2011 Long Term Contest

[fvbridges]

Jan 4, 2011......what a bloodbath!!!! I'm even below the guy who joined and hasn't bought any stock........

[tyfighter3]

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Transactions last 40 days

1
tyfighter3
$2,104,310.10
+0.72%
+5.22%
22

2
uncle.23
$2,097,571.50
+0.02%
+4.88%
30

3
d1
$2,041,647.70
+0.28%
+2.08%
10

4
wxyz
$2,038,377.33
+0.59%
+1.92%
27

5
braje
$2,038,129.53
+1.06%
+1.91%
35

6
beerfan
$2,016,669.78
-0.04%
+0.83%
8

7
k64
$2,008,776.40
+0.11%
+0.44%
10

8
fvbridges
$2,006,681.00
+0.31%
+0.33%
32

9
Gettin Rich in IN
$2,000,000.00
+0.00%
+0.00%
0

10
Yclept
$1,977,324.66
+0.66%
-1.13%
14

[tyfighter3]

DI, picked up 1500 of BA and XOM today.

[fvbridges]

Re-oriented portfolio. Looking better now.....GO FORD

[tyfighter3]

F should be in the mid to upper 20"s buy the end of year. They increased their sales in China buy 40% last year and that should continue this year too.

[tyfighter3]

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Nickname
Net Worth
Today's Return
Total Return
Transactions last 40 days

1
tyfighter3
$2,101,618.25
+0.63%
+5.08%
25

2
uncle.23
$2,088,981.50
-0.28%
+4.45%
30

3
d1
$2,041,084.20
+0.04%
+2.05%
10

4
braje
$2,027,388.27
+0.11%
+1.37%
38

5
wxyz
$2,021,360.28
-0.35%
+1.07%
35

6
beerfan
$2,013,686.08
+0.00%
+0.68%
8

7
k64
$2,012,061.70
+0.06%
+0.60%
12

8
fvbridges
$2,006,891.80
+0.18%
+0.34%
46

9
Gettin Rich in IN
$2,000,000.00
+0.00%
+0.00%
0

10
Yclept
$1,982,678.00
-0.05%
-0.87%
14

[rovo]

Tyfighter3, Your game results are beating my real results, but only by a tad. This makes it a bit of a challenge .... can I beat the best of the game?

[tyfighter3]

I should be up another 3 or 4% in the game but I tried someting I don't do and it shows. LOL I tried to flip a stock and it got me about 20000 in the game. I'm glad I just did it there. I'm supprised that I'm still up over 5%.

[rovo]

wxyz, Sorry but I spend most of my time with real investments. I have no objection to the game and I enjoy watching them and look for ideas from the players. As far as letting others see what I'm doing, you must be kidding as my thread lays out in detail every trade / play/ investment I make.

[tyfighter3]

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[tyfighter3]

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1
tyfighter3
$2,149,558.25
+1.10%
+7.48%
25

2
uncle.23
$2,100,003.65
+0.80%
+5.00%
33

3
wxyz
$2,063,575.98
+1.55%
+3.18%
35

4
braje
$2,057,848.93
+0.47%
+2.89%
42

5
d1
$2,046,968.75
+0.33%
+2.35%
11

6
beerfan
$2,028,717.27
+0.60%
+1.44%
8

7
fvbridges
$2,024,401.70
+0.52%
+1.22%
56

8
2806rick
$2,016,379.30
+0.30%
+0.82%
15

9
k64
$2,015,139.20
+0.08%
+0.76%
12

10
Yclept
$2,007,414.00
+0.82%
+0.37%
14

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Gettin Rich in IN
$2,000,000.00
+0.00%
+0.00%
0

[tyfighter3]

I'm cruising guys, where are you at. If i double where I'm at right now, being only a couple of weeks into the contest and then went to cash, I would probably beat 80% of all the funds out there. LOL

[tyfighter3]

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Transactions last 40 days

1
tyfighter3
$2,165,972.30
+0.76%
+8.30%
26

2
uncle.23
$2,106,326.65
+0.30%
+5.32%
33

3
braje
$2,064,134.49
+0.31%
+3.21%
42

4
wxyz
$2,059,367.14
-0.20%
+2.97%
35

5
d1
$2,047,420.65
+0.02%
+2.37%
9

6
fvbridges
$2,027,186.20
+0.14%
+1.36%
57

7
beerfan
$2,024,657.11
-0.20%
+1.23%
8

8
2806rick
$2,023,978.90
+0.38%
+1.20%
15

9
k64
$2,016,105.15
+0.05%
+0.81%
12

10
Yclept
$2,003,799.00
-0.18%
+0.19%
14

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Gettin Rich in IN
$2,000,000.00
+0.00%
+0.00%
0

[yclept]

I've been watching infrequently to see if dividends are showing up for my positions. I think it's been long enough that if they were going to show up for the following, they would have. But I don't see them. I believe I should have gotten the following:

NLY x/d 12/23; $0.64/sh x 27,500 sh = $17,600
MFA x/d 12/29; $0.23/sh x 61,000 sh = $ 14,030
ANH x/d 12/23; $0.22/sh x 70,000 sh = $ 15,400

That should give me about $2,049,331 (based on the total vse is showing for positions plus these dividends. Somewhere around 5th place instead of the bottom scum position it now shows me being!

