The purpose of this blog is to track 20 common stocks for a full year. The idea is to beat the S & P 500 like a mutual fund without the very high churn rate. These stocks will be held in a portfolio until next December 31.

April 12 Options

These covered call options were sold on 3/18.  After the option expiration date, we will review this.




Date 4/21/12





April Options
Value of
Ticker Buy back price Purchase Price Price P-PP=Buy Buy Back # of Shares Contracts Strike Bid P/S (3/18) Option Value Stocks owned
AFL 42.22 $43.26 $41.62 buy 04/10/12 11,842


$0.00 $492,864.04
BDX
$74.72 $76.43 $1.71
0


$0.00 $0.00
BBBY
$57.97 $68.56 $10.59

0

$0.00 $0.00
DF
$11.20 $12.01 $0.81
0


$0.00 $0.00
F
$10.76 $11.41

46,468 465 $13 $0.22 $10,223.05 $530,204.46
GE
$17.91 $19.36 $1.45
0


$0.00 $0.00
HCP
$41.43 $39.60

12,069


$0.00 $477,914.55
INTC
$24.25 $27.60 $3.35
0


$0.00 $0.00
ITW
$46.71 $55.79 $9.08
0


$0.00 $0.00
KKR
$12.83 $14.09 $1.26
0


$0.00 $0.00
KO
$69.97 $74.13 $4.16




$0.00 $0.00
LUK
$22.74 $24.41 $1.67
0


$0.00 $0.00
MKC
$50.42 $55.41

9,917

NA
$549,484.33
MO
$29.65 $31.89 $2.24




$0.00 $0.00
NICK
$12.82 $13.06

39,002

NA
$509,360.37
ORCL
$25.65 $28.88 $3.23
0


$0.00 $0.00
PG
$66.71 $67.51 $0.80
7,495 75 $68 $0.75 $5,621.35 $505,996.10
RAVN
$61.90 $59.01 buy
8,078

NA
$476,655.90
RLI
$72.86 $67.95 buy
6,862 69

$0.00 $466,305.24
SYK
$49.71 $53.93 $4.22
10,058 101 $55 $1.15 $11,567.09 $542,446.19












Notes








$27,411.48 $4,551,231.19
NA – options not available






















Cash For Investing

$5,500,000.00







Cash Res. (Profit + CC)

$465,284.72







Mar Options

$33,234.73







Mar Stock Sale

$85,639.21







April Options

$27,411.48







Tot Cash Reserve

$611,570.14



















Unrealized Gain

$51,231.19



















Lost Opportunity

$662,801.33


6744.907594766



Percent of Gain

6.63%