The Fat Pitch Financials Portfolio has been off to a strong start in 2010. As of the market close on January 29, 2010, the Fat Pitch Financials Portfolio was up 1.38% for the month versus a negative 4.57% return for the S&P 500 over the same period of time. As you might recall, the Fat [...]
The Fat Pitch Financials Portfolio performed nicely in 2009, especially given the challenging market conditions. As of the market close on December 31, 2009, the Fat Pitch Financials Portfolio ended with a balance of $1,233,461.25. Of that $154,312.72 was in cash and $1,079,148.53 was in stocks. Since I last reported on the Fat Pitch Financials [...]
The Fat Pitch Financials Portfolio continued to gain ground in November. Since I last reported on the Fat Pitch Financials Portfolio October closing balance, this paper portfolio is up 2.7%. The portfolio had closing balance of $1,177,667.82 on November 30, 2009.
I launched this paper portfolio back in September of 2004 on Marketocracy with a virtual [...]
It has been quite a while since I’ve updated folks on the status of my Fat Pitch Financials Value Portfolio. I launched this paper portfolio back in September of 2004 on Marketocracy with a virtual starting balance of $1 million and a per share value of $10. I created this paper portfolio shortly after I [...]
The Fat Pitch Financials Portfolio has gained a bit more ground in May. The portfolio ended May 29, 2009 with a value of $946,732.78. That is up 1.9% since I last reported on Fat Pitch Financials Portfolio in April. Over the past six months, this portfolio has continued to outpace the S&P 500 and the Dow [...]
It’s been a while since I’ve reported on the Fat Pitch Financials Portfolio. I never got around to reporting on the portfolio at the end of March. The last report looked at the Fat Pitch Financials Portfolio February 2009 numbers.
A lot has changed in terms of the value of the portfolio since that time.
The Mexican airport industry has received an almost perfect storm of bad news. The recent news of drug related violence in the region, the global decline in economic activity, swine flu, and an earthquake on April 27th in Mexico City have slammed shares of Mexican stocks. Fear has hit Mexican airline stocks particularly hard.
Shares of [...]
Things have been very busy here at Fat Pitch Financials. I’ve been meaning to post the February update for the Fat Pitch Financials Portfolio, but I haven’t had time to pull it together. Since we are already halfway through March, I’m just going to post the performance numbers for February. I spent the month of [...]
Let me provide a quick update on my Fat Pitch Financials Portfolio as of January 30, 2009. There were no new trades this past month. Originally, I expected that I would pick up a new position at the beginning of the year, but doubt crept into my mind regarding the macroeconomic landscape. Asset prices were [...]
Now this is the perfect post for Friday afternoon when no one is looking. It kind of reminds me of the late Friday SEC filings that companies like to post when they have bad news to report. The Fat Pitch Financials Port numbers were simply ugly for 2008.
In 2008, the Fat Pitch Financials Port lost [...]

