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So it’s been awhile since I’ve done one of these, mostly because I still can’t find an easy way to dynamically display my portfolio online. So for now I’m back to taking screenshots of the spreadsheet I use to track it.

About two weeks ago, for the first time this year, my portfolio went from the red to the black, and I finally showed a profit! My portfolio currently has a gain of 3.63%, compared to -5.59% for the S&P 500. I am very happy to be outperforming that index by over 9 points.

The big winner this year has been Cleveland-Cliffs (CLF), up an amazing 88% since I bought it in mid-December. This kind of performance in a bull market would be exceptional, but seeing this growth from the past four months is amazing. Commodities are very hot right now (and have yet to show any slowdown), and CLF is really leading the way.

I am also very happy with Google (GOOG), which I talked about in a post a few weeks back. It trounced earnings estimates after the unnecessary, fear driven sell-off. I do hope it can keep up the momentum it got from that. My company doesn’t really believe in investing in “last year’s” bull market leaders, which is my only hesitation with holding GOOG.

Two of my other energy stocks - SandRidge (SD) and Helmerich & Payne (HP) are performing decently. It’s pretty funny how I discovered SD - I was watching a somewhat entertaining show called Wall Street Warriors, in which a money manager is heavily investing in Sandisk. Curious as to how the stock ended up performing, I entered “SD” expecting that to be Sandisk, but instead found SandRidge, and immediately noticed how strong the chart looked. So I bought it, and it’s returned 24% since. Not bad for a stock I stumbled upon!

Two of my recent additions - VMWare (VMW) and Immersion Corporation (IMMR) are both down a bit. I’m not too worried about VMWare, but I’ll need to take another look at IMMR (a touch-screen technology company) if it drops much further.

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