October 2006
October 6, 2006
This month is starting off pretty well - hope it continues. North Korea may cause a sell-off. Personally, I think that bombing them back to the stone age is the only solution. They are perfectly capable of selling nukes to terrorists, and we cannot let them have that chance.
October 21, 2006
Volatile days, but doing OK more or less.
October 27, 2005
First, a lower than expected GDP, but it did not make much of a difference. Next, massive sell-off in everything because Goldman Sachs said motherboard shipments were going down. Go figure.
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October 31, 2006
A confusing market, at least to my systems. Perhaps next month will be more clear.
| CURRENT POSITIONS | |||||||||
| Stock | Purchase | No. | Price/ | Purchase | Total | Current | Value | Result | % Result |
| Date | Shrs | Share | Price | Price | Shr Price | ||||
| CASH/MONEY MARKET | 14,053.45 | 14,053.45 | 14,053.45 | ||||||
| ARCH COAL INC (ACI) | 10/27/06 | 833 | 35.94 | 29,939.68 | 29,939.68 | 34.63 | 28,846.79 | -1,092.89 | -3.65 |
| AK STL HLDG CORP (AKS) | 10/16/06 | 1300 | 15.30 | 19,886.99 | |||||
| AK STL HLDG CORP (AKS) | 10/16/06 | 650 | 15.30 | 9,941.99 | |||||
| Total | 1950 | 29,828.98 | 14.93 | 29,113.50 | -715.48 | -2.40 | |||
| AMAZON COM INC (AMZN) | 10/30/06 | 789 | 38.01 | 29,991.99 | 29,991.99 | 38.09 | 30,053.01 | 61.02 | 0.20 |
| ARENA PHARMACEUTICALS INC (ARNA) | 10/06/06 | 2094 | 14.32 | 29,996.07 | 29,996.07 | 15.25 | 31,933.50 | 1,937.43 | 6.46 |
| AMER SCIENCE & ENGR INC (ASEI) | 10/27/06 | 557 | 53.85 | 29,993.30 | 29,993.30 | 52.63 | 29,314.91 | -678.39 | -2.26 |
| ALLEGHENY TECH INC (ATI) | 10/23/06 | 385 | 76.87 | 29,596.32 | 29,596.32 | 78.73 | 30,311.05 | 714.73 | 2.41 |
| AVOCENT CORPORATION (AVCT) | 10/23/06 | 400 | 35.27 | 14,105.99 | |||||
| AVOCENT CORPORATION (AVCT) | 10/23/06 | 450 | 35.26 | 15,867.00 | |||||
| Total | 850 | 29,972.99 | 36.71 | 31,203.50 | 1,230.51 | 4.11 | |||
| BROCADE COMMS SYS INC (BRCD) | 10/04/06 | 3880 | 7.73 | 30,000.06 | 30,000.06 | 8.11 | 31,466.80 | 1,466.74 | 4.89 |
| BRUSH ENGINEERED MATLS INC (BW) | 10/13/06 | 998 | 30.05 | 29,989.91 | 29,989.91 | 33.66 | 33,592.68 | 3,602.77 | 12.01 |
| BROADWING CORP. COMMON (BWNG) | 10/23/06 | 1904 | 15.75 | 29,991.33 | 29,991.33 | 14.98 | 28,521.92 | -1,469.41 | -4.90 |
| CHATTEM INC (CHTT) | 200 | 43.11 | 8,621.99 | ||||||
| CHATTEM INC (CHTT) | 294 | 43.08 | 12,665.52 | ||||||
| CHATTEM INC (CHTT) | 202 | 42.99 | 8,683.87 | ||||||
| Total | 696 | 29,971.38 | 42.42 | 29,524.32 | -447.06 | -1.49 | |||
| CANDELA CORP (CLZR) | 10/27/06 | 2115 | 14.19 | 30,021.84 | 30,021.84 | 14.15 | 29,927.25 | -94.59 | -0.32 |
| COMMERCIAL METALS CO (CMC) | 10/16/06 | 1220 | 24.67 | 30,093.97 | 30,093.97 | 26.61 | 32,464.20 | 2,370.23 | 7.88 |
| CENTENE CORP (CNC) | 10/25/06 | 1266 | 23.70 | 30,001.53 | 30,001.53 | 23.59 | 29,864.94 | -136.59 | -0.46 |
| CANADIAN NATL RY CO (CNI) | 10/25/06 | 633 | 47.41 | 30,007.86 | 30,007.86 | 47.64 | 30,156.12 | 148.26 | 0.49 |
| CANADIAN NAT RES LTD (CNQ) | 10/25/06 | 571 | 52.42 | 29,930.39 | 29,930.39 | 52.15 | 29,777.65 | -152.74 | -0.51 |
