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My All-Time Investment Performance January 2015

My All-Time Investment Performance January 2015

Continuing on my tradition from last year I have calculated my cumulative investment returns from 2006 until now against the SP500. The good news is that I am still pretty handily beating the SP500, especially when it comes to my individual stock investments, but the bad news is that I trailed the market by a few percentage points this year. Given my massive outperformance last year I can’t be too upset about trailing by a few points.

During the 9 years I have been tracking my investments closely enough to calculate returns the SP500 has produced annualized returns of 6.47%. During the same period of time all of the investments in my Retirement Nestegg have produced 7.36% annualized returns which is nice to be beating the market. But where I am really proud of is that my individual stock picks which now make up more than half of my portfolio have returned annualized returns of 12.17% which is nearly double what the SP500 has returned. If I am able to keep this up financial independence is not too far around the corner

Cummulative Returns By Year
Total Investment Performance 2014
YearSP500MFJ NesteggMFJ Stocks
200615.79%14.37%14.20%
200722.15%20.66%22.48%
2008-24.78%-37.23%-22.84%
2009-4.88%-16.68%4.77%
20106.99%3.82%43.47%
20117.32%-1.92%40.19%
201221.78%15.85%54.56%
201357.83%74.01%160.55%
201475.80%89.51%181.16%

Yearly Returns By Year

YearSP500MFJ NesteggMFJ Stocks
200615.79%14.37%14.20%
20075.49%5.50%7.25%
2008-38.42%-47.98%-37.00%
200926.46%32.75%35.78%
201012.48%24.60%36.94%
20110.31%-5.53%-2.29%
201213.47%18.12%10.25%
201329.60%50.20%68.58%
201411.39%8.91%7.91%
Best and Worst Stocks in 2014

Best and Worst Stocks in 2014

Here are my top stock performers for 2014.

BJ’s Restaurant (BJRI) 61.92%
Ambarella (AMBA) 59.05%
Under Armour (UA) 57.93%
Tesla Motors (TSLA) 47.17%
Intuitive Surgical (ISRG) 39.20%
Apple Inc (AAPL) 37.96%
Bidu Inc (BIDU) 31.19%
Chipotle Mexican Grill (CMG) 28.96%

Looking at the list I will point out that BJRI had made my list the last two years as a loser and it’s nice to see my patience and long term timeframe pay off with it being my biggest winner this year. Ambrella is a newer stock for me having first purchased last October and is riding the wave of video.

Under Armour is a favorite of mine and long term they will likely surpass Nike. Telsa and Elon Musk are going to change the world as we know it much faster than expected. Intuitive Surgical and robots will continue to revolutionize the way we do surgery. Apple is a behemoth and is totally ingrained in the way we interact with technology. China is coming online with crazy numbers of users and Bidu is a major player there. Finally Chipotle is completely changing the way we eat fast food and in my opinion are just getting started. They will someday surpass McDonalds in size.

And now for the losers.

3D Systems (DDD) -63.79%
Stratasys (SSYS) -35.57%
Ubiquiti Networks (UBNT) -34.00%
Amazon (AMZN) -22.03%
InvenSense (INVN) – 9.86%
Netflix (NFLX) -7.04%
Solar City (SCTY) – 6.05%

After 2 straight years of being in my top 3, 3D Systems had a rough year. Still 3D printing is in its infancy and 3D Systems and Stratasys will take advantage of this fast growing industry over the long term.

Ubiquity Networks is a small networking company who is making commercial grade equipment and selling it at consumer level prices. It’s users rave about its products and their CEO is pretty smart. Again a long-term winnner.

Amazon – Jeff Bezos will take over the world – end of story. The stock market only concerns themselves with short-term results which he cares nothing about. Keep going Jeff!

The last three aren’t down much but I will mention that despite its massive runup – Netflix has a long ways to go. So while my initial purchase is up nearly 18 times – I expect that long term that initial investment could end up being a 50 bagger.

