Recommended Portfolio
Recommended Portfolio
Oxford Trading Portfolio
Company
Symbol
Rec. Date
Rec. Price
Current Price
Rating
Trailing Stop
Abbott Laboratories
ABT
10/23/2008
55.02
50.58
Buy
42.31
Clean Harbors
CLH
10/29/2008
58.45
49.28
Sell
Stock hit TS.
Fastenal
FAST
11/05/2008
34.84
30.09
Buy
27.34
Gilead Sciences
GILD
01/27/2009
48.23
47.07
Buy
39.60.
Immucor
BLUD
12/23/2008
24.34
22.90
Buy
20.08
Millicom, Corp.
MICC
02/06/2009
40.64
38.34
Buy
35.04.
Precision Castparts Corp.
PCP
12/05/2008
51.13
56.47
Buy
49.23
Ralcorp Holdings
RAH
12/23/2008
56.68
59.94
Buy
43.43
Steris Corp
STE
11/20/2008
26.38
23.74
Buy
19.78
iShares MSCI Hong Kong Index
EWH
10/23/2008
10.22
9.56
Buy
8.52
The Oxford Club All Star Portfolio
Company
Symbol
Rec. Date
Rec. Price
Current Price
Rating
Trailing Stop
Berkshire Hathaway B Shares
BRK-B
01/29/2001
2295.00
2564.00
Buy
None
Templeton Emerging Markets Fund
EMF
01/24/2002
8.80
8.00
Buy
None
Equity Residential Properties
EQR
06/28/2001
28.05
18.10
Buy
None
Managers Fremont Bond Fund
MBDFX
06/25/2002
10.22
9.19
Buy
None
Templeton Dragon Fund
TDF
05/31/2002
9.20
15.40
Buy
None
The Perpetual Income Portfolio
Company
Symbol
Rec. Date
Rec. Price
Current Price
Rating
Trailing Stop
Aberdeen Asia Pacific Fund
FAX
09/21/2000
4.12
4.21
Buy
Current Yield 9.20%.
BlackRock Limited Duration Income Trust
BLW
02/10/2009
12.35
11.89
Buy
Current Yield 10.30%.
Calamos Convertible & High Inc.
CHY
06/01/2006
16.05
8.22
Hold
Current Yield 11.30%
Eaton Vance Equity Income Fd. II
EOS
06/01/2006
17.92
9.29
Hold
Current Yield 15.10%
Eaton Vance Senior Floating Rate Trust
EFR
02/27/2009
8.15
8.15
Buy
New. Replaces PFL.
ING Global Real Estate Income Fund
IGR
04/26/2005
14.67
2.98
Hold
Current Yield 11.90%.
Western Asset Global High Income Fund
EHI
06/01/2006
12.44
6.54
Hold
Current Yield 12.80%
Zweig Total Return Fund
ZTR
06/01/2006
4.78
3.08
Hold
Current Yield 11.60%
The Gone Fishin’ Portfolio
Company
Symbol
Rec. Date
Rec. Price
Current Price
Rating
Trailing Stop
Vanguard Emerging Markets Index
VEIEX
04/01/2003
7.34
13.16
Buy
None
Vanguard European Stock Index
VEURX
04/01/2003
15.01
15.86
Buy
None
Vanguard High Yield Corp. Fund
VWEHX
04/01/2003
6.01
4.36
Buy
None
Vanguard Inflation-Protected Securities Fund
VIPSX
04/01/2003
12.02
11.56
Buy
None
Vanguard Pacific Stock Index
VPACX
04/01/2003
5.66
6.58
Buy
None
Vanguard Precious Metals
VGPMX
04/01/2003
9.98
10.43
Buy
None
Vanguard REIT Index
VGSIX
04/01/2003
11.92
8.47
Buy
None
Vanguard Short Term Bond
VFSTX
04/01/2003
10.80
9.73
Buy
None
Vanguard Small Cap Index
NAESX
04/01/2003
15.12
16.59
Buy
None
Vanguard Total Stock Market Index
VTSMX
04/01/2003
19.69
18.58
Buy
None
The Oxford Club 7 Deadly Sins Portfolio
Company
Symbol
Rec. Date
Rec. Price
Current Price
Rating
Trailing Stop
Diageo
DEO
02/20/2009
49.80
46.90
Buy
37.75
GameStop Corp.
GME
02/20/2009
26.68
27.00
Buy
20.01
Int’l Game Technologies
IGT
02/20/2009
9.38
9.27
Buy
7.04
Playboy Enterprises Inc.
