I have a 40 year background in accounting and finance at a number of public and private companies in increasingly responsible positions and have been a CFO for the last 20 years. My background in preparing financial statements, reporting to the Securities and Exchange Commission and having been involved in a number of company sales and purchases are invaluable tools in reading and understanding public company financial statements and their valuations.
CSI Update 5/14/2022
CSI (12.8%)
Russell 2000 (20.2%)
NASDAQ (24.5%)
NYSE (11.4%)
CSI April 2022 Update
It was a horrible month. All of the market averages are still down. I was down 10.7% in April and am down 9.7% for the year. NASDAQ is down 21.2% year-to-date and was down 12.1% in April, the Russell 2000 is down 17.0% year-to-date and was down 9.2% in April and the NYSE is down 9.5% year-to-date and was down 4.9% in April. I started three new positions in April and exited two-Xerox (XRX) and Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE) for 3% and 90% gains respectively.
As I have been writing about for months, inflation, supply chain issues, interest rates, oil prices, Ukraine and on and on, have finally made a dent in stock valuations. We have already had a decent correction but, I am thinking it will correct further. Valuations are still way too high on many stocks and their growth rates are slowing. It seems every week some high valuation stock is getting crushed. I think anything (Tech and Medical) that has a valuation over 3X revenues that is not supported by good earnings will still have a ways to fall.
The 2 year and 10 year treasury rates inverted in late March for a very short time. With an expected ½ point rate increase expected in May, they may invert again. GDP fell 1.4% in Q1, 2022 the first time it has been negative since the pandemic started and second time since the 2008 meltdown. This is a signal that a recession is likely in our future.
In late 2015 I started offering a paid subscription service which is similar to the Blog, but I tell you exactly what stocks I bought and why—and sold every day, with a weekly summary of activity, open positions, how many shares I own and their valuations. 94% of my closed positions have been profitable
The cost to subscribe is $50 a month for individuals, with a 100 subscriber limit. First-time subscribers can purchase a 3 month subscription for $100. I am not trying to get rich by having thousands of subscribers. I do this for self-discipline in my investing, so I am accountable to someone besides myself, which helps keep me focused. I am NOT a trader. I buy my stocks thinking I will own them for 2 years. Many, I own for far less than two years, but some I have held for five years or more. Including my current open positions, 83.5% of my stocks have been or are profitable.
Through 2022 to date, I have averaged a 48.7% gain on the 66 stocks I have sold (62 winners and 4 losers) in my private portfolio since January 1, 2016. Seventeen of the 66 stocks have had buy-out offers, including two in 2016, six in 2017, two in 2018, none in 2019, two in 2020, four in 2021 and one so far in 2022.
My total portfolio was up 42.7% in 2021, 30.6% in 2020 and 72.8% in 2019. I took most of these gains and banked them in cash.
I stopped publishing my free weekly CSI Blog after 10 years of publishing at the end of 2015. Since inception of the Blog in 2006, I had 73 winners, 20 losers for a 78.5% win-rate with an average gain of 38.9% on the free blog.
If you are interested in becoming one of my private paid subscribers, please e-mail me at daveosowski@gmail.com to get all the terms and conditions.
Here is the list of private subscription stocks I have bought and closed out my position on, since December 2015.
