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S&P Midcap 400 Portfolio (^MID, MDY)
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This will be a thread dedicated to the stocks listed on the S&P 400 midcap index (http://quote.yahoo.com/q?s=^MID&d=1y).

Why midcap? Over a long period of time, lesser capitalized stocks have outperformed larger capitalized stocks simply on the basis that a finite number of them emerge into large cap stocks. Holding onto such stocks as they mature into a large cap stocks is one strategy of investing.

A $1000 investment in the S&P 400 index from January 1992 to January 2001 would have yielded $3525, or 15.0% compounded annually. The same investment in the S&P 500 index would have yielded $3165, or 13.7% compounded annually.

A $1000 investment in the S&P 400 index from January 1992 to January 2002 would have yielded $3468, or 13.2% compounded annually. The same investment in the S&P 500 index would have yielded $2752, or 10.7% compounded annually.

A $1000 investment in the S&P 400 index from January 1992 to January 2003 would have yielded $2932, or 10.3% compounded annually. The same investment in the S&P 500 index would have yielded $2109, or 7.02% compounded annually.

Additionally, while midcap companies are established (and generally profitable) firms, a great deal of them are still out of the media spotlight. Less exposure to the public means that greater inefficiencies in the stock can be exploited.

Institutions and mutual funds have a difficult time taking positions inside smaller capitalized issues, as low liquidity affects the stock price as they try to buy or sell the company. Midcap companies are generally between 1-5 billion in captialization, which is usually the minimum size required for funds to take signifigant positions.

The thread is linked to a portfolio of certain S&P 400 stocks which are chosen based on the criteria that they will outperform the index.

The thread will focus mostly on fundamental criteria, although technical criteria will certainly be discussed as well. This is not a trading portfolio, although short-term developements in stocks may warrant short term trading.

The forum is moderated only against spammers and hypesters. Objective commentary is always welcomed, negative or positive.

Links:

spglobaldata.com

S&P 400 SPDR information, MDY:
nasdaq.com

iShares S&P 400 BARRA growth information, IJK:
nasdaq.com

iShares S&P 400 BARRA value information, IJJ:
nasdaq.com

iShares S&P 400 index fund information, IJH:
nasdaq.com
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181Future market commentary will be available at divestor.com and the January EffecLondo-4/15/2003
180I'm closing down this portfolio - now that the portfolio is all-cash, it'Londo-4/4/2003
179MDY position closed at 76.95 (the opening price on Friday). The portfolio is onLondo-4/4/2003
178Cancel all orders; Place the following orders: Sell 50 MDY @ opening price (FrLondo-4/3/2003
17725 MDY were bought on March 17th at 73 a piece. Note that the rest of the orderLondo-3/25/2003
17625 MDY got hit on the opening of March 13, for a price of 71.76. Not a lot of lLondo-3/16/2003
175Cancel all previous orders. Replace them with the following: Buy 25 MDY @ 72.0Londo-3/13/2003
174Time to get long. Place orders to buy: 25 MDY @ 68.00 25 MDY @ 66.00 25 MDY @ Londo-3/12/2003
173ZZZZZZZzzzzzzzzzzzzzz...... Yes, I know sitting here just sleeping isn't veLondo-3/6/2003
172Obviously the longer that this war in the gulf gets delayed, the more the marketLondo-2/26/2003
171Geopolitical concerns are going to continue to increase volatility and thus deprLondo-2/15/2003
170I totally forgot about MLK day, which means the order should be changed to the fLondo-1/20/2003
169OK, time to get active. This is going to be a time-contingent trade, at least wLondo-1/19/2003
168This allpredictive.com thing that SI is spamming its members on is a really neatLondo-1/7/2003
167I've updated the title page for this thread. For 2002: The S&P 400 losLondo-1/2/2003
166Predictions for 2003 (2) Here are some stock picks. Just remember that my lastLondo-1/2/2003
165UAL: biz.yahoo.com "<i>The airline is expected to burn through betwLondo-12/26/2002
164Predictions for 2003 (1) This will be a review of the predictions I made for 20Londo-12/25/2002
163Year end audit, 2002: I may be making some year-end trades, but I'll close Londo-12/25/2002
162Risk 2% of the portfolio in order for a possible gain of 4%. Trade: Short 60 MLondo-12/17/2002
161Homebuilders are looking frothy.. General direction of the market should be dowLondo-12/16/2002
160This post is strictly for my own reference, I'm parking it here just in caseLondo-12/14/2002
159Yuck. Missed my upper bound exit by a whole 7 cents. Anyway, 11 MDY stopped ouLondo-12/14/2002
158After sufficient amounts of analysis (about 5 hours worth!), I've come to thLondo-12/13/2002
157Cancel previous order to sell all MDY @ 82.50. (Turns out that I missed the ordLondo-12/12/2002
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