My portfolio as of November 8th;

My portfolio as of November 8th;

Name	Gain/Loss
APPLE - AAPL:US	21.72%
YAHOO - YHOO:US	25.26%
SHELL-ARDS.A	8.46%
GOLDCORP – G	-1.91%
DUKE ENERGY -DUK	11.81%
APPLE - AAPL:US	8.96%
INTER PIPELINE – IPL	44.14%
JP MORGAN – JPM	56.76%
ROYAL BANK OF CA. - RY	54.26%
TORONTO DOMINION - TD	12.72%
WELLS FARGO – WFC	74.89%
GENERAL ELECTRIC – GE	42.09%

I am quite pleased with the performance. Even stupid Goldcorp is slowly turning around.

This is my current portfolio;

Name	Gain/Loss
APPLE - AAPL	22.55%
YAHOO - YHOO	19.93%
GOLDCORP – G	-7.20%
DUKE ENERGY -DUK	11.70%
APPLE - AAPL	8.84%
INTER PIPELINE – IPL	43.73%
JP MORGAN – JPM	54.57%
ROYAL BANK OF CA. - RY	52.37%
TORONTO DOMINION - TD	12.01%
WELLS FARGO – WFC	72.56%
GENERAL ELECTRIC – GE	38.32%

Sigh.

I don't know what it is with me and Goldcorp [TSE:G]. I may have made a big mistake.

Last week Goldcorp was dropping and dropping and seemed to be hovering around $25. The 52 week range is 21.87 - 32.46 so it seemed there was way more upside than down, so I put in a large order at 24.75 ...... and got it.... and the stock continued down. It hit a 52 week low of $19.18, and I bought some more. Its around $21.36 now.  My average cost is $23.31.

I should have stuck to my 'only buy if at least a 5% up movement'. Hopefully it will recover soon.

Luckily, during the recent downturn, I didn't rigorously stick to my 'sell if drop more 5%' rule. I did sell my HSBC and Lloyds bank, but not Apple or Yahoo. Thank goodness. Apple and Yahoo are up as follows;

APPLE - AAPL           +16.43%
YAHOO - YHOO        +11.22%

I guess my friend was right. You need to apply the 5% rules with some thought, according to the environment and the stock.

Goldcorp Inc. [TSE:G] 27.21 +2.00 (7.93%) Oct 8 - Close.

 

Already up ~8% . I missed the opportunity this time.

 

If I'm going to promote selling a stock if there is more than a 5% drop in it I've got to do it myself. It is hard emotionally to do, but I'm doing it best I can. This is my portfolio now.

Name	Gain/Loss %
APPLE - AAPL:US	10.56%
APPLE - AAPL:US	-1.98%
YAHOO - YHOO:US	5.21%	<===addition
DUKE ENERGY -DUK	0.81%	<===addition
HSBC HOLDINGS – HSBC	-4.67%
INTER PIPELINE – IPL	46.85%
JP MORGAN – JPM	51.42%
ROYAL BANK - RY	52.39%
TORONTO DOMINION - TD	9.45%
WELLS FARGO – WFC	66.60%
LLOYDS BANK – LYG	18.75%
GENERAL ELECTRIC – GE	36.71%

These stocks were sold because they dropped from there highest point [while I owned them] by more than 5%. But I made money on them. These stocks remain on my active watch list.

KELLOGG – K	SOLD
CHINA MOBILE - CHL	SOLD
CDN NAT RES – CNQ	SOLD
CDN OIL SANDS – COS	SOLD
SUNCOR – SU	SOLD

This stock dropped more than 5% right since purchase. It was a real dumb purchase.

NEULION INC – NLN

SOLD

These stocks were holdovers from when I was sure gold was going to take off. Good stocks, but bought and hung onto at the wrong time. They are a good reminder why to have the 5% rules.

GOLDCORP – G	SOLD
YAMANA GOLD – YRI	SOLD
TWIN BUTTE – TBE	SOLD

And, of course twin butte energy.  I don't know what happened to it. But a global downturn in oil prices cannot help but hurt it.

I continue to watch Goldcorp. Today's low was $25.45. A turnaround and climb to $26.70 just might get me buying in again.

This is my entire portfolio and how it has done in the last year.

Name	2014-08-12	2014-08-19
	Gain/Loss %	Gain/Loss %
APPLE - AAPL:US	3.43%	6.46%
CHINA MOBILE - CHL:US	3.95%	16.05%
GOLDCORP - G	-12.68%	-13.74%	SELL
CDN NATURAL RESOURCES – CNQ	53.57%	51.02%	SELL
CANADIAN OIL SANDS – COS	2.56%	1.32%
GOLDCORP - G	-11.32%	-12.39%	SELL
HSBC – HSBC	-1.70%	-0.39%
INTER PIPELINE – IPL	44.27%	47.99%
JP MORGAN CHASE – JPM	38.76%	40.33%
ROYAL BANK – RY	51.67%	53.13%
SUNCOR – SU	42.05%	42.55%
TORONTO DOMINION – TD	14.50%	15.15%
TWIN BUTTE – TBE	-27.59%	-20.53%
WELLS FARGO – WFC	56.10%	58.28%
YAMANA GOLD – YRI	-23.53%	-25.57%	SELL
LLOYDS BANK – LYG	15.99%	16.66%
GENERAL ELECTRIC – GE	37.84%	40.31%
GOLDCORP G	-10.67%	-11.45%	SELL
KELLOGG -K	26.10%	27.78%
average gain/loss %	15.17%	16.65%

It looks like I've done quite good, but not really. Some advisers on BNN have done 20 ~ 25%. And of course some have done worse. So, I've probably done average.