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9/21/09

Added AT&T (T) and Wrote Covered Calls on Ameritrade (AMTD) and Costco (COST)

As twittered previously, we added AT&T (T) to our portfolio over the last month. We also wrote covered calls against our shares of Ameritrade (AMTD). The details follow:

  1. AT&T (T) on 8/27/2009 at $26.38 with around 6.25% of our overall portfolio.
  2. Wrote Jan 10, 17.5 Covered Calls on our Ameritrade shares (TQAAW) at $2.80 on 09/10/2009.
  3. Wrote Jan 10, 60 Covered Calls on our Costco shares (PRQAL) at $2.90 on 09/21/2009.
  4. Added about 6.5% cash.
With these transactions, our cash position remained steady at around 9%. Below is our updated portfolio – it is about 12% in the red:















































































StockBuy DateBuy PriceCurrent PriceCurrent % Of PortfolioUnrealized % ReturnYield as % of Portfolio Value
Altria (MO) Various16.6918.043.168.120.38
Philip Morris International (PM)1/4/200532.1948.436.2150.440.45
Kraft Foods (KFT)Various24.0326.753.1211.300.23
Pfizer (PFE)Various24.3716.644.85(31.71)0.30
ICICI Bank (IBN)5/18/2006 and 08/01/200825.2835.0610.2338.710.30
Advantage Energy Fund (AAV)11/2/200611.226.932.02(38.26)0.17
Central Europe & Russia Fund (CEE)Various39.2331.786.49(18.98)0.03
Patni Computers (PTI)8/10/200720.8518.315.34(12.25)0.08
Itron Inc. (ITRI)11/07/200785.0165.853.84(22.63)None
Anthracite (AHR)11/09/20077.971.110.32(86.07)0.00
Harvest Energy (HTE)11/28/200721.016.341.48(69.83)0.22
iRobot (IRBT)12/18/200718.6512.572.93(32.02)None
LDK Solar (LDK)01/22/200830.499.191.61(69.86)None
Aegon N.V. (AEG)04/28/200815.998.211.44(48.64)0.00
TD Ameritrade (AMTD) – Call Value05/21/200817.68 17.504.08(1.04)None
Costco (COST)08/01/200862.28 58.583.42(5.94)0.07
Frontline Limited (FRO)10/06/200836.95 232.01(37.75)0.17
DryShips Incorporated (DRYS)02/09/20096.96 6.922.83(0.63)0.00
Plum Creek Timber (PCL)07/23/200930.50 31.387.322.890.46
CPFL Energia S.A. (CPL)07/28/200950.45 53.596.256.230.55
BP plc (BP)08/05/200951.49 54.416.355.670.45
AT&T (T)08/27/200926.38 26.876.271.840.39
Cash

















8.99











Total Portfolio























(12.25)3.90



  • For Altria and Philip Morris International, assumed spin-off ratio of 30.83:69.17. Altria is yet to supply the cost-basis info
  • For Ameritrade (AMTD), we wrote Jan 10, 17.5 Covered Calls on them at $2.80 on 9/10/2009. Since the current price is above exercise price, exercise price is above.
  • For Costco (COST), we wrote Jan 10, 60 Covered Calls on them at $2.90 on 9/21/2009


Below is a summary of transactions during the year:









































































StockBuy DateBuy PriceSell DateSell Price% Gain (Loss)% Portfolio Return*
DryShips (DRYS) Various 11.66 01/29/2009 8.96 (23.29) (1.39)
DryShips Feb 15 Calls (OOCBC) 01/29/20090.20 01/16/2009 2.50 922 0.58
Companhia Siderugica Nacional (SID) Various11.03 01/29/2009 16.01 44.86 1.73
Taiwan Semi Feb 7.5 Calls (TSMBU) ExpiredNA 01/09/2009 0.90 NA 0.77
Taiwan Semi (TSM) 7/27/20068.70 03/03/2009 7.76 NA (0.78)
Direxion Financial Bull 3X Shares (FAS) 03/16/20095.09 03/19/2009 6.53 28.31 1.26
Direxion Financial Bull 3X Shares (FAS) 03/23/20095.94 03/23/2009 6.22 4.63 0.19
Direxion Financial Bull 3X Shares (FAS) 03/24/20096.45 03/24/2009 7.12 10.30 0.44
Direxion Financial Bear 3X Shares (FAZ) 03/26/200919.67 03/27/2009 19.91 1.22 0.05
Direxion Financial Bull 3X Shares (FAS) 03/30/20095.49 03/31/2009 5.20 (5.35) (0.23)
Direxion Financial Bear 3X Shares (FAZ) 04/09/200910.47 04/13/2009 11.03 5.40 0.22
RQCDU – Ericsson April 7.5 Calls 1/21/2009NA 04/18/2009 7.50 NA 0.65
Ericsson ADR (ERIC) 5/5/200811.83 04/18/2009 7.48 (36.80) (3.04)
FASEB – May 10 calls on FAS 4/27/20090.58 04/22/2009 0.90 NA0.14
FASEJ – May 8 calls on FAS 5/01/20090.93 04/30/2009 1.47 NA0.14
Direxion Financial Bull 3X (FAS) 4/13/20099.86 06/18/2009 8.78 (10.95)(0.47)
FASFI – June 9 calls on FAS 6/18/20090.28 05/18/2009 1.52 NA0.54
Trina Solar (TSL) Various24.90 6/20/2009 22.50 (9.65)(1.05)
TSLFX – June 22.5 calls on TSL 6/20/20090 05/27/2009 2.77 NA1.21
CKSW 11/09/20074.61 07/01/2009 6.84 48.371.95
COP 7/29/200943.08 08/05/2009 44.44 3.160.24
Realized Gain/(Loss) YTD-----3.54



  • % Gain/Loss Relative to Portfolio Value at Beginning of Year + Deposits
  • The table assumes realization of profits associated with selling options only after the option is exercised or expiry.


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