I am back again....I am just starting to look at stocks again. In my personal portfolios I don't have much of an American group of stocks...In fact there is only one ...Theralase Technologies [OTCB:TLTFF].... It is not an attractive stock to American investors being worth $0.13/share.
why do I hang onto this stock...well first of all this is the only stock I can afford in this account. I really do believe this company has a solution to the issue of Bladder cancer. They have had issues in their management but hopefully that will be ironed out... they are in Phase 2 trials and if these trials are as successful as the Phase 1 trials this has the potential of being a great find.
I also have the stock in my Non-Taxfree account, my TFSA and my RRSP.
I am going to resurrect my fantasy American portfolio...back in March I took it down to cash...
To remind everyone of the final transactions, taking it down to cash, here is the last portfolio update.
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USA: American Fantasy Stock Portfolio Update... Mar 6, 2020
Transaction History
Transaction................................................. Comments............................................................. Amount
..... Date
.......................... Initial investment........................................................................................... 100,000.00
19-Aug-19........ Buy 2000 shares of Seaspan Corp @ $10.00/ share....................................... -20,000.00
25-Aug-19........ Buy 1500 shares of Barrick Gold Corp @ $19.15/share................................... -28,975.00
29-Aug-19........ Buy 2000 shares of Algonquin Power & Utilities @ $12.90/share.................... -25,800.00
13-Sep-19......... Sale of 1500 shares of Barrick Gold Corp @ $17.30/share ............................ 25,950.00
16-Sep-19......... Market order 2000 shares of BP Prudhoe Royalty Trust filled @ $10.38/sh .. -20,760.00
08-Oct-19.......... Market order 2000 shares of Cohu Corp filled @ $13.81/share..................... -27,620.00
15-Oct-19.......... Quarterly dividend on 2000 shares of Algonquin Power & Util @ $0.141/shr........282.00
21-Oct-19.......... Quarterly dividend 2000 shares of BP Prudhoe Royalty @ $0.3348166/shr ....... 669.63
30-Oct-19.......... Quarterly dividend 2000 shares of Seaspan Corp @ $0.125/shr.......................... 250.00
08-Nov-19.......... Limit stop loss sale of 2000 shares of BP Prudhoe Royalty @ $7.50/sh........ 15,000.00
15-Nov-19......... Quarterly dividend 2000 shares of Cohu Corp @ $0.6/share .............................. 120.00
03-Jan-20.......... Buy 1000 shares of Photronics on limit bid of $15.10/share ...........................-15,100.00
23-Jan-20 ........ Sale 2000 shares of Seaspan Corp @ $12.75/ share....................................... 25,500.00
27-Jan-20 ........ Sale 1000 shares of Photronics on limit stop loss bid of $14.04/share ............ 14,040.00
31-Jan-20 ......... Quarterly dividend 2000 shares of Seaspan Corp @ $0.13/shr............................ 260.00
13-Feb-20..........Limit Stop Loss sale of 2000 shares of COHU @ $22.00/shr........................... 44,000.00
18-Feb-20......... Limit Buy of 2500 shares of Calix Networks inc @$10.22/share .................... -25,550.00
18-Feb-20......... Limit Buy of 2500 shares of Annaly Capital Management @ $10.41/share.... -26,025.00
27-Feb-20......... Limit Stop Loss sale 2000 shares of Algonquin Power @ $15.50/share.......... 31,000.00
06-Mar-20......... Limit Stop Loss sale 2500 shares of Calix Networks inc @ $8.66/share.......... 21,650.00 05-Mar-20......... Limit Stop Loss sale 2500 shares of Annaly Capital Mgt @ $9.30/share.......... 23,250.00
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............................................................................Cash on hand including any dividends ..... 112,423.63
Current Portfolio as of Mar 6, 2020
Ticker.................. Company.......................Shares..... Price.........Value....... % Gain/loss...Dividends*
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............................................................Total value of stocks. $0.00
* Dividends are for reference only the cash is added to Cash on hand
Total Portfolio Value Summary
Cash on hand:.... $112,423.63
Total Value Trend
Date................... Value........ %Gain/Loss
02-Aug-19..... $100,000.00
23-Aug-19..... $100,320.00...... 0.32%
30-Aug-19..... $101,195.00...... 1.20%
06-Sep-19...... $ 99,790.00...... 0.21%
13-Sep-19......$101,035.00...... 1.04%
20-Sep-19......$ 97,915.00 ...... 2.09%
27-Sep-19......$ 97,635.00 ...... 2.36%
04-Oct-19....... $97,015.00 ...... 2.99%
11-Oct-19....... $98,205.00....... 1.80%
18-Oct-19....... $98,598.00....... 1.40%
25-Oct-19..... $102,236.63....... 2.24%
01-Nov-19.....$103,976.63 ...... 3.07%
15-Nov-19.....$108,126.63 ...... 8.12%
22-Nov-19.....$104,326.63 ...... 4.33%
29-Nov-19.....$105,746.63 ...... 5.75%
06-Dec-19.....$111,756.63 ..... 11.76%
13-Dec-19.....$116,376.63 ......16.38%
20-Dec-19.....$120,276.63 ..... 20.28%
27-Dec-19.....$120,836.63 ..... 20.84%
03-Jan - 20....$121,076.63 ..... 21.08%
10-Jan - 20....$122,406.63 ..... 22.41%
17-Jan - 20....$127,146.63 ..... 27.15%
24-Jan - 20....$123,976.63 ..... 23.98%
31-Jan -20.....$119,458.63 ..... 19.46%
07-Feb-20 ... $122,198.63 ..... 22.20%
14-Feb-20 ... $121,038.63 ..... 21.04%
21-Feb-20 ... $121,908.63 ..... 21.91%
28-Feb-20 ... $112,173.63 ..... 12.17%
06-Mar-20 ... $112,423.63...... 12.42%
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So....we made 12.42% by cashing out in March 2020.... from August 02, 2019 to Aug 02, 2020
Actually that was more of a 8 month year as I was tied up recovering from Covid-19. I had a similar experience with my personal portfolios.... In fact I did not cash out completely and hung onto a few stocks for that period and I could not make changes to the portfolios while I was in Hospital ICU and later in Rehab. You could not use their computers (contamination issues) and I did not bring my laptop to the hospital/rehab and I had not way to get it from my apartment.
I was worried about the potential loss over that time....but it recovered to the point I actually made about $7000CDN over that time period.
It shows that picking solid stocks play well in long term holding.
I may start up the Canadian fantasy portfolio again if there is interest but most participants here deal in American stocks so I would have to have encouragement to do so.
So I am starting with $112,423.63.... the money from the Portfolio after I cashed out. I will look for potential winners in these troubled times. I have learned from experience that stocks that work well in Canada don't always work well in the USA.... so it may take a few days to make my portfolio.
I am open to suggestions as always and will give my assessment on any proposed.
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