A4 Quality Returns
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Created by Andrew V
DESCRIPTION:

Date updated:04-30-2008

Investor/Trader
Style - contrarian value
or GARP investor

Currently holding the majority of my portfolio in money market. However I am starting to add some positions with moderation. For the most part being small and nimble let the prices come to you!
Cash is King when the bears are hunting.



What a market meltdown. Even in these troubled times stick with me to make big bucks
We are now experiencing a Sideways Market - very difficult to navigate through even for the so called pros!


up 18% YTD still mostly in cash even while the dollar weakens although i have some gold and oil in the portflio

DVR +14%
WMT +15%
MNST +12%
VLO +16%

poured some of the profits into AFFX but still sitting on a ton of cash

Here is a sample of some of my holdings note I do not indicate the size some of which are very tiny others can be quite large.

symbol name last price % change open
  • +
  • CHKE
    Cherokee Inc
  • $20.81
  • +0.82%
  • $20.66

Initial position entry 31.17 Increased the position

People owning CHKE also tend to own: ADBECLMSCMEEPAXGHLLLTCMCO

TheStreet.com Rating: C+ What is this?

  • +
  • AFFX
    Affymetrix Inc
  • $9.82
  • -3.16%
  • $10.18

Initial position entry 11.62 Increased the position again!

People owning AFFX also tend to own: ALTRAQNTBRKSCBSTCEPHCOGTCROX

TheStreet.com Rating: C- What is this?

  • +
  • CAW
    C C A Inds Inc
  • $7.9499
  • -2.93%
  • $8.22

Initial position entry 9.20

People owning CAW also tend to own: AFFXBSXCHKEOXPSTSOAVCIBVF

TheStreet.com Rating: C+ What is this?

  • +
  • TSO
    Tesoro Corp
  • $18.98
  • -1.56%
  • $19.28

Initial position entry 25.53

People owning TSO also tend to own: AHMAIZALBAMPAVTAXCABBI

TheStreet.com Rating: C What is this?

  • +
  • BSX
    Boston Scientific
  • $12.35
  • -0.48%
  • $12.45

Initial position entry 12.54

People owning BSX also tend to own: AFFXCAWCHKEOXPSTSOOSIPOSTK

TheStreet.com Rating: D+ What is this?

  • +
  • OXPS
    Optionsxpress Hol
  • $21.50
  • -1.42%
  • $21.91

Initial position entry at 20.45

People owning OXPS also tend to own: AFFXBSXCAWCHKETSOAPNS.OBAVNR

TheStreet.com Rating: B- What is this?

 

Start Price

Return Value

Start Date

CHKE 32.95 -36.84% Apr 9th
AFFX 16.30 -39.75% Apr 9th
CAW 9.00 -11.67% Apr 9th
TSO 26.39 -28.08% Apr 15th
BSX 13.03 -5.22% Apr 22nd
OXPS 0.00 ------ Apr 22nd

Average return:

-6.39%

Success rate:

0%

Deleted Stocks:

WMT 47.3186 +23.86% Apr 9th
NYX 84.83 -13.78% Mar 12th
AIG 68.69 -4.28% Mar 12th
RAE 2.70 -15.56% Mar 12th
LAB 7.90 +7.72% Mar 12th
NSMG.PK 0.24 ------ Mar 12th
PCFG.OB 0.20 ------ Mar 12th
DIET 3.15 0.00% Mar 12th
EVCI 0.39 ------ Apr 4th
BBA 1.27 ------ Mar 12th
QFAB 1.17 ------ Mar 12th
DCU 1.9999 +1.01% Mar 12th
MGRM 1.91 -13.09% Mar 12th
WON 6.36 0.00% Mar 20th
STZ 20.35 +2.65% Mar 26th
FPP 1.69 -23.67% Apr 5th
PWAV 6.35 +2.52% Apr 10th
DVR 9.71 +21.32% Feb 5th
MNST 22.53 +7.63% Apr 15th
VLO 48.00 +7.27% Apr 15th

Deleted Hate Stocks:

AAPL 93.65 +32.02% Apr 2nd
GOOG 456.76 +2.35% Apr 2nd
MSFT 27.851 -0.15% Apr 2nd
INTC 19.20 +0.21% Apr 2nd
DELL 23.141 +0.04% Apr 2nd

Tracking Started: 03-12-2007

01/26/2007 10:42 AM CST Asked by Robert T. Wirth
Good looking port. I like HTE as well.

01/05/2007 09:56 AM CST Asked by Andrew V
My portfolio is juiced up and ready to fly once again. I am looking to get back on track and outperform the market on a risk adjusted basis once again. Email me if you have any questions or comments!

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