PLA
02/20/2009
1.53
1.59
Buy
0.77 Use 50% TS.
Phillip Morris Int’l
PM
02/20/2009
35.63
34.21
Buy
26.72
Smith and Wesson
SWHC
02/20/2009
2.83
3.66
Buy
1.42 Use 50% TS.
Tiffany & Co.
TIF
02/20/2009
19.75
18.96
Buy
14.81
The Oxford Trading Portfolio contains most of our individual stock and bond recommendations and is geared toward investors with a shorter-term investment horizon. In it we try to provide a little bit of everything from higher risk/higher returns to low risk, more conservative plays. But each recommendation is included because we believe it provides the best opportunity for making money right now. Here you’ll find growth stocks and value stocks. And invest only where you are most comfortable. The Trading Portfolio also features a 25% trailing stop strategy, the heart and soul of our investment philosophy. Using a trailing stop guarantees that we let our winners ride, while cutting any losses short.
The Oxford All-Star Portfolio is made up of investment vehicles run by the men who are-in our view-the world’s investing All-Stars. These investments reflect superb, audited track records, not empty promises. Through each, you’ll enjoy easy availability and high liquidity. You’ll also find superior returns combined with below-average risk. The rationale for creating this portfolio is this: Each of the money managers trounced inflation, steamrolled the market averages, and left his contemporaries choking on his dust. And they have done so through almost any market imaginable with less risk than their respective benchmark index. In short, this portfolio is based on our confidence in these All-Stars’ ability to make money. We don’t use trailing stops in this portfolio because we’re not interested in second-guessing an All-Star. We believe these individuals will continue their history of market-beating performance.
The Oxford Perpetual Income Portfolio provides a needed dose of diversification in the form of income paying investments. And because it’s broadly diversified, we also get lowered risk – crucial for Oxfordians in or nearing retirement. But we’re not going to settle for plain vanilla. We want better-than-average yields. And we’re willing to look the world over to find them. While you may never hit a home run in this portfolio, the combination of capital gains and steady, high-paying dividends provides strong, consistent returns for us and 96 monthly checks each year. In short, it’s a vital part of any well-diversified investment portfolio.
Gone Fishin’ Portfolio: One of the best ways to diversify your portfolio is by placing your money into mutual funds. The Oxford Club Gone Fishin’ Portfolio consists entirely of no-load funds that have no 12b-1 fees the only fees you’ll incur are the annual expense ratios of the funds, which are some of the lowest available. The bottom line is that the Gone Fishin’ Portfolio allows you to benefit from the advantages of having mutual funds in your portfolio, while avoiding the hefty costs.
Our Gone Fishin’ Portfolio is allocated as follows: Vanguard Total Stock Market Index: 15%; Vanguard Small-Cap Index: 15%; Vanguard European Stock Index: 10%; Vanguard Pacific Stock Index: 10%; Vanguard Emerging Markets Index: 10%; Vanguard Short-Term Bond Index: 10%; Vanguard High-Yield Corporates Fund: 10%; Vanguard Inflation-Protected Securities Fund: 10%; Vanguard REIT Index: 5%; American Century Global Gold Fund: 5%.
The Seven Deadly Sins Portfolio is a strategy that capitalizes on both the constancy of human vice and the superior performance of companies that cater to it and offers the prospect of high returns with limited risk. Recently examined performances of alcohol, tobacco and casino stocks in all recessions since 1970, found that while the S&P 500 fell 1.5% on average, vice stocks rose an average 11%. As investors we should be aware of this – and prepared to take advantage of it. We have a 25% trailing loss in place for this portfolio to protect profits and preserve capital.
Trailing Stop (TS): The trailing stop provision was instituted by the Club as a measure to protect profits and preserve capital in volatile markets. The Club recommendation is to sell or close any investment position when the value of the position has fallen more than 25%. Adjust your trailing stops as often as you’d normally check your portfolio, but note that you may want to check them more frequently in a highly volatile market.
Trailing Stop Policy: Sell any stock if it falls more than 25% from its high, based on its highest closing price. For example, if a stock’s closing high is $100, then your trailing stop is $75. So if it closes below $75 one day, sell it the next day.
We NEVER use intraday high prices to set our trailing stops. We only sell the day after a stock CLOSES below our trailing stop. One important note – we don’t recommend putting your trailing stop order into the market before it’s triggered. When you place an open stop order with a broker, it turns into a market order once the level is hit. So don’t place your sell order until after it’s closed below the stop price.
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