Following this morning's inflation numbers, the market continued to march toward new highs. This has been especially profitable for me personally, since most of what I own is high beta. In other words, the volatility of my holdings is greater than that of the general market, so upturns in the general market generally lift my portfolio even higher than would be expected. Conversely, in tough market conditions, these holdings could suffer to a greater degree; hence the diversification with double digit yielding issues, international holdings, and an increasing dedication to Prosper.com.

Regardless, I'm cheering today's moves. I took a half day and everyone but me is napping following a long week, so I figured I'd break away to provide an update on "my so-called portfolio". Of recent buys, CROX continues to budge up slightly after a great couple weeks; up 13% just since then. KNOT is up almost 5% today on no news. This could be the forbearance of the takeover I've been banking on. After posting a couple weeks ago and buying some out of the money options on it, it's moved up nicely above $21. As long as there's some additional movement or a buyout by the July expiry, I'm in the money and will have been redeemed for missing the AQNT takeover I called the day before it happened (and didn't act on!). ACAS and IAF, my high yielders from my IRA account are both up over 1.5% on top of their high yields to boot. Additionally, TSP has been on a complete tear this week, up 12% since Monday alone. PCU continues to be strong as well. Finally, BIDU and FMCN, the Chinese holdings are up over 1.5% each. So, it's a nice way to end the week, especially when Fridays are generally low volume, small moves.

Although I don't own LIFC, I did a post on it a few days ago following their new indication and the stock has since moved another 6-7% following the 5% runup on Wednesday (over 3% today alone). Unfortunately, I'm just about tapped out from a liquid stock market investment standpoint and I'm not a fan of digging into margin except under extreme conditions, so for now, I'm going to sit back and watch this one run. If a dip occurs though, I'm in. I see this one doubling within a year or two based on their potential.

Research and analysis for all these holdings can be found in recent posts either through the archives or through the "Search this blog" box.

Upcoming posts will include some more demure plays including bonds and CD instruments that exceed the general market returns and that you probably haven't seen anywhere else. Stay tuned.