20 Stock Portfolio has a really nice week!

Posted by Tim

December 9, 2007

Last weekend I gave a month end review of the hypothetical 20 Stock Portfolio I am running on this blog. At that time the portfolio was down 8.5% for the month of November and down 1.5% for the quarter. This last week the portfolio was up 6.2%, moving back into positive territory for the quarter. Every stock in the portfolio was up for the week except Wayside Technology (WSTG: 8.09 +0.09 +1.13%). WSTG is not a stock I watch anymore, I just keep it in the portfolio just to carry it to the end of the quarter. I actually owned some shares, which I sold a while ago. This stock will be gone in Jan 1. Remember this is paper portfolio.

Several of the stocks had excellent moves for the week:

City Bank (CTBK: 12.47 +0.41 +3.40%) was up $3.00
VeraSun Energy (VSE: 5.69 +0.16 +2.89%) up about $2.90
Gigamedia (GIGM: 11.96 +0.47 +4.09%) added $2.50
Aegean Marine Petroleum (ANW: 31.27 +0.06 +0.19%) gained about $2.20

You can figure your own percentage gains but VSE looks like the percentage winner. VeraSun has moved into the position of best performer in the portfolio, up over 30% since October 1.

The 20 Stock Portfolio is currently at 14 components. I have been gathering a group of stocks that I am interested in researching for possible addition into the portfolio. I hope to get one or two added this week.

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