Hey An Up Month

Well we finally had a month when the major averages moved up. And that is no April Fools joke!

Here is how we did.

Our portfolio of 10 stocks from Fortune Magazine gained $269 and now has a value of $9027.

Name	Symbol	Last price	Change	Shares	Cost basis	Mkt value
Altria Group, Inc.	MO	16.02	-0.36	65.74	1001.31	1053.11
Annaly Capital Management, Inc.	NLY	13.87	0.41	62.38	1000	865.24
Dell Inc.	DELL	9.48	-0.01	96.68	1000	916.52
Devon Energy Corporation	DVN	44.69	0.07	15.07	1000	673.31
Diamond Offshore Drilling, Inc.	DO	62.86	-2.96	16.8	1000	1055.84
Fluor Corporation (NEW)	FLR	34.55	-0.28	22.06	1000	762.3
Johnson & Johnson	JNJ	52.6	-0.41	16.55	1000	870.37
Medco Health Solutions Inc.	MHS	41.34	1.74	23.62	1000.71	976.54
Pfizer Inc.	PFE	13.62	-0.08	55.9	1000	761.37
Potash Corp./Saskatchewan (USA)	POT	80.81	-0.98	13.52	1000	1092.62
Cash		-2.02				-2.02
Total						9027.22

Our low risk portfolio gained $285 and looks like this:

Name	Symbol	Last price	Change	Shares	Cost basis	Mkt value
Schwab Total Stock Market Index Inv	SWTIX	14.02	0.19	181.52	2800	2544.94
Schwab International Index Inv	SWINX	11.21	0.27	90.43	1200	1013.67
Schwab Total Bond Market	SWLBX	8.75	0.02	670.77	6000	5869.26
Cash		0				0
						9427.87

Our medium risk portfolio gained $360. Portfolio looks like this:

Name	Symbol	Last price	Change	Shares	Cost basis	Mkt value
Vanguard Total Bond Market Index	VBMFX	10.1	0.01	390.79	4000	3947.01
Vanguard Total Intl Stock Index	VGTSX	9.39	0.22	167.6	1800	1573.79
Vanguard Total Stock Mkt Idx	VTSMX	19.32	0.25	195.43	4200	3775.69
Cash		0				0
						9296.49

Our rebalancing act gained $320 and looks like:

Name	Symbol	Last price	Change	Shares	Cost basis	Mkt value
iShares S&P 500 Index (ETF)	IVV	79.62	0.63	61.1	5476.05	4864.74
Cash		4523.94				4523.94
						9388.68

We then rebalace by selling some 2.14 etf shares:

Name	Symbol	Last price	Change	Shares	Cost basis	Mkt value
iShares S&P 500 Index (ETF)	IVV	79.62	0.63	58.96	5282.4	4694.35
Cash		4684.33				4684.33

Hopefully we have some good months ahead.