GWF Portfolio (Updated 2-18-2013)

Active Positions (Includes Weight/Balance % Of Stocks)

All Positions (Buys and Sells) 

5 years compounding at a current annual average return as of 2-18-2013: 17.7% vs. the S&P’s 13.3%. *Stocks with fractional shares include reinvested dividends. Dividends are subtracted from the cost basis and the average price per share is shown. Use buy date to find original price. All dividend paying stocks are in a DRIP Roth IRA for maximum compounding. Stocks sorted by buy date.

This is my personal investing diary. Why have an investing diary?

To make me a better investor by tracking my thoughts behind my buy/sell decisions and tracking my performance.

Monty

How Returns Are Calculated:

I’m tracking my performance by using Motley Fool’s Stock Advisor Tool, “My Scorecard.” The overall return of my scorecard, shown at the top of the page, is calculated using the annualized effective compounded return rate, commonly known as the internal rate of return (IRR). The best way to think about this return is as an interest rate — it represents the interest rate I would need to earn over the period I have been investing to end up with my current position. This takes into account all of my active and sold positions, as well as the dates I bought and sold each holding. IRR is an annualized figure, so if I’ve returned 40% over two years, my IRR will be 18.3%.

S&P Return is calculated the same way, by mirroring each of my investments with similarly sized investments in the dividend-adjusted SPDR S&P 500 ETF (SPY).