2022 Hewlett Packard Enterprise, 90% gain
2022 Xerox, 3% gain
2022 Pitney Bowes, 83% gain
2022 Universal Insurance, .02% gain
2022 Western Union, 3% gain
2022 Sonic Foundry, 1% gain
2022 BioDelivery Sciences, 54% gain-Buy-Out offer
2022 Lee Enterprises, 41% gain-Buy-Out offer (yes again)
2021 Tech Stock, 48% gain-Buy-Out (still holding some for tax reasons)
2021 Lee Enterprises, 115% gain
2021 Leaf Group, 84% gain-Buy-Out
2021 Evolving Systems, 222% gain
2021 DHI Group, 49% gain
2021 Avid Technology, 143% gain
2021 Synacor, 10% loss-Buy-Out
2021 Extreme Networks, 52% gain
2021 Synchronoss, 77% gain
2021 Accuray, 62% gain
2021 Alphatec, 96% gain
2020 ZAGG 43% loss-Buy-Out
2020 Alaska Comm. 46% gain-Buy-Out (again)
2020 MIX Telegraphics, 27% gain
2020 QUAD Graphics, 3% gain
2020 VOXX, 1% gain
2020 Alaska Comm. 46% gain
2020 Cutera, 31% gain
2020 Aviat Networks, sold remaining 1/3 for a 7% gain (overall 15% gain)
2020 DHI .4% gain
2020 QUAD Graphics 54% gain
2020 Medical equipment company-sold 33% for a 61% gain
2019 EXFO, 1% gain
2019 PERI, 77% gain
2019 Quantum Corp, sold for 48% gain
2019 EXTR, 15% gain
2019 DHI Corp, 46% gain
2019 Medical device company, (sold 80%), 69% gain
2019 Lantronix, 41% gain
2019 PDLI, 15% gain
2018 The Rubicon Project 1% gain
2018 Otelco 116% gain.
2018 Global Ship Lease 4% gain, Buy-Out
2018 Telecom Services (57% sold) 3% gain
2018 Lantronix, 52% gain
2018 Ceragon Networks, 82% gain
2018 Aviat Newtowrks. (1/3 sold) 17% gain
2018 Pitney Bowes 31% gain
2018 Calix 1% gain
2018 Xerox 34% gain, Buy-Out
2018 RMG Networks-1% gain
2017 Telecommunications Co., 59% gain (partial sale)
2017 magicJack 17% gain, Buy-Out
2017 eGain 56% gain
2017 YUME 90% gain, Buy-Out
2017 MaxPoint Interactive 60% gain
2017 Shortel 24% gain, Buy-Out
2017 Tremor Video 25% gain
2017 MRV Communications 6% loss, Buy-Out
2017 Ceragon Networks 55% gain
2017 Angie’s List 60% gain, Buy-Out
2017 Lantronix 135% gain
2017 Syneron Medical 46% gain, Buy-Out
2017 RocketFuel 140% gain
2017 Conduent .1% gain
2017 Harmonic 74% gain
2016 Ceragon Networks 48% gain
2016 Alphatec 71% gain
2016 Universal Insurance 36% gain
2016 Mitel Networks 15% gain
2016 Avid Technology 50% gain
2016 Silicon Graphics 70% gain, Buy-Out
2016 Imatron 30% gain
2016 Harmonic 80% gain
2016 United Online 5% loss, Buy-Out
CSI Update 4/23/2022
CSI (4.0%)
DOW (7.0%)
Russell 2000 (13.6%)
NASDAQ (17.9%)
CSI Update 4/15/2022
CSI (.7%)
DOW (5.2%)
Russell 2000 (10.7%)
NASDAQ (14.7%)
CSI Update 4/9/2022
CSI (2.2%)
DOW (4.5%)
Russell 2000 (11.1%)
NASDAQ (12.4%)
CSI Update 4/2/2022
YTD Performance
CSI +.8%
DOW (4.2%)
Russell 2000 (6.9%)
NASDAQ (8.8%)
CSI March 2022 Update
All of the market averages are still down. I was up 3.6% in March and am up 1.0% for the year. The DOW is down 4.6% year-to-date and was up 2.1% in March, NASDAQ is down 9.1% year-to-date and was up 3.0% in March and the Russell 2000 is down 7.8% year-to-date and was up 1.0% in March. I am beating the market averages and am making a small profit (so far) which is better than losing for sure. I didn’t start any new positions in March and exited four-Western Union (WU), Pitney Bowes (PBI) Sonic Foundry (SOFO) and Universal Insurance (UVE), for 3% 83%, 1% and .02% gains respectively. Some of this was “clean-up” of positions I was mostly out of (PBI) and the rest was just reducing my market exposure of some stocks that I was not happy with anymore based on their performance (WU, SOFO and UVE) and was able to not lose any money on..
As I have been writing about for months, inflation, supply chain issues, interest rates, oil prices, Ukraine and on and on, look like they have finally made a dent in stock valuations, but with the rebound in March, not by very much. We have already had a relatively small correction in the market and I am thinking it will correct further. I think anything (Tech and Medical” that has a valuation over 3X revenues that is not supported by good earnings will still have a ways to fall.
The 2 year and 10 year treasury rates inverted in late March for a very short time. With an expected ½ point interest rate increase expected in April, they should definitively invert. This is a signal that a recession is in our future.
In late 2015 I started offering a paid subscription service which is similar to the Blog, but I tell you exactly what stocks I bought and why—and sold every day, with a weekly summary of activity, open positions, how many shares I own and their valuations. 94% of my closed positions have been profitable
The cost to subscribe is $50 a month for individuals, with a 100 subscriber limit. First-time subscribers can purchase a 3 month subscription for $100. I am not trying to get rich by having thousands of subscribers. I do this for self-discipline in my investing, so I am accountable to someone besides myself, which helps keep me focused. I am NOT a trader. I buy my stocks thinking I will own them for 2 years. Many, I own for far less than two years, but some I have held for five years or more. Including my current open positions, 85.5% of my stocks have been or are profitable.
