Bought More iRobot (IRBT) And Some EMC Corporation (EMC) shares

We bought about 25% more iRobot (IRBT) shares at $17.80 and some EMC shares (EMC) at $15 per share. IRobot held up steady over the course of the correction during the first quarter. It is showing a little bit of weakness heading into the quarterly report. EMC valuation in January looked expensive when we used 2007 numbers. The situation has improved now with EMC premium having come down a little bit when using a conservative one-times 2008 revenue valuation for EMC and adding the 86% of the enterprise value of VMware (VMW).

Below is our updated portfolio:









































































StockBuy DateBuy PriceCurrent PriceCurrent % Of PortfolioUnrealized % ReturnCurrent Yield
Altria (MO) Various16.6921.433.7128.445.1
Philip Morris International (MO)1/4/200532.1950.605.4757.183.90
Kraft Foods (KFT)Various24.0331.663.6631.733.30
Plum Creek Timber (PCL)5/12/200535.540.947.0915.313.60
Pfizer (PFE)Various24.3721.006.07(13.82)6.2
ICICI Bank (IBN)5/18/200627.5740.467.0146.740.80
Taiwan Semi (TSM)7/27/20068.7110.386.0019.353.60
Advantage Energy Fund (AAV)11/2/200611.2211.404.281.5716.80
SunTech Power (STP) Call Value 3/14/200736.73455.2022.53None
Central Europe & Russia Fund (CEE)Various51.0349.045.67(3.90)17.90
Patni Computers (PTI)8/10/200720.8512.423.59(40.48)0.80
Itron Inc. (ITRI)11/07/200785.0197.085.6114.06None
Anthracite (AHR)11/09/20077.977.414.28(7.02)15.60
ClickSoftware (CKSW)11/09/20074.613.001.73(34.92)None
Harvest Energy (HTE)11/28/200721.0122.945.309.1616.30
iRobot (IRBT)12/18/200718.6517.944.15(2.98)None
MCG Capital (MCGC)Various10.868.233.80(24.23)15.00
LDK Solar (LDK)01/22/200830.4933.155.748.71None
Cypress Semiconductor Corporation (CY)04/02/200824.8926.505.736.45None
EMC Corporation (EMC)04/08/200815.0014.824.82(1.04)None
Cash


6.80

Total Portfolio



4.90



  • For SunTech Power (STP), we wrote a covered call option for 2008 June 45 on 4/1/2008 at $4.30.
  • For Taiwan Semiconductor (TSM), we wrote a covered call option for 2008 April 12.5 at $0.35 on 10/18/2007.
  • For Altria and Philip Morris International, assumed spin-off ratio of 30.83:69.17. Altria to yet to supply the cost-basis info
  • For Cypress Semiconductor Corporation, we wrote a covered call option for 2008 April 27 on 4/4/2008

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