Current Holdings May 2010

Description	Acct %	Gain(%)	Open date	Purchase Price
DRIV	25.34%	16.06%	02/02/2010	$24.99
ATVI	16.16%	0.86%	03/04/2010	$11.00
TDV	13.87%	6.73%	02/02/2010	$17.84
KBH	8.40%	14.51%	03/04/2010	$16.79
MOT	8.30%	1.68%	03/09/2010	$7.00
PHM	7.80%	23.42%	03/04/2010	$10.84
AMD	6.80%	18.09%	02/02/2010	$7.91
TTWO	4.82%	11.14%	03/04/2010	$9.93
MTZ	3.67%	-2.70%	03/04/2010	$12.94
FRE	2.18%	20.00%	02/17/2010	$1.25
FNM	1.75%	14.29%	02/17/2010	$1.05
CASH	0.91%	0.00%		$1.00

I didn't buy or sell anything. Digital river was up a lot more at one point, I think 33 and dropped back down. Still strong. TDV is on the chopping block based on some research I think it may be a little too risky, but in a recovery phase I think it's a good thing to hold. I'm also watching MOT and MTZ closely. MOT because they are making a big bet with Android and who knows if that is going to hit or not? And MTZ since it is the only one of my housing picks that hasn't moved.

Current Holdings April 2010

Description	Acct %	Gain(%)	Open date	Cost per share
AMD	6.34%	18.47	2/2/2010	7.9095
ATVI	17.65%	8.36	3/4/2010	10.9999
DRIV	24.05%	21.66	2/2/2010	24.9866
FNM	1.68%	(2.86)	2/17/2010	1.05
FRE	2.01%	0.80	2/17/2010	1.25
KBH	8.08%	(0.73)	3/4/2010	16.7928
MOT	8.99%	0.82	3/9/2010	7.0024
MTZ	4.15%	(0.62)	3/4/2010	12.9398
PHM	6.96%	2.54	3/4/2010	10.8449
TDV - ETF	14.31%	6.22	2/2/2010	17.84
TTWO	4.78%	1.08	3/4/2010	9.9332
CASH	1.00%	0.0		1.00

Overall it was a good month.

Current Holdings March 2010

Been a while since I've updated. I changed my accounts around and changed my broker on one of my accounts. So I'm going to start fresh with a new account. Here are the current holdings. It's a tdameritrade account now as you can tell by TDV one of their growth exchange traded funds.

Description	Acct %	Gain(%)	Open date	Cost per share
AMD	6%	12.46	2/2/2010	7.9095
ATVI	18%	1.36	3/4/2010	10.9999
DRIV	24%	17.34	2/2/2010	24.9866
FNM	2%	3.81	2/17/2010	1.05
FRE	2%	2.40	2/17/2010	1.25
KBH	8%	3.50	3/4/2010	16.7928
MOT	9%	1.25	3/9/2010	7.0024
MTZ	4%	(0.19)	3/4/2010	12.9398
PHM	7%	4.20	3/4/2010	10.8449
TDV	14%	4.15	2/2/2010	17.84
TTWO	5%	5.00	3/4/2010	9.9332
CASH	1%

DRIV purchase

I purchased a 20% share of my account in DRIV today. The strike price was 24.97.

DRIV sold

I sold half of my Digital River today at 27.03. It was a 4% holding.

Current Holdings Starting September 2008

It's been a while since I posted. I was in Africa for a few weeks in August and I've been slowly coming back to the real world. We work in some really poor communities there and it is always hard to come back to the "ME" place when you've seen such spirtual wealth in the face of such extreme poverty. I know which one I would rather have and it doesn't have anything to do with this account. Overall I'm only down 6.5% for the year. I think it's been a hard year for everyone in the investment community and I'm pretty happy with that at this point. I think it's all going to come back by the end of the year. Especially after we get this election over with.

That said I've really ignored my account and have not looked at it in over a month. I knew it would be down some, but thought it would be worse. I mostly have not changed it because I don't think anything has fundamentally changed with my holdings. I know FNM and FMC crashed, but it doesn't seem smart to sell them at this point. If they go to zero it's not much farther than they are now so I'll just continue to hold them and make me look bad.

I was looking at SLV (Silver) this morning and see it is at a 1 year low. Glad I sold it, but since there is inflation in the air I'm thinking of buying some of that back for the same reason I made a killing on it last year. It seems odd, but it needs some more analysis.

Symbol	Paid	Cur	Acct Pct	Gain/Loss
ATVI	$13.44	33	31%	146%
TTWO	$16.18	23.52	17%	45%
DRIV	$47.72	44.27	10%	-7%
SNE	$43.88	37.45	8%	-15%
IBM	$117.07	116.2599	7%	-1%
CASH	$1.00	1	5%	0%
USG	$38.33	27.26	5%	-29%
AMD	$13.69	6.17	4%	-55%
EDD	$19.43	14.4	3%	-26%
STMP	$12.98	14.1675	3%	9%
EIX	$53.56	44.93	3%	-16%
FNM	$24.52	7.3	1%	-70%
TIVO	$5.89	8.87	1%	51%
FRE	$23.11	5.04	1%	-78%
JAVA	$17.27	8.905	0%	-48%

