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TRADING PORTFOLIO
DB/DS - Date Bought / Sold, PP/PS - Price Purchased
/ Sold, AC -- Average Cost
CR - Current Recommendation, AD / U - Average Down /
Up, SL - Stop Loss
AS - Average sold price, 2 prefix - bought or sold
twice
(position is fixed) = This position will not be
added to at any time
December Portfolio
| Office Depot (ODP)
DB: 9/29
AC:
$14.94
CR: Hold
|
6.1%
gain |
| JDS Uniphase (JDSU)
DB:
11/19
2AC:
$3.41
CR: Hold |
0.9%
gain |
| Nokia (NOK)
DB:
10/14
PP:
$17.03
CR: Hold |
5.6%
gain |
| Sprint (FON)
DB: 1022
PP:
$15.72
CR: Hold |
4.6%
loss |
|
Colgate-Palmolive
(CL) DB:
10/28
PP: $51
CR: Hold |
2.9%
gain |
| RealNetworks (RNWK)
DB:
11/19
AC:
$5.97
CR: Hold |
even |
| RedHat (RHAT)
DB:
11/13
PP:
$13.38
CR: Hold |
0.5%
loss |
| XM Satellite (XMSR)
DB:
11/19
PP:
$20.54
CR: Sell
at
$24.75+ |
21.1%
gain |
| Atmel (ATML)
DB:
11/20
CR:
$6.09
CR: Sell
at
$6.70+ |
10.5%
gain |
| Silicon Storage (SSTI)
DB:
11/20
PP:
$12.75
CR: Hold |
6.4%
gain |
|
SOLD
Portfolio
for
November
–
COMPLETED
with a |
9.6% gain |
|
SOLD
Portfolio
for
October
--
COMPLETED
with a |
0.7%
gain |
|
SOLD
Portfolio
for
September
--
COMPLETED
with a |
1.4% gain |
|
SOLD
Portfolio
for
August
--
COMPLETED
with a |
11.1%
gain |
|
SOLD
Portfolio
for July
--
COMPLETED
with a |
3.6%
loss |
|
SOLD
Portfolio
for June
--
COMPLETED
with a |
9.9%
gain |
|
SOLD
Portfolio
for May
--
COMPLETED
with a |
14.0%
gain |
|
SOLD
Portfolio
for
April --
COMPLETED
with a |
9.9%
gain |
|
SOLD
Portfolio
for
March --
COMPLETED
with a |
3.6%
loss |
|
SOLD
Portfolio
for
February
--
COMPLETED
with a |
10.1% gain |
|
SOLD
Portfolio
for
January
--
COMPLETED
with a |
11.4%
gain |
|
SOLD
Portfolio
for
December
--
COMPLETED
with a |
11.8% gain |
|
SOLD
Portfolio
for
November
--
COMPLETED
with a |
14.0% gain |
|
SOLD
Portfolio
for
October
--
COMPLETED
with a |
10.3%
gain |
|
SOLD
Portfolio
for
September
--
COMPLETED
with a |
12.4% gain |
|
SOLD
Portfolio
for
August
--
COMPLETED
with a |
12.8%
gain |
PORTFOLIO SUMMARY & MARKET OUTLOOK
Wal-Mart Sets Tone for Holiday Sales
Americans scoured the malls for bargains on
Saturday as retailers tallied up what looked to be a
solid, if unspectacular, start to the make-or-break
holiday shopping season. If Wal-Mart Stores Inc. is
any indication, the big retail weekend was living up
to expectations for improvement over last year, when
the holiday season generated the smallest sales gain
in more than 30 years. Wal-Mart, the world's biggest
company by revenues, posted a record $1.52 billion
in Friday sales at its U.S. stores, up 6.3 percent
from a year earlier. That works out to about $5.19
for every American. Last year, Wal-Mart's
day-after-Thanksgiving sales jumped 14.4 percent
from 2001. Overall, Saturday's sales looked set to
slow from Friday's frenetic pace as many stores
opened later and some shoppers stayed home to rest
up after a busy day on Friday. The weather was
expected to be dry for most of the country on
Saturday, but a band of snow and ice was moving
across the U.S. Northeast, and showers hit parts of
northern California and the U.S. Northwest. Mall
operators and retailers reported fewer shoppers
camping out for early-bird specials on Saturday
morning, although parking lots were beginning to
fill at some East Coast shopping centers. She said
the parking lot around Macy's department store,
which opened at 7:00 a.m., was about 97 percent full
by 10:00 a.m.. Other parts of the shopping center --
where stores opened later -- were still relatively
quiet. Analysts expect this holiday season to show a
5 percent to 7 percent increase from last year's
disappointing level, but major retailers have tried
to dampen expectations, noting that consumers are
still restraining their spending. Retailers across
the country reported bigger crowds than last year on
the day after Thanksgiving -- known as Black Friday
because it once marked the day when retailers got
out of the red and turned a profit. The traditional
start to the holiday shopping season generates as
much as 40 percent of annual revenues and nearly all
the year's profits for key gift destinations such as
toy stores and apparel chains. Black Friday was once
the biggest shopping day of the year, but in recent
years that title has gone to the Saturday before
Christmas. This year is likely to be no exception.
Despite signs of a reviving U.S. economy, discounts
were the big attraction at most stores. Wal-Mart
spokeswoman Sharon Weber said Friday's big sellers
were small appliances for $4.86, including a hand
mixer, burger grill or even a fondue set. A $98
trampoline and a $24.88 bicycle also sold well, she
said. The big holiday test is still to come as
retailers try to sustain the Thanksgiving weekend
pace through Christmas. Last year, sales tapered off
after a strong start.
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