Day 157: Coal Museum Goes Solar
The Mother's Little Helper portfolio was up today +$6,550.93 (+0.92%).
Overall GAIN YTD: +$132,353.47 (+22.67%).
According to CNN Money our benchmark index, the S&P 500 is up +8.54% Year To Date (http://money.cnn.com/data/markets/sandp/).
Maybe I just have a dark and sarcastic sense of humor, but milk came out of my nose when I learned that on the same day President Trump announced the U.S will pull out of the Paris accord, the Kentucky Coal Museum in Benham, KY is switching to solar power. According to the museums Communications Director the museum expects to save $8,000 to $10,000 a year on their energy bill.
Checking in on the year to date (YTD) performance of the best mutual funds, we moved into the #1 position today. This chart compares teh MLH portfolio against the YTD performance of the best mutal funds as rated by TheStreet.com.
See complete list here (https://www.thestreet.com/topic/21421/top-rated-mutual-funds.html). Let's see how long we can hold onto this position.
Stay Invested,
Clay Baker
Disclosure: I am personally invested long in these stocks that appear in the MLH portfolio and may purchase or sell share withing the next 72 hours. I am also invested in other stocks that do not appear in the MLH portfolio: BA, BRK.B, CELG, CSCO, CTXS, CVX, DOW, DVAX, FB, IBM, NTES, NVDA, OMER, PFE, PG, RDHL, SCHW, THO, TWX, VEEV, VZ, XLNX, XOM
I wrote this article myself, and it expresses my own opinions. I am not receiving compensation for it. I have no business relationship with any company whose stock is mentioned in this article.
This article is not intended to offer investing advice, guarantee 100% accurate predictions, or to be interpreted as providing a personal recommendation.
