Special Situations Real Money Port Update

Last Updated: April 27, 2006

Transaction History

Date

Action

Quant.

Description

Sym.

Price

Amount

04/26/06

BOUGHT

99

ENGELHARD CORP

EC

$38.78

-$3,846.17

04/19/06

BOUGHT

99

DWS GLOBAL COMMODITIES

GCS

$17.46

-$1,735.49

04/19/06

Fee

95

AUTONATION INC

AN

 

-$25.00

04/19/06

Cashout

95

AUTONATION INC

AN

$23.00

$2,185.00

04/17/06

Cashout

1,600

PVC CONTAINER CORP

PVCC

$2.39

$3,824.00

04/17/06

Dividend

200

CENTRAL FEDERAL CORP

GCFC

 

$18.00

04/03/06

Interest

 

Money Market Fund

 

 

$5.27

03/31/06

BOUGHT

95

AUTONATION INC

AN

$21.57

-$2,056.10

03/28/06

Cashout

999

MAJOR AUTOMOTIVE CO

MAJR

$1.90

$1,898.10

03/08/06

BOUGHT

1,600

PVC CONTAINER CORP

PVCC

$2.31

-$3,702.95

03/01/06

Deposit

 

CONTRIBUTION 2006

 

 

$2,000.00

03/01/06

Interest

 

Money Market Fund

 

 

$4.50

02/06/06

Cashout

1,999

TOUCHTUNES MUSIC CORP

TTMC

$0.50

$999.50

02/01/06

Cashout

99

JB OXFORD HOLDINGS INC

JBOH

$2.96

$293.04

02/01/06

Interest

 

Money Market Fund

 

 

$5.11

01/25/06

BOUGHT

999

MAJOR AUTOMOTIVE COS

MAJR

$1.60

-$1,605.35

01/17/06

Dividend

200

CENTRAL FEDERAL CORP

GCFC

 

$18.00

01/12/06

Cashout

1,999

REFOCUS GROUP INC

RFCG

$0.35

$699.65

01/03/06

Interest

 

Money Market Fund

 

 

$3.88

12/27/05

Cashout

499

FRAGRANCENET COM INC

FGNT

$0.97

$484.03

12/07/05

BOUGHT

1,999

TOUCHTUNES MUSIC CORP

TTMC

$0.42

-$846.53

12/05/05

BOUGHT

99

JB OXFORD HOLDINGS INC

JBOH

$1.90

-$195.05

12/05/05

BOUGHT

1,999

REFOCUS GROUP INC

RFCG

$0.28

-$566.67

12/01/05

Cashout

85

LYNCH INTERACTIVE CORP

LIC

$29.94

$2,544.49

12/01/05

Interest

 

Money Market Fund

 

 

$0.10

11/01/05

Interest

 

Money Market Fund

 

 

$0.79

10/14/05

Dividend

200

CENTRAL FEDERAL CORP

GCFC

 

$18.00

10/10/05

BOUGHT

85

LYNCH INTERACTIVE CORP

LIC

$25.70

-$2,191.45

10/07/05

Cashout

900

COLOR IMAGING INC

CIMG

$1.10

$990.00

10/06/05

Cashout

300

MERCURY AIR GROUP INC

MAX

$4.00

$1,200.00

10/03/05

Interest

 

Money Market Fund

 

 

$0.70

09/07/05

BOUGHT

900

COLOR IMAGING INC

CIMG

$0.90

$816.95

09/01/05

Interest

 

Money Market Fund

 

 

$2.19

08/29/05

SOLD

1,700

REFOCUS GROUP INC

RFCG

$0.35

$587.02

08/23/05

BOUGHT

300

MERCURY AIR GROUP

MAX

$3.45

-$1,042.95

08/02/05

Cashout

99

BESTWAY INC

BSTW

$13.00

$1,287.00

08/01/05

Interest

 

Money Market Fund

 

 

$0.45

07/22/05

BOUGHT

1,700

REFOCUS GROUP INC

RFCG

$0.25

-$432.95

07/18/05

Dividend

 

CENTRAL FEDERAL CORP

GCFC

 

$18.00

07/12/05

Cashout

1,990

CAPITOL FIRST CORP

CFRC

$0.18

$355.41

07/01/05

Interest

 

Money Market Fund

 

 

$0.03

06/24/05

Interest

 

Money Market Fund

 

 

$0.03

06/16/05

Interest

 

Money Market Fund

 

 

$0.51

06/13/05

Interest

 

Money Market Fund

 

 

$0.03

06/07/05

BOUGHT

499

FRAGRANCENET COM

FRGN

$0.58

-$297.37

05/16/05

Interest

 

Money Market Fund

 

 

$0.50

04/18/05

Interest

 

Money Market Fund

 

 

$0.44

04/15/05

Dividend

 

CENTRAL FEDERAL CORP

GCFC

 

$18.00

03/16/05

Interest

 

Money Market Fund

 

 

$0.44

02/16/05

Interest

 

Money Market Fund

 

 

$3.45

02/14/05

BOUGHT

200

CENTRAL FEDERAL CORP

GCFC

$12.39

-$2,485.95

02/07/05

BOUGHT

99

BESTWAY INC

BSTW

$11.01

-$1,102.94

02/01/05

BOUGHT

1,990

CAPITOL FIRST CORP

CFRC

$0.12

-$251.75

01/21/05

Deposit

 

CONTRIBUTION 2005

 

 

$2,000.00

01/18/05

Interest

 

Money Market Fund

 

 

$0.96

01/03/05

Interest

 

Money Market Fund

 

 

$1.38

12/08/04

Cashout

425

ASA INTERNATIONAL

ASAA

$5.00

$2,125.00

11/16/04

Interest

 

Money Market Fund

 

 

$0.27

10/22/04

BOUGHT

425

ASA INTERNATIONAL

ASAA

$4.55

-$1,946.70

10/19/04

Deposit

 

CONTRIBUTION 2004

 

 

$2,000.00

Current Holdings

Date

Quant.

Description

Price

Amount

04/27/06

 

Cash

$1.00

$444.95

04/27/06

99

ENGELHARD CORP

$38.43

$3,804.57

04/27/06

99

DWS GLOBAL COMMODITIES

$17.25

$1,707.75

04/27/06

200

CENTRAL FEDERAL CORP

$7.84

$1,480.00

 

 

 

 

$7,437.27

Performance

Since inception on October 19, 2004, the rate of return for the Special Situations Real Money Portfolio has been 23.5% APY. This is a substantial improvement from what I reported earlier this year, 12.1 APY. The quick turnarounds with AutoNation, PVC Container, and Major Automotive definitely juiced my returns. While not quite as safe as putting my son’s college money in EmigrantDirect’s 4.5 % Savings Account, these relatively low risk special situations produce some great returns.

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5 thoughts on “Special Situations Real Money Port Update

  • April 28, 2006 at 10:10 am
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    Why are you in CENTRAL FEDERAL CORP?

  • April 28, 2006 at 10:15 am
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    That’s a good question Mike. It was a going private transaction that failed long ago. I’ve been looking for an exit strategy but I’ve only dug myself a bigger hole. I was hoping that when the fed stopped raising rates that this little bank would recover some value. In the mean time, I’m collecting the dividend check.

    Heck, if it wasn’t for Central Federal Corp, my APY would be probably over 30 percent and no one would believe that. ;-)

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