Taiwan Semiconductor April 12.5 (TSMDV) Expired Worthless While Cypress Semiconductor April 27 (CYDB) Covered Calls Was Exercised

The April 12.5 covered calls (TSMDV) on our Taiwan Semiconductor (TSM) shares we wrote on 10/18/2007 expired worthless yesterday. The April 27 covered calls (CYDB) on our Cypress Semiconductor (CY) shares we wrote on 04/04/2008 was exercised automatically as the options ended on-the-money yesterday and our CY shares were called away.

Below is our updated portfolio:






































































StockBuy DateBuy PriceCurrent PriceCurrent % Of PortfolioUnrealized % ReturnCurrent Yield
Altria (MO) Various16.6922.104.0032.455.1
Philip Morris International (MO)1/4/200532.1949.965.3055.193.90
Kraft Foods (KFT)Various24.0331.733.8030.853.30
Plum Creek Timber (PCL)5/12/200535.542.017.6118.333.60
Pfizer (PFE)Various24.3720.476.18(15.99)6.2
ICICI Bank (IBN)5/18/200627.5742.187.6452.970.80
Taiwan Semi (TSM)7/27/20068.7111.116.7127.783.60
Advantage Energy Fund (AAV)11/2/200611.2212.364.8510.1216.80
SunTech Power (STP) Call Value 3/14/200736.73455.4322.53None
Central Europe & Russia Fund (CEE)Various51.0350.896.14(0.28)17.90
Patni Computers (PTI)8/10/200720.8514.024.23(32.81)0.80
Itron Inc. (ITRI)11/07/200785.0198.225.9315.40None
Anthracite (AHR)11/09/20077.977.784.70(2.38)15.60
ClickSoftware (CKSW)11/09/20074.612.901.75(37.09)None
Harvest Energy (HTE)11/28/200721.0123.545.6812.0216.30
iRobot (IRBT)12/18/200718.6517.294.18(6.50)None
MCG Capital (MCGC)Various10.867.353.55(32.33)21.00
LDK Solar (LDK)01/22/200830.4932.895.967.86None
EMC Corporation (EMC)04/08/200815.0015.524.943.50None
Cash


13.81

Total Portfolio



6.82


  • For SunTech Power (STP), we wrote a covered call option for 2008 June 45 on 4/1/2008 at $4.30.
  • 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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