Solar City like Tesla is going to take advantage of a huge trend of cheap electricity and improved batteries. The world is changing as we speak and these two companies are leading the charge. Just like BlockBuster never saw Netflix coming until they were bankrupt I have a feeling many car companies and utility companies will be the Blockbusters in the next 5-10 years.

While this arbitrary annual exercise really can’t tell you much about my stocks, I like the exercise as I honestly am surprised sometimes by the companies that make the two lists and it gives me a chance to revisit my investment thesis for these companies and hopefully as I look back on past years evaluations I will have learned something about my biases. Obviously right now I am a Elon Musk fan boi, but I honestly feel very strongly about what he is doing and plan to put the bulk of my investment money this year into his companies.

My Investment Holdings – January 2015

My Investment Holdings – January 2015

In annual tradition I will list all of my investments in my retirement nestegg. In general these do not change much from year to year and I can say as much about this year. Most of the changes are due to stocks that are up and down as I do not shuffle my stocks much and my new purchases these days aren’t enough to move the needle much.

The first four items in the list are my mutual funds from my 401k and the rest of the stocks are in my IRAs and my new taxable account. I feel really good about my investment choices long term and I expect to outperform the market going forward over the long run.

VIEIX12.07%
VINIX11.88%
VPMAX11.99%
VTTSX11.88%
BWLD6.36%
UA5.80%
CMG4.18%
NFLX3.71%
PNRA3.56%
TSLA3.52%
AMZN2.88%
AAPL2.80%
MIDD2.13%
SBUX1.97%
WFM1.88%
BJRI1.82%
BIP1.18%
AMBA1.15%
BOFI1.02%
DDD0.93%
SCTY0.87%
UBNT0.85%
SSYS0.70%
IPGP0.64%
BIDU0.62%
PRLB0.53%
ISRG0.48%
TXRH0.40%
SAM0.39%
INVN0.37%
COST0.35%
ZOES0.31%
GWR0.31%
PCLN0.26%
SCTY160115C000650000.15%
$$CASH0.08%
Retirement Nestegg Report – December 2014

Retirement Nestegg Report – December 2014

Well another close to another year and more nestegg growth – though not quite as spectacular as 2013. Overall my investment performance trailed the SP500 slightly this year, but after last year’s insane outperformance I can’t be too sad.

One thing I am proud of is that I contributed the most I ever have to my retirement accounts in a single year by a significant margin. It’s sort of funny how writing out a check for $131,000 for some land would give me the financial freedom to start concentrating on my retirement accounts again. This year I contributed $43,456 to my nestegg, which is nearly $17k better than last year and $13k better than my previous best year (2008).

Going into 2015 I will be building a house, but my goal is to try to contribute $50k to my nestegg.

Taxable Account – $9,707.70 (+50.55%)
Traditional Rollover IRA – $35,207.88 (+0.00%)
My Roth IRA – $117,783.54 (-1.84%)
Wife Roth IRA – $69,985.38 (-1.47%)
Traditional 401k – $212,783.94 (+2.34%)

Roth/Traditional % = 43.39% (tax free)

Total Retirement Nest Egg $445,468.44 (+1.10% 1 month +21.43% 1 year)
Retirement Salary (4%) – $17,818.73

Monthly Contributions $3,499.05 (401k) $3,250.00 (Taxable)
SPY Performance -0.42%
My Monthly Investment Performance -0.43% (-0.01% vs SP500)
My Monthly Individual Stocks Performance -1.40% (-1.02% vs SP500)

My contributions for 2014 $43,456.85
401k $10,122.60
401k matching $11,084.26
My Roth IRA $5,501
Wife Roth IRA $5,500
My Traditional IRA $5,499
Taxable Account $5,750

SP500 Performance for 2014 +11.54%
Investment Performance for 2014 +8.91% (-2.63% vs SP500)
Individual Stock Performance for 2014 +7.91% (-3.63% vs SP500)
Total Investment Return 2014 +$35,169.05

Retirement Nestegg Report – November 2014

Retirement Nestegg Report – November 2014

Another all time high for my retirement nestegg and my investments outperformed the SP500 index this month. In addition I have finally bumped up my 401k contribution starting this month to due a little catchup before the end of the year. I have been horribly lacking in this category only contributing 5% of my salary the last 4-5 years as we turbocharged our house/land purchasing funds. I look forward to maxing out my 401k in 2015 for the first time in what seems forever.