Through 2022 to date, I have averaged a 48.8% gain on the 64 stocks I have sold (60 winners and 4 losers) in my private portfolio since January 1, 2016. Seventeen of the 64 stocks have had buy-out offers, including two in 2016, six in 2017, two in 2018, none in 2019, two in 2020 and four in 2021 and one so far in 2022.
My total portfolio was up 42.7% in 2021, 30.6% in 2020 and 72.8% in 2019. I took most of these gains and banked them in cash.
I stopped publishing my free weekly CSI Blog after 10 years of publishing at the end of 2015. Since inception of the Blog in 2006, I had 73 winners, 20 losers for a 78.5% win-rate with an average gain of 38.9% on the free blog.
If you are interested in becoming one of my private paid subscribers, please e-mail me at daveosowski@gmail.com to get all the terms and conditions.
Here is the list of private subscription stocks I have bought and closed out my position on, since December 2015.
2022 Pitney Bowes, 83% gain
2022 Universal Insurance, .02% gain
2022 Western Union, 3% gain
2022 Sonic Foundry, 1% gain
2022 BioDelivery Sciences, 54% gain-Buy-Out offer
2022 Lee Enterprises, 41% gain-Buy-Out offer (yes again)
2022 Old-line Tech stock-Sold 1/3 for a 101% gain
2021 Tech Stock, 48% gain-Buy-Out (still holding some for tax reasons)
2021 Lee Enterprises, 115% gain
2021 Leaf Group, 84% gain-Buy-Out
2021 Evolving Systems, 222% gain
2021 DHI Group, 49% gain
2021 Avid Technology, 143% gain
2021 Synacor, 10% loss-Buy-Out
2021 Extreme Networks, 52% gain
2021 Synchronoss, 77% gain
2021 Accuray, 62% gain
2021 Alphatec, 96% gain
2020 ZAGG 43% loss-Buy-Out
2020 Alaska Comm. 46% gain-Buy-Out (again)
2020 MIX Telegraphics, 27% gain
2020 QUAD Graphics, 3% gain
2020 VOXX, 1% gain
2020 Alaska Comm. 46% gain
2020 Cutera, 31% gain
2020 Aviat Networks, sold remaining 1/3 for a 7% gain (overall 15% gain)
2020 DHI .4% gain
2020 QUAD Graphics 54% gain
2020 Medical equipment company-sold 33% for a 61% gain
2019 EXFO, 1% gain
2019 PERI, 77% gain
2019 Quantum Corp, sold for 48% gain
2019 EXTR, 15% gain
2019 DHI Corp, 46% gain
2019 Medical device company, (sold 80%), 69% gain
2019 Lantronix, 41% gain
2019 PDLI, 15% gain
2018 The Rubicon Project 1% gain
2018 Otelco 116% gain.
2018 Global Ship Lease 4% gain, Buy-Out
2018 Telecom Services (57% sold) 3% gain
2018 Lantronix, 52% gain
2018 Ceragon Networks, 82% gain
2018 Aviat Newtowrks. (1/3 sold) 17% gain
2018 Pitney Bowes 31% gain
2018 Calix 1% gain
2018 Xerox 34% gain, Buy-Out
2018 RMG Networks-1% gain
2017 Telecommunications Co., 59% gain (partial sale)
2017 magicJack 17% gain, Buy-Out
2017 eGain 56% gain
2017 YUME 90% gain, Buy-Out
2017 MaxPoint Interactive 60% gain
2017 Shortel 24% gain, Buy-Out
2017 Tremor Video 25% gain
2017 MRV Communications 6% loss, Buy-Out
2017 Ceragon Networks 55% gain
2017 Angie’s List 60% gain, Buy-Out
2017 Lantronix 135% gain
2017 Syneron Medical 46% gain, Buy-Out
2017 RocketFuel 140% gain
2017 Conduent .1% gain
2017 Harmonic 74% gain
2016 Ceragon Networks 48% gain
2016 Alphatec 71% gain
2016 Universal Insurance 36% gain
2016 Mitel Networks 15% gain
2016 Avid Technology 50% gain
2016 Silicon Graphics 70% gain, Buy-Out
2016 Imatron 30% gain
2016 Harmonic 80% gain
2016 United Online 5% loss, Buy-Out
CSI Update 3/26/2022
YTD Performance
CSI +1.4%
DOW (4.1%)
Russell 2000 (7.5%)
NASDAQ (9.4%)
CSI Update 3/19/2022
YTD Performance
CSI +2%
DOW (4.4%)
Russell 2000 (7.1%)
NASDAQ (11.2%)
CSI Update 3/12/2022
YTD
CSI (3.6%)
DOW (9.3%)
Russell 2000 (11.8%)
NASDAQ (17.9%)
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