We have sold 8 of our private positions in 2016 (either fully or partially).

Imation—31% gain

Mitel-15% gain

United Online-6% loss (take-under)

SGI—70% gain on takeover.

AVID-55% gain (this was a trading position-in addition to our long-term holding)

HLIT-85% gain. We sold 75% of our position here.

UVE-36% gain. Hurricane Matt, was our decision maker to get out.

ATEC—71% gain. (This was a trading position-in addition to our long-term holding)

If you are interested in becoming one of our private paid subscribers, please e-mail me at daveosowski@gmail.com. It is NOT CHEAP though.

We averaged a 41% gain on our 8 sold positions in our private portfolio and are up 2% on our other 13 positions.

For our legacy stocks, October stunk up the place as we were down 13% as ATEC gave back 34%, GSL 20% and BLIN 21% for no reason. The legacy portfolio is still up 23% in 2016.

We are updating our open legacy portfolio once a month until all positions are sold. Of our closed out positions since inception, we have had 70 winners, 16 losers for an 81% win-rate with an average gain of 39%.

October 2016 Performance:

Index	October	YTD
Dow	-1.0%	4.1%
Nasdaq	-2.5%	3.6%
CSI	-13.6%	23.2%

 

	Per Share	Current	Lifetime	2016	Current	Price to	Prior
Stock	Cost	Price	Gain/Loss	Gain/Loss	Valuation	Valuation	Valuation
ARIS	SOLD 7/14/2016		210%	11.1%	NA	NA	NA
CCUR **	4.58	7.82	71%	22.4%	$     16.16	48%	$     11.72
BLIN	3.95	0.62	-84%	-45.1%	$     2.11	29%	$     2.06
DXMM	SOLD 5/2/2016		-98%	0.0%	NA	NA	NA
SYNC	2.56	2.78	8%	58.6%	$     6.17	45%	$     6.23
EXTR	SOLD 7/21/2016		13%	-4.9%	NA	NA	NA
PRSS	4.01	3.04	-24%	-20.8%	$     7.73	39%	$     7.75
ATEC	7.06	6.23	-12%	73.1%	$     19.93	31%	$     19.68
AVID	8.35	6.57	-21%	-9.9%	$     25.56	26%	$     28.44
CRNT	SOLD 8-5-2016		64%	86.0%	NA	NA	NA
CKP	SOLD-BUYOUT 3/2016		48%	60.0%	NA	NA	NA
MTSL	SOLD 3/29/2016		-9%	34.1%	NA	NA	NA
GSL	3.09	1.31	-58%	-49.6%	$     3.00	44%	$     3.00
** Current price includes cumulative dividends