SML5: Mixed Nuts

Okay, my portfolio is looking a little better than it did last week.

Aetna: +0.20 to 82.36
Barnes & Noble: +1.81 to 39.39
Motorola: -0.28 to 18.27
Safeway: -0.65 to 22.57
Lockheed Martin:+1.04 to 64.55

Three out of five gainers is a lot better than the four out of five losers I had in the last installment. Motorola finally suffered a drop in price, as I knew it eventually had to. But Safeway dropping for a second straight week? Unacceptable. Buy more groceries, people! You’re killing me!

Here’s the overall picture:

Aetna: +2.61 (+3.27%)
Barnes & Noble: +1.20 (+3.14%)
Motorola: +0.53 (+2.99%)
Safeway: +0.05 (+0.22%)
Lockheed Martin: -0.51 (-0.78%)
Overall Value: $101,760.15 (+1.76)
S&P 500 Index: 1194.44 (-0.13%)

I’m still ahead of the market, at least in absolute terms. Today in class we discussed how to calculate how you are doing versus the market when taking into account risk factors. Since I do not have access to the 90-day T-bill rates at the moment, we’ll skip that part. Maybe next week....