Wrote Cypress Semiconductor Corporation April 27 Covered Calls.

We wrote April 27 covered calls on our Cypress Semiconductor Corporation (CY) shares at $1.10. The options are set to expire in 10 trading days and if the shares are exercised, we will realize a return of about 13% in less than three weeks.

Below is our updated portfolio:






































































StockBuy DateBuy PriceCurrent PriceCurrent % Of PortfolioUnrealized % ReturnCurrent Yield
Altria (MO) Various16.6921.713.9830.115.1
Philip Morris International (MO)1/4/200532.1951.375.5459.573.90
Kraft Foods (KFT)Various24.0331.543.8631.233.30
Plum Creek Timber (PCL)5/12/200535.541.137.5515.853.60
Pfizer (PFE)Various24.3721.356.53(12.38)6.2
ICICI Bank (IBN)5/18/200627.5738.937.1441.190.80
Taiwan Semi (TSM)7/27/20068.7110.476.4120.393.60
Advantage Energy Fund (AAV)11/2/200611.2211.304.490.6716.80
SunTech Power (STP) Call Value 3/14/200736.73455.5122.53None
Central Europe & Russia Fund (CEE)Various51.0348.195.90(5.57)17.90
Patni Computers (PTI)8/10/200720.8512.283.76(41.15)0.80
Itron Inc. (ITRI)11/07/200785.0198.046.0015.19None
Anthracite (AHR)11/09/20077.977.104.34(10.91)15.60
ClickSoftware (CKSW)11/09/20074.612.871.76(37.74)None
Harvest Energy (HTE)11/28/200721.0123.215.6810.4516.30
iRobot (IRBT)12/18/200718.6518.223.62(2.31)None
MCG Capital (MCGC)Various10.868.163.99(24.88)15.00
LDK Solar (LDK)01/22/200830.4936.406.6819.37None
Cypress Semiconductor Corporation (CY)04/02/200824.8926.685.757.17None
Cash


13.52

Total Portfolio



5.68


  • 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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