| BRINKER INTL INC (EAT) | 10/27/06 | 631 | 47.52 | 29,982.49 | 29,982.49 | 46.43 | 29,297.33 | -685.16 | -2.29 |
| GRUPO FINANCIERO GALIC (GGAL) | 10/27/06 | 3530 | 7.87 | 27,791.09 | |||||
| GRUPO FINANCIERO GALIC (GGAL) | 10/27/06 | 300 | 7.86 | 2,358.00 | |||||
| Total | 3830 | 30,149.09 | 7.80 | 29,874.00 | -275.09 | -0.91 | |||
| GOOGLE INC (GOOG) | 10/24/06 | 63 | 472.16 | 29,745.99 | 29,745.99 | 476.39 | 30,012.57 | 266.58 | 0.90 |
| ILLUMINA INC (ILMN) | 10/20/06 | 700 | 42.57 | 29,801.99 | 29,801.99 | 43.96 | 30,772.00 | 970.01 | 3.25 |
| LOGITECH INTL S A SPON (LOGI) | 10/23/06 | 1100 | 25.05 | 27,553.99 | |||||
| LOGITECH INTL S A SPON (LOGI) | 10/23/06 | 100 | 24.90 | 2,489.99 | |||||
| Total | 1200 | 30,043.98 | 26.45 | 31,740.00 | 1,696.02 | 5.65 | |||
| NETGEAR INC (NTGR) | 10/31/06 | 911 | 27.01 | 24,606.99 | |||||
| NETGEAR INC (NTGR) | 10/31/06 | 200 | 27.00 | 5,399.99 | |||||
| Total | 1111 | 30,006.98 | 26.80 | 29,774.80 | -232.18 | -0.77 | |||
| NAVTEQ CORP (NVT) | 10/30/06 | 912 | 33.14 | 30,223.64 | 30,223.64 | 33.20 | 30,278.40 | 54.76 | 0.18 |
| PHARMION CORP COM (PHRM) | 09/27/06 | 1428 | 20.96 | 29,926.59 | 29,926.59 | 24.45 | 34,914.60 | 4,988.01 | 16.67 |
| PALOMAR MED TECH INC (PMTI) | 10/30/06 | 417 | 48.77 | 20,338.74 | |||||
| PALOMAR MED TECH INC (PMTI) | 10/30/06 | 200 | 48.75 | 9,749.04 | |||||
| Total | 617 | 30,087.78 | 47.09 | 29,054.53 | -1,033.25 | -3.43 | |||
| QUIDEL CORP (QDEL) | 08/29/06 | 2266 | 11.03 | 25,003.97 | |||||
| QUIDEL CORP (QDEL) | 09/18/06 | 192 | 12.76 | 2,450.08 | |||||
| Total | 2458 | 27,454.05 | 15.52 | 38,148.16 | 10,694.11 | 38.95 | |||
| RAE SYSTEMS INC (RAE) | 8108 | 3.70 | 30,009.59 | 30,009.59 | 3.86 | 31,296.88 | 1,287.29 | 4.29 | |
| RESEARCH IN MOTION LTD (RIMM) | 08/18/06 | 58 | 79.15 | 4,590.88 | |||||
| RESEARCH IN MOTION LTD (RIMM) | 08/21/06 | 128 | 78.08 | 9,993.99 | |||||
| RESEARCH IN MOTION LTD (RIMM) | 09/18/06 | 166 | 85.06 | 14,119.99 | |||||
| Total | 352 | 28,704.86 | 117.48 | 41,352.96 | 12,648.10 | 44.06 | |||
| RTI INTL METALS INC (RTI) | 10/16/06 | 565 | 53.11 | 30,005.84 | 30,005.84 | 61.32 | 34,645.80 | 4,639.96 | 15.46 |
| SIRF TECH HOLDINGS (SIRF) | 10/24/06 | 1229 | 24.41 | 29,997.59 | 29,997.59 | 28.12 | 34,559.48 | 4,561.89 | 15.21 |
| SKYWORKS SOLS INC (SWKS) | 09/21/06 | 5226 | 5.60 | 29,275.59 | 29,275.59 | 6.63 | 34,648.38 | 5,372.79 | 18.35 |
| SOUTHWESTERN ENERGY CO (SWN) | 10/20/06 | 851 | 35.26 | 30,007.74 | 30,007.74 | 35.58 | 30,278.58 | 270.84 | 0.90 |
| TITANIUM METALS CORP (TIE) | 10/25/06 | 910 | 33.08 | 30,103.69 | 30,103.69 | 29.48 | 26,826.80 | -3,276.89 | -10.89 |
| TOYOTA MTR CORP SPONS ADR (TM) | 10/06/06 | 263 | 114.09 | 30,005.14 | 30,005.14 | 118.00 | 31,034.00 | 1,028.86 | 3.43 |
| TEXAS INDS INC (TXI) | 10/24/06 | 500 | 60.14 | 30,069.99 | 30,069.99 | 62.10 | 31,050.00 | 980.01 | 3.26 |
| VIROPHARMA INC (VPHM) | 10/23/06 | 2081 | 13.81 | 28,747.14 | |||||
| VIROPHARMA INC (VPHM) | 10/23/06 | 100 | 13.85 | 1,384.99 | |||||
| Total | 2181 | 30,132.13 | 13.33 | 29,072.73 | -1,059.40 | -3.52 | |||
| TOTALS | 1,089,115.79 | 1,089,115.79 | 1,138,757.59 | 49,641.80 | 4.56 |