Returns for positions that closed in Feb 2009 - Summary

19 positions closed in Feb 2009. Here is the summary.

• Total money invested - 352381
• Total money collected - 366916
• Gains - 14535
• Percentage gains = 4.12%

The recent drop in banking sector did cause some damage. But not terribly bad overall.

Jan 2009 Portfolio Performance Report - Summary

Here is the status of the portfolio at the end of Jan 2009.

Portfolio Details

• Inception date = 20081222
• Period start date = 20090101
  
• Period end date = 20090131
  
• Portfolio value at start = 100000
• Free cash at end of period = 372345
• Value of open positions at end = 631443
• Total Value at end = Cash at end + Value of open positions = 1003788

Return

• Jan 2009 Return = 0.38%
  
• Percentage return since inception = 0.38%

The current portfolio value reports can be accessed here.

Returns for positions that closed in Jan 2009 - Summary

10 positions closed in Jan 2009. Here is the summary.

• Total money invested - 193638
• Total money collected - 197480
• Gains - 3842
• Percentage gains - 1.98%

Almost all positions did as expected. The biggest problematic position was (wfc), which suffered from heavy losses. Had I paid better attention to it, perhaps those could have been cut down.

On an average, these investments were live for about 2-3 weeks.