Today I bring you : The State of the Llamafolio. For the newcomers out there, the Llamafolio is my stock portfolio. Currently I use Zecco as my brokerage, and I’ve been very happy with them. What I haven’t been happy with, of course, is the performance of my stock purchases. Stocks haven’t exactly had a [...]
As I mentioned in my last post, I decided to invest a little more in my Zecco account. The two stocks I chose were GE and BAC. GE was easy – it’s a long-term winner which has been battered due to the recession. It’s pretty much a no brainer at the current levels – I [...]
Today the market was extremely turbulent – stocks were down, while metals skyrocketed. Last month I made a seemingly risky purchase of DGP – a Gold price based derivative. The goal of this ETN is to double the daily movement of gold. Up until today, DGP had been a drag on my already struggling llamafolio. [...]
That’s how things look in the Llamafolio world. BAC – Way down ( 18% since my purchase ). COP down 12%. Coke and Pfizer down 12% each. The only bright spot left is VDSI, which is hanging on to a 14% gain. I did receive two dividend payments, though. $3.29 from COP, and a healthy [...]
Just seconds ago, I made two separate but related Llamafolio purchases. In case you haven’t been watching, all the precious metals have been taking a beating over the last few days. This is mainly due to the strength of the US dollar, at least on somebody’s fancy charts. I believe this to a false flag, [...]
Unlucky number 9. That’s what we’ll call my latest and greatest electric bill. Well, latest and highest, at least. It’s actually 12% higher than June’s bill, which was my previous highest. What was the damage? A whopping $221.36. Unreal. Natural Gas – down, down, down I used 37% less natural gas, which amounted to a [...]
In theory, I would have been better off financially if I had never started the Llamafolio at all. If I had simply transferred the same amount of money to my money market account, I would have a higher net worth. How about that? How to turn $3000 into $2946.22 I have invested a total of [...]
One of my best-performing Llamafolio stocks is no longer doing well – VDSI is officially in the crapper. On April 23th the closing price was $13.83 per share. April 24th, the opening price was $11.50, and closing was $10.36. As I write this, the stock sits at $9.80 with no bottom apparent. That’s roughly a [...]
I have two stocks in my portfolio that are making me consider selling. I purchased Bank of America ( BAC ) on March 4th at $38.16 per share. Today BAC closed at $42.46 per share – that’s a total gain of $55.90 ( 13 shares ). Also, I purchased VDSI at $11.44, and it closed [...]
Since I began purchasing stocks, I am up nearly $40. That’s as of today’s close, anyway. There’s no telling what tomorrow will bring, and I think that’s part of the excitement. Sure, it could be a bad day and every one of my stocks could tank. All that would meant to me is that I’d [...]