In addition I will be adding child #5 in 2015. It was kind of unexpected surprise and I’m convinced my wife just never wants to have to get a job so keeps spitting out kids every time it looks like we might finally go to two incomes.

Taxable Account – $6,448.08 (+7.53%)
Traditional Rollover IRA – $35,209.52 (+8.31%)
My Roth IRA – $119,994.16 (+4.11%)
Wife Roth IRA – $71,031.80 (+4.82%)
Traditional 401k – $207,920.90 (+2.65%)

Roth/Traditional % = 43.39% (tax free)

Total Retirement Nest Egg $440,604.46 (+3.89%)
Retirement Salary (4%) – $17,624.18

Monthly Contributions $1,601.98 (401k)
SPY Performance 2.45%
My Monthly Investment Performance +3.52% (+1.07% vs SP500)
My Monthly Individual Stocks Performance +5.03% (+2.58% vs SP500)

Retirement Nestegg Report – October 2014

Retirement Nestegg Report – October 2014

Our nestegg grew this month slightly but our investments trailed the SP500 significantly for the 2nd straight month. Well I have now maxed out both my wife and my Roth IRAs for 2014. We will now focus on building up our our taxable investment accounts as well as finding ways to save in the cost of constructing our new house. I’m trying to convince my wife that despite me having zero woodworking experience that I can build use kitchen cabinets, tables, and other things for our house. So far I have not been so convincing.

Taxable Account – $5,996.60 (-3.23%)
Traditional Rollover IRA – $32,506.79 (-0.97%)
My Roth IRA – $115,261.35 (-1.05%)
Wife Roth IRA – $67,767.15 (+4.71%)
Traditional 401k – $202,558.56 (+2.27%)

Roth/Traditional % = 43.39% (tax free)

Total Retirement Nest Egg $424,090.45 (+1.54%)

Monthly Contributions $758.84 (401k) $2500 Wife Roth IRA
SPY Performance 2.36%
My Monthly Investment Performance +0.76% (-1.60)% vs SP500)
My Monthly Individual Stocks Performance -0.25% (-2.61% vs SP500)

Retirement Nestegg Report – September 2014

Retirement Nestegg Report – September 2014

Well this month my nestegg shrunk and my investments under performed the SP500 index. I have a few more contributions to make to max out my wife’s Roth IRA and then I am going to start working on increasing my taxable account. I have not maxed out my 401k in a number of years and just put the bare minimum in to get my employers matching money.

While my individual stocks that I invest in my IRAs and taxable accounts are much more volatile it has been impressive how much they have outperformed my 401k which is primarily invested in index funds. On top of having more control I do at some point want to access my retirement nestegg to say retire and that will hopefully be long before age 59.5 so growing up a sizable taxable account will give them ability to make that jump when the time comes.

Anyway here is the report.

Taxable Account – $6,196.92(+4.08%)
Traditional Rollover IRA – $32,194.30 (-5.42%)
My Roth IRA – $116,482.53 (-2.76%)
Wife Roth IRA – $64,717.58 (-3.72%)
Traditional 401k – $198,055.40 (-2.19%)

Roth/Traditional % = 43.39% (tax free)

Total Retirement Nest Egg $417,646.73 (-2.76%)

Monthly Contributions $758.84 (401k) $1000 Wife Roth IRA
SPY Performance -1.55%
My Monthly Investment Performance -3.17% (-1.62% vs SP500)
My Monthly Individual Stocks Performance -3.70% (-2.15% vs SP500)