This week I decided to buy more Dollar General (DG) in an effort to lower my average cost. I bought 238 additional shares at $12.58/share. I figure if I liked the company at $13.40, I like it even more at $12.58.
I also bought McClatchy Company (MNI), our company of the week. I bought 169 shares at $40.15.
This portfolio will follow our modernized Benjamin Graham value investing approach, starting with $100,000 and $10 commissions. Taxes are ignored.
The performance of Intel (INTC) was marginally good this week. Marine Products Corp (MPX) and Dollar General (DG) were both down on the week. Overall the portfolio has underperformed the Dow and the S&P 500. However, this is likely because I have a lot of cash still sitting there. In the weeks ahead I plan on investing the rest of the cash, but if I do not find companies I would like to invest in, there is no need to. I'd rather have cash gaining 0% interest (and losing 0%) than own a company I don't have faith in.
This week's snapshot:
| Ticker | Total Cost | Current Value | %Gain/Loss |
| DG | $9,514.68 | $9,095.34 | -4.39% |
| INTC | $6,521.25 | $6,877.50 | 5.48% |
| MNI | $6,795.49 | $6,778.59 | -0.25% |
| MPX | $6,510.15 | $6,601.95 | 1.37% |
| Cash | $70,659.11 | ||
| Total | $29,341.57 | $100,012.49 | 0.01% |
| Performance | Week's Change: | Overall: | |
| S&P 500 | 1.07% | 2.12% | |
| Dow Industrials | 1.01% | 1.49% | |
| Portfolio | -0.50% | 0.01% |
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Why not give yourself credit for 3-5% in your cash balance. If you are trying to emulate a real fund and are charging yourself commission you should also give yourself a return off the cash. Cash accounts at any mutual or hedge fund earn 4-5%.
# Posted by: at August 22, 2006 05:21 PM