Sold LDK Solar

We sold out of LDK Solar yesterday at $40.85 for a short-term profit of close to 35% in less than 2 months. The gain as a percentage of total portfolio value is roughly 3%. During this period, the stock had a wild ride stumbling well below 30 immediately after our purchase and then bouncing sharply back above the 52-week high to 75 before the current steady decline. With this trade, we raised our cash position to 15.74%.

Below are our updated stock positions:






























































StockBuy DateBuy PriceCurrent PriceCurrent % Of PortfolioUnrealized % ReturnCurrent Yield
Philip Morris (MO)1/4/200546.5478.3211.0968.283.90
Kraft Foods (KFT)1/4/200521.1131.63.0949.663.30
Plum Creek Timber (PCL)5/12/200535.540.138.5213.033.60
Pfizer (PFE)2/6/200625.1523.476.64(6.70)5.60
ICICI Bank (IBN)5/18/200627.5765.7313.96138.380.80
Taiwan Semi (TSM)7/27/20068.718.806.220.983.60
Advantage Energy Fund (AAV)11/2/200611.229.274.26(17.41)16.80
SunTech Power (STP) 3/14/200736.73455.3022.53None
Central Europe & Russia Fund (CEE)6/28/200751.5555.846.6617.90
Patni Computers (PTI)8/10/200720.8515.835.60(24.13)0.80
Itron Inc. (ITRI)11/07/200785.0189.946.375.68None
Anthracite (AHR)11/09/20077.976.404.53(19.70)15.60
ClickSoftware (CKSW)11/09/20074.613.582.53(22.34)None
Harvest Energy (HTE)11/28/200721.0122.516.377.1217.30
iRobot (IRBT)12/18/200718.6517.734.08(4.94)None
MCG Capital (MCGC)12/21/200711.8610.664.53(10.09)15.00
Cash








15.74





Total Portfolio











12.68





  • For SunTech Power (STP), we wrote a call option for March 45 (see first table) and so the price is listed as $45 as we won’t participate in the appreciation beyond that plus the premium received.

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