. I am still currently satisfied with my positions. That is my opinion, you can take it or leave it. Disclaimer: See bottom of page. http://investorsopinion.blogspot.com

BTO - buy-to-open / bought-to-open
CNK - Cinemark Holdings Inc
FB - Facebook Inc.
IRA - Individual Retirement Account
JNJ - Johnson & Johnson
PNG - Proctor & Gamble Co
STC - sell-to-close / sold-to-close