The StockTwits Top 10 Portfolio recovered this week. It is now even with the S&P 500 Index (SPX) for the year. The recovery is mostly a result of the out performance of Micron Technology (MU) up over 12% and a good bounce in SunPower (SPWR) up nearly 7% this month.  Currently the only laggard is JPMorgan Chase (JPM) down over 6.5%. 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 4/4/2014 $AMD 2712 4.01 10875.12 4.11 11146.32 2.49% $MSFT 237 39.87 9449.19 39.98 9475.26 0.28% $MU 419 22.58 9461.02 25.43 10655.17 12.62% $AA 881 12.63 11127.03 13.3 11717.30 5.30% $F 587 16.13 9468.31 15.82 9286.34 -1.92% $Z 104 91.00 9464.00 94.91 9870.64 4.30% $T 282 33.55 9461.10 34.5 9729.00 2.83% $JPM 158 59.81 9449.98 55.85 8824.30 -6.62% $GE 410 26.13 10713.30 26.65 10926.50 1.99% $SPWR 296 31.93 9451.28 34.08 10087.68 6.73% Cash 56.56 56.56 Totals 98976.89 101775.07 2.83%

The StockTwits Top 10 portfolio is performing in line with the market so far this month. Both the portfolio and the S&P 500 Index (SPX) are basically flat from the first Friday of April.  The laggards in the portfolio are SunPower (SPWR) down 15.25%, JP Morgan (JPM) down 7.56%, and Advanced Micro Devices (AMD) down 6.98%. 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 4/4/2014 $AMD 2712 4.01 10875.12 3.73 10115.76 -6.98% $MSFT 237 39.87 9449.19 40.1 9503.70 0.58% $MU 419 22.58 9461.02 23.81 9976.39 5.45% $AA 881 12.63 11127.03 13.46 11858.26 6.57% $F 587 16.13 9468.31 16.07 9433.09 -0.37% $Z 104 91.00 9464.00 95.99 9982.96 5.48% $T 282 33.55 9461.10 36.15 10194.30 7.75% $JPM 158 59.81 9449.98 55.29 8735.82 -7.56% $GE 410 26.13 10713.30 26.72 10955.20 2.26% $SPWR 296 31.93 9451.28 27.06 8009.76 -15.25% Cash 56.56 56.56 Totals 98976.89 98821.80 -0.16%

The StockTwits Top 10 portfolio continues to fall with the market. It is down 3.75% from last week’s new picks. The slide in relation to the S&P 500 Index (SPX) isn’t as severe as the March carnage due to some rotation to large cap and more defensive stocks.  Over half the stocks are down less than about 2%.  These stocks are holding up better than SPX. The one large laggard this month is SunPower (SPWR) which is down nearly 16% which accounts for much of the under performance. Below is a performance chart and details of the current month’s holdings. Start Date Symbol Shares Start Price Start Total End Price End Total % Gain / Loss 4/4/2014 $AMD 2712 4.01 10875.12 3.76 10197.12 -6.23% $MSFT 237 39.87 9449.19 39.45 9349.65 -1.05% $MU 419 22.58 9461.02 21.27 8912.13 -5.80% $AA 881 12.63 11127.03 12.46 10977.26 -1.35% $F 587 16.13 9468.31 15.82 9286.34 -1.92% $Z 104 91.00 9464.00 89.75 9334.00 -1.37% $T 282 33.55 9461.10 35.19 9923.58 4.89% $JPM 158 59.81 9449.98

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Over the past month the StockTwits Top 10 portfolio was smacked pretty hard ending down 7.18%. It mirrored the carnage in the market for almost all momentum, social media, and biotech stocks.  Note: I’ll update the actual prices sometime after the close.  UPDATE: After the close the portfolio ended the month down 7.59%. The details below reflect closing prices. This month the new picks are mostly “traditional” stocks.  This is expected behavior because the screen picks up stocks that rally or hold up better on a relative basis so when rotation occurs in the market it occurs in this portfolio as well.  It still remains to be seen if this is a rotation to safety ahead of a larger market decline or if it is simple profit taking in the high fliers. Here are the new symbols for April. AMD, MSFT, MU, AA, F, Z, T, JPM, GE, SPWR The next five symbols in the list are also large and established companies. MS, MA, QCOM, CSCO, INTC Below is a

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