Current Holdings Starting July 2008

ATVI	$13.44	34.07	30.34%	154%
TTWO	$16.18	25.57	17.31%	58%
SNE	$43.88	43.74	8.57%	0%
DRIV	$47.72	38.58	8.25%	-19%
IBM	$117.07	118.53	6.33%	1%
USG	$38.33	29.57	5.27%	-23%
CASH		–	4.98%
FNM	$24.52	19.51	3.47%	-20%
AMD	$13.69	5.83	3.32%	-57%
EDD	$19.79	15.24	2.95%	-23%
FRE	$23.11	16.4	2.92%	-29%
EIX	$53.56	51.38	2.75%	-4%
STMP	$12.98	12.48	2.22%	-4%
TIVO	$5.89	6.17	0.88%	5%
JAVA	$17.27	10.88	0.39%	-37%

Wow, what a crummy month. I went from being up 10.3% for the year to 1.5% for the year. I've been burried in work so I haven't really paid close attention, but I think this was really a market correction and not a problem with my actual holdings. I'm very worried about FNM and FMC since they seemed to have dropped so much, but I'm willing to stick it out a little bit longer. Hey, it's all fun and we are bound to have up months and down months.

Current Holdings starting June 2008

Symbol	Paid	Cur	Acct Pct	Gain/Loss
ATVI	$13.44	$33.75	28%	151%
TTWO	$16.18	$27.07	17%	67%
SNE	$43.88	$50.39	9%	15%
DRIV	$47.72	$40.06	8%	-16%
CASH	$1.00	$1.00	7%	0%
IBM	$117.07	$129.43	6%	11%
FNM	$24.52	$27.02	4%	10%
FRE	$23.11	$25.42	4%	10%
AMD	$13.69	$6.88	4%	-50%
USG	$40.82	$34.05	3%	-17%
EDD	$19.79	$17.80	3%	-10%
EIX	$53.56	$53.23	3%	-1%
STMP	$12.98	$14.60	2%	12%
TIVO	$5.89	$8.41	1%	43%
JAVA	$17.27	$12.95	0%	-25%

Big big month. The account is up 9.4% for the month and 10.3% for the year. Mostly this was a big jump in Activision. The Sony holdings are already starting to pay off and DRIV has finally started to make a big swing back up. I should have bought more DRIV at the bottom, but then again, I shouldn't have bought it so soon. Lesson learned, I don't buy DRIV until it has a big drop since it has done that for me twice in the past and this is the third round and I missed it by buying too early. I like the holdings. If ATVI goes up a little more I'll need to do some profit taking and take 5% back out of it.

EIX (Edison) purchase

I'm missing my GLD (Gold) and SLV (Silver) hedges against inflation. I did some digging and found that big caps are good and I've been buying those lateley, but I also learned that utilities are good since they also just raise prices with inflation. So I made a 1.9% of my account purchase in EIX (Edison) at 53.09. I almost made it a 4% purchase, but I'm going to split it into two purchases so you'll probably see another buy next week.

My account did a nice uptick yesterday thanks to DRIV, SNE and ATVI. I don't expect it to hold, but it is nice to see positive days.

Current Holdings Starting May 2008

Symbol	Paid	Cur	Acct Pct	Gain/Loss
ATVI	$13.44	27.05	24%	101%
TTWO	$16.18	26.24	18%	62%
SNE	$43.88	$45.79	9%	5%
DRIV	$47.72	32.85	7%	-31%
GE	$34.70	32.70	7%	-6%
IBM	$117.07	120.70	7%	3%
FNM	$24.52	28.30	5%	15%
FRE	$23.11	24.91	4%	8%
EDD	$19.79	$7.57	3%	-11%
AMD	$13.69	5.96	3%	-56%
STMP	$12.98	13.71	2%	6%
USG	$46.99	$5.31	1%	-25%
TIVO	$5.89	8.23	1%	40%
JAVA	$17.27	15.66	1%	-9%
CASH		–	6%

Those are the current holdings as of the end of trading on April 29, 2008 and the beginning of Trading on May 1, 2008.

That is up 1% for the month and up 8.1% for the year. The account has been fluctuating up and down by 2% all month. It was up about 2% up until just before the market closed. All and all a good month. GE got hammered and I held it. STMP made a huge recovery. SNE went up 5% since I've owned it for just a few weeks and I can't complain. It offset the loss in GE. TTWO passed the week I've been waiting a long time for. IBM made a move and dropped back down a little and I'm very happy with it. I shouldn't have sold AAPL, except for the fact that I sleep better.

Why DRIV

A few years ago DRIV got hammered hard when it was rumored that Symantec, their biggest customer would choose a different provider. They did not and if you bought in after the plunge I think it was 100% profit. This news today:

Symantec beats estimates with sharp profit gain.

should bring back some memories and give you a reason to like DRIV. In any case, DRIV is well diversified with thousands of customers, so even if Symantec did choose another provider it would be far from a death blow.

Why hold DRIV?

You can see that I am down 30% in DRIV and might be wondering why I'm still holding it. I think DRIV is a good solid company and I've made a lot of money on it in the past. My biggest ride was in 2004 when it went from the teens to the 30s and I was holding it as about 30% of my portfolio. I sold off after that and bought back in after it seemed to stabalize around 30 and it jumped again to over 50 and I sold it off. I kept watching it as it held just a little over 60 for over a year. When it dropped below 60 I purchased a bunch thinking it was due for another jump and it fell. I still think it is a great stock and solid company so I continue to hold it. What I should do is to buy some more at the lower price to reduce my cost average, but I'm in deep enough at this point and I'm just seeing it as a current value, not a current loss. I'm holding it for the long term.