Bought Aegon N.V. (AEG)

We bought Aegon N.V. (AEG), an insurance company based out of Netherlands but with a sizeable U.S. presence. About 50% of the business is originated in the Americas and the exposure of its investment portfolio on sub prime mortgages is contained at about 4% of the total portfolio. The company also offers a good dividend yield.

Below is our updated portfolio:









































































StockBuy DateBuy PriceCurrent PriceCurrent % Of PortfolioUnrealized % ReturnYield as % of BOY Portfolio Value Plus Deposits
Altria (MO) Various16.6921.293.3827.600.16
Philip Morris International (MO)1/4/200532.1951.075.8358.640.18
Kraft Foods (KFT)Various24.0330.373.2126.360.11
Plum Creek Timber (PCL)5/12/200535.542.706.7720.270.26
Pfizer (PFE)Various24.3720.235.35(16.98)0.32
ICICI Bank (IBN)5/18/200627.5745.387.2064.580.08
Taiwan Semi (TSM)7/27/20068.7110.955.7925.930.18
Advantage Energy Fund (AAV)11/2/200611.2212.304.239.580.47
SunTech Power (STP) Call Value 3/14/200736.7344.694.7321.69None
Central Europe & Russia Fund (CEE)Various51.0350.735.37(0.59)1.04
Patni Computers (PTI)8/10/200720.8512.783.38(38.75)0.04
Itron Inc. (ITRI)11/07/200785.01103.625.4821.75None
Anthracite (AHR)11/09/20077.977.754.10(2.76)0.60
ClickSoftware (CKSW)11/09/20074.612.991.59(34.93)None
Harvest Energy (HTE)11/28/200721.0123.044.879.640.74
iRobot (IRBT)12/18/200718.6516.163.42(12.61)None
MCG Capital (MCGC)Various10.867.503.17(30.95)0.74
LDK Solar (LDK)01/22/200830.4931.805.054.29None
EMC Corporation (EMC)04/08/200815.0015.755.005.03None
Aegon N.V. (AEG)04/28/200815.9916.065.100.460.30
Cash





7.42



Total Portfolio







5.825.21


  • For EMC Corporation (EMC), we wrote covered calls for 2008 May 17 on 4/23/2008 at $0.57.
  • For SunTech Power (STP), we wrote covered calls for 2008 June 45 on 4/1/2008 at $4.30.
  • For Taiwan Semi (TSM), we wrote covered calls for 2008 October 12.5 on 4/21/2008 at $0.45.
  • For Altria and Philip Morris International, assumed spin-off ratio of 30.83:69.17. Altria is yet to supply the cost-basis info

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