Over the past week the Twitter Top 10 Portfolio recovered much of the losses from earlier in the month. GT Advanced Tech (GTAT) was down more than 20% a few weeks ago and is now only down 6%.  That leaves Zynga (ZNGA) down 14% as the main reason the portfolio is under performing the S&P 500 Index (SPX). Below is a performance chart and details of the current picks.   Start Date Symbol Shares Start Price Start Total End Price End Total % Gain / Loss 5/2/2014 $MU 415 26.31 10918.65 27.28 11321.20 3.69% $AGN 64 169.91 10874.24 166.90 10681.60 -1.77% $INTC 413 26.41 10907.33 26.22 10828.86 -0.72% $CELG 74 147.40 10907.60 151.10 11181.40 2.51% $RAD 1387 7.87 10915.69 8.01 11109.87 1.78% $GTAT 761 16.91 12868.51 15.93 12122.73 -5.80% $ZNGA 2828 3.86 10916.08 3.31 9360.68 -14.25% $XLE 116 93.72 10871.52 94.39 10949.24 0.71% $JNJ 110 99.31 10924.10 101.04 11114.40 1.74% $GE 409 26.68 10912.12 26.48 10830.32 -0.75% Cash 102.83 102.83 Totals 111118.67 109603.13 -1.36%  

The Twitter Top 10 Portfolio slipped a fraction this week, but that comes on the heels of a 4% decline during the first week. Zynga (ZNGA) down 15% has joined GT Advanced Tech (GTAT) down 19% as a large drag on the portfolio. The rest of the portfolio is basically flat and illustrates why the general market has been sluggish this month. Below is a performance chart and details of the current holdings.   Start Date Symbol Shares Start Price Start Total End Price End Total % Gain / Loss 5/2/2014 $MU 415 26.31 10918.65 26.15 10852.25 -0.61% $AGN 64 169.91 10874.24 158.47 10142.08 -6.73% $INTC 413 26.41 10907.33 25.85 10676.05 -2.12% $CELG 74 147.40 10907.60 146.43 10835.82 -0.66% $RAD 1387 7.87 10915.69 7.64 10596.68 -2.92% $GTAT 761 16.91 12868.51 13.65 10387.65 -19.28% $ZNGA 2828 3.86 10916.08 3.29 9304.12 -14.77% $XLE 116 93.72 10871.52 93.32 10825.12 -0.43% $JNJ 110 99.31 10924.10 100.39 11042.90 1.09% $GE 409 26.68 10912.12 26.58 10871.22 -0.37% Cash 102.83 102.83 Totals 111118.67 105636.72 -4.93%

The Twitter Top 10 portfolio continues to under perform the S&P 500 Index (SPX) on the year. It is down 17% while SPX is up almost 3% from the first Friday of the year. If you have/had a portfolio of momentum stocks I’m suspecting you’re suffering the same type of draw down. This month the portfolio kept a few momentum stocks which is the reason for most of the negative numbers. The new picks for May are much more defensive in nature. Below is a list of the stocks with the strongest support from the Twitter stream over the past month. The portfolio picks the top 10 each month.   Below is a performance chart and details of last month’s holdings.  Note: I’ll update the numbers to today’s closing prices sometime over the weekend. Start Date Symbol Shares Start Price Start Total End Price End Total % Gain / Loss 4/4/2014 $MSFT 292 39.87 11642.04 39.69 11589.48 -0.45% $HIMX 1021 11.43 11670.03 8.78 8964.38 -23.18% $GTAT 761 16.90 12860.90 16.91

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