Friday, May 25, 2012

Another constructive close......

Indices closed well off lows of the day, in extremely light holiday volume.

S&P 500 low was 1314.23..which is another higher low from yesterday.

S&P 500 high today was 1324.20 which is higher high than yesterday, closed @ 1317.82.

RSI @ 36.06

Internals were positive.

New 52 wk high low in NYSE were even @ 29, lows were leading by only 11 in Nasdaq...a major technical improvement

Oil closed @ $90.86

Gold closed @ $1568.70

Canadian $ closed @ 97.15...lowest close in 4 months

VIX closed @ 21.76

Stocks which closed green included JCP,
KORS,APKT,CLF,GG,SU,LRCX,MU,
BRCM,VECO, SNDK...

Portfolio is COH,LNKD,LEN,LVS,JCP

Here is my weighting as of close :

COH 48.14%

LNKD 25.23%

LEN 11.16%

LVS 8.93%

JCP 6.54%

Exposure 80%

Next post by 2 PM on Sunday.

BLOG does NOT give buy or sell.

Enjoy your Memorial Day weekend with friends & family.

Saleem

2 comments:

stocktrader_1996 said...

Hey Saleem,

It was a surprisingly good week with notably good gains in LEN, CF, GGC, and SWC all over 5% on the week.

The portfolio is currently as follows:

WWWW - 9.4%
CF - 9.1%
APKT - 9.1%
GGC - 9.1%
LEN - 9.0%
FCX - 8.1%
PMTC - 7.2%
CLF - 7.0%
GWAY - 6.8%
CTXS - 5.6%
PFPT - 5.5%
SWC - 3.7%
APWC - 2.4%
(cash) - 8.0%

My sells this week were ZNGA and OCZ. I picked up CTXS and still have cash which I hope to deploy early next week in either a research from this weekend or a special situation.

Again, it doesn't seem like there's a catalyst for a real upturn yet, but good stocks are working. I hope to continue fine tuning to get those "good stocks". Stocks like CLF, SWC, and even CF are definitely some of the first I look to sell as there is little to differentiate them from peers, but the outlook for Chinese growth measures or semi-resolution in Europe keeps me involved for now as they will likely move well in those kinds of scenarios. With the cash I raised late today I considered MET or adding some to CTXS, but thought having the cash to more carefully look at things was wiser than a hasty buy.

Have a great three-day weekend! :)

Stocktrader

Stocks100 said...

Hi Stocktrader,

I am glad that you had a very productive week......mine was a negative 2%....

Hopefully next week we may see a trend change......

Enjoy long-weekend !!!!

Saleem