One Guy's Investments: Portfolio Update -- Jan 4, 2006

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Portfolio Update -- Jan 4, 2006

Open positions -- prices midday January 4, 2006.
Symbol	Trade Date (most recent)	Paid (average for position)	Last	Gain/Loss
AKAM	24-Jun-05	14.26	21.27	47.68%
BRK-B	7-Mar-05	3,005.00	2,984.00	-1.52%
CCEL.OB	16-Nov-05	3.89	3.35	-15.43%
CHS	26-Aug-05	35.05	42.00	15.26%
CKCM	13-Oct-05	16.06	21.10	26.28%
CVTX	19-May-05	21.01	24.94	17.59%
DWA	28-Mar-05	35.49	25.23	-29.35%
EWY	7-Jul-05	31.90	46.59	42.33%
EXEL	17-Jun-05	8.13	9.69	16.90%
FARO	21-Jan-05	27.29	20.46	-25.02%
FORM	20-Jan-05	22.81	25.44	11.53%
GOL	9-Dec-05	24.01	27.93	13.95%
GOOG	19-May-05	193.93	442.90	126.59%
IFN	7-Jul-05	30.15	42.89	38.43%
IMAX	21-Nov-05	9.29	7.35	-22.43%
ISRG	18-Nov-05	87.44	120.64	35.64%
LGF	20-Jun-05	10.47	8.11	-24.38%
MIDD	27-Jan-05	47.74	91.75	92.19%
MVL	20-Jan-05	18.12	16.37	-9.66%
MYGN	21-Jul-05	19.33	21.77	11.51%
NHC	25-Feb-05	34.20	37.00	3.73%
NTES	6-May-05	50.45	57.86	9.27%
NTO	20-May-05	2.14	3.47	51.72%
OSTK	28-Jan-05	53.15	27.00	-50.37%
PANL	6-Jun-05	9.97	11.26	11.86%
PDLI	30-Aug-05	18.49	30.15	61.97%
RADN	7-Jan-05	7.86	15.39	89.77%
RSTI	2-Mar-05	34.31	43.80	27.21%
RYN	7-Jan-05	28.67	41.34	41.51%
SNDA	4-Oct-05	31.03	16.26	-49.04%
SPDV.OB	28-Oct-05	1.71	1.52	-15.56%
TASR	31-Jan-05	17.69	7.12	-61.58%
TINY	7-Jan-05	10.50	14.40	33.95%
VRTX	20-Jan-05	12.06	28.30	133.72%
WFR	10-Jun-05	16.25	23.71	41.55%
			Total:	21.72%
Closed positions -- prices at sale
Symbol	Sale Date	Paid	Sold	Gain/Loss
PRVD	05-Dec-05	34	33.54	-1.35%
PRVD	05-Dec-05	17.92	33.51	87.00%
CD	28-Oct-05	20.38	17.63	-13.49%
WOLF	06-Oct-05	20.85	9.46	-54.63%
NWY	07-Sep-05	18.5	15.8	-14.59%
DWRI	21-Dec-05	18.02	5.95	-66.98%
CNET	14-Oct-05	9.2	11.98	30.22%
CNET	14-Oct-05	10.14	11.98	18.15%
AAUK	07-Jul-05	22.5	23.44	4.18%
			Total:	-1.28%

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This article posted by One Guy @ 1/04/2006 02:48:00 PM 2 comments

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SNDA, FARO and even TASR will probably bounce back somewhat (maybe enough to recoup your losses or make money.

But I'm very very skeptical of OSTK, they lowered Q4 guidance today, Byrne is not entertaining anyone any more, and the stock is shorted like no other.

But eh, you're +21.72% for 2005, I'm little over 8%, maybe you shouldn't listen to me. kudos on your performance performance, if you check out on smartmoney.com, you'll see that most mutual funds are hovering around 8-12% for the year, so not only did you beat the indexes, but you beat the pros too. Congrats

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Mathieu : 3:41 PM

Yep, I hear you on Overstock -- this is definitely a troublesome one. I'm getting a bit suspicious that Byrne might be angling to take the company private since he and his friends and family already own so much. I've been hemming and hawing on my OSTK holdings for months but haven't done anything -- this may be the time that my patience in selling is a real mistake, we'll see.

It was a nice year -- a couple real stinkers and a few 100%+ gainers (or close to it), certainly better than I was expecting.

Happy New Year!

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One Guy : 10:52 AM