[tyfighter3]

Yclept, make sure that DI knows. Nice dividends. The only one that might be in question is MFA being you had to own it buy Dec 1 2010. The game started after that date but not by much. After taking a better look at your port, I can see what your doing, interesting.

[uncle23]

.......

my dividends...

T...1/06 0.43 X 10,000 = 4300

GE..12/22...0.14 X 10000 = 1400

ORCL...1/14...0.05 X 15000 = 750

[yclept]

If this was real money, I'd be up in arms! ;-) I seem to have lost an earlier post wherein I mentioned that both my broker and Yahoo state the x-dividend date on MFA as 12/29, which was clearly after I added it to my make-believe portfolio.

From Yahoo:
Dividends & Splits
Forward Annual Dividend Rate4: 0.94
Forward Annual Dividend Yield4: 11.80%
Trailing Annual Dividend Yield3: 0.89
Trailing Annual Dividend Yield3: 11.10%
5 Year Average Dividend Yield4: 8.30%
Payout Ratio4: 95.00%
Dividend Date3: Jan 30, 2011
Ex-Dividend Date4: Dec 29, 2010
Last Split Factor (new per old)2: N/A
Last Split Date3: N/A

However over at MSN they state that the payout date is Jan 31, so maybe I am jumping the gun a bit. But they still show the x/d date as 12/29. That would mean the $14k would be credited to this holding, but not until Jan 31.
articles.moneycentral.msn.com/news/article.aspx?Feed=PR&Date=20101216&ID=12518430&Symbol=MFA

Finally, going straight to the horse's mouth (MFA website) I see that there was a dividend of $0.53125 that went x/d on Dec 1. This is not the one I'm asserting.
phx.corporate-ir.net/phoenix.zhtml?c=61894&p=irol-newsArticle&ID=1498813&highlight=
I'm looking to get credit for the one that paid $0.235 that went x/d on 12/29 phx.corporate-ir.net/phoenix.zhtml?c=61894&p=irol-newsArticle&ID=1508540&highlight=

Edit: added smiley

[uncle23]

y....my fidelity chart show MFA dividend 12/29 ....0.235/s

[tyfighter3]

Here is the Common Stock payout for MFA.
phx.corporate-ir.net/phoenix.zhtml?c=61894&p=irol-dividendsMFA
They also have a Series A that you had to be a holder on 12/01/10.

[tyfighter3]

DI, I was looking at the wrong one too.

[rovo]

Tyfighter3, You are starting to pull way ahead of me. Drat!

[yclept]

I was kidding. I am not upset nor would I ever get "up-in-arms" over anything as meaningless as a contest. I guess I'll have to use smiley's when I'm kidding, though I didn't think anyone would really think a contest was anything over which anyone would ever get upset.

[fvbridges]

Can some one fill me in on how to check dividends?

[fvbridges]

I think I figured it out. Looks like each company makes an announcement either quarterly or annually. Is there a source that unifies all this info into 1 place?

[Deleted]

ok...you all have a small head start

lets see if i can catch up.....

[tyfighter3]

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tyfighter3
$2,158,755.30
+0.33%
+7.94%
26

2
uncle.23
$2,098,028.65
+0.12%
+4.90%
33

3
braje
$2,085,061.12
+1.11%
+4.25%
42

4
wxyz
$2,072,409.08
+0.76%
+3.62%
35

5
d1
$2,051,920.75
+0.27%
+2.60%
9

6
fvbridges
$2,030,132.45
+0.28%
+1.51%
59

7
2806rick
$2,028,473.85
+0.36%
+1.42%
16

8
Yclept
$2,018,996.00
+0.77%
+0.95%
14

9
k64
$2,018,174.20
+0.15%
+0.91%
12

10
gdgyva
$2,015,385.25
+0.77%
+0.77%
5

11
beerfan
$2,014,182.28
-0.16%
+0.71%
8

12
Gettin Rich in IN
$2,000,000.00
+0.00%
+0.00%
0

[tyfighter3]

wxyz, you made a nice move today at least in the standings.

[tyfighter3]

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1
tyfighter3
$2,107,547.35
-2.19%
+5.38%
23

2
wxyz
$2,050,824.95
-0.30%
+2.54%
36

3
d1
$2,041,561.75
-0.15%
+2.08%
4

4
braje
$2,039,174.61
-1.17%
+1.96%
21

5
k64
$2,015,556.70
-0.17%
+0.78%
12

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Yclept
$2,007,886.48
-0.62%
+0.39%
10

7
2806rick
$2,007,496.35
-0.99%
+0.37%
16

8
fvbridges
$2,003,304.40
-1.37%
+0.17%
66

9
Gettin Rich in IN
$2,000,000.00
+0.00%
+0.00%
0

10
beerfan
$1,995,461.06
-0.56%
-0.23%
4

11
uncle.23
$1,994,749.50
-3.21%
-0.26%
31

12
gdgyva
$1,968,007.30
-2.31%
-1.60%
6

[fvbridges]

Wow....red day for sure!!!

[IPAfan]

If my distribution of KHD were showing I'd at least be in the green for this contest (although not by much.)