The short term investing stock picks blog

Five months into this little project, the portfolio has returned 11.14%.  The stock picks and portfolio weathered quite a storm, for a short term player, in the past 6 weeks.  We are currently sitting in a nearly 50/50 cash / equity position.  I’d like to get back to 20 / 80, but I am not going to do it if I do not have the plays. 

The blog continues to gain traffic momentum (thanks!) and I’ve been trying a variety of SEO tricks to get back onto Google Finance, to no avail (yet).  I posted a while back that we opted into the SocialPicks automated services and that has drawn a marginal amount of traffic to the blog.  I have been somewhat disappointed in their automated system, that still does not read my BUYS and SELLS correctly, giving a skewed overall performance to the blog.  I am working on automating my own systems here, but I still do almost everything manually, working from a variety of different platforms, so thanks to those of you for pointing out typos and inconsistencies.  Here’s the run down:

Five Percent Stock Picks Blog Portfolio
November 2006-March 2007

Blog return: 11.14%

DJIA return: 2.19%
S&P 500 return: 3.07%
Nasdaq return: 2.32%

3 index average: 2.53%

Five Percent Stock Picks outperformed by 8.61 actual percentage points or 340% higher that the three index average.

Five Percent Stocks announced that BE Aerospace, Inc. (NASDAQ: BEAV) has run its 30-day course in the Five Percent portfolio. The stock failed to hit its goal or stop loss price during that time.  The blog has closed its position in BE Aerospace, Inc. (NASDAQ: BEAV).

Sell price: $31.31
Days held: 1 month
Position opened at: $32.50
Return: -3.7%
Reason closed: 30-day limit

Please keep in mind that Five Percent Stocks works strictly to its mission of short-term investments seeking the magic 5% number within 30 days.  To repeat, we are not professional brokers and do not intend for this advice to influence your own investments.

See the original BUY posting for (BEAV)

BUY: Brightpoint, Inc. (NASDAQ: CELL) $11.20 (3/30/07)

Sell price: $11.76 or
Sell date: April 30, 2007
Stop loss: $10.74 (-4.1%)

EMA bullish
Stochastic analysis very bullish
7 day directional indicator bullish
Holding to Parabolic SAR buy signal earlier this week

Profile: Brightpoint, Inc. (Brightpoint) is engaged in the distribution of wireless devices and accessories, and provision of customized logistic services to the wireless industry, including wireless network operators (also referred to as mobile operators), mobile virtual network operators (MVNOs) and manufacturers. The Company provides integrated logistic services, including procurement, inventory management, software loading, kitting and customized packaging, fulfillment, credit services and receivables management, call center and activation services, Website hosting, e-fulfillment solutions and other services within the global wireless industry. Brightpoint has operations in Australia, Colombia, Finland, Germany, India, New Zealand, Norway, the Philippines, Portugal, Russia, Singapore, Slovakia, Sweden, the United Arab Emirates, the United Kingdom and the United States.