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Chapter 15
The System for Large Investors

It's time to take the system and see it in the real world. I'm going to show you how commissions affect the system and show you real world judgements used to improve profits. We're always trying to maximize profits and you'll find that a few simple decisions will greatly increase profits. This Chapter is for larger investors ($10,000 per stock) and will show large investors a gain of 555% after commissions for seven years. Your portfolio rose from $101,200 to $662,523, an average gain of 80% a year.

At the end of four years I evaluated the portfolio - remember I told you you're not married to your stocks. I had held all ten stocks for four years. I only evaluated the stocks I owned once in four years for three reasons:
1) by doing it once I could keep the example as simple as possible.
2) when I first wrote the book I didn't think to do it.
3) by doing it once you see the dramatic effect - an increase of 75% in the fifth year vs. only 13% the year before.

In real life I recommend you evaluate your portfolio for stocks to sell at least once a year. The best time to sell all remaining shares is when they are at or near their high for the year. This is the opposite criteria of what we want when we want to make our initial buy. Of course when we sell all our remaining shares, we immediately put all the proceeds into a new stock that meets our criteria.

Look in the next chapter for the reasons I sold the five stocks and the reasons I bought the new stocks. Also look in the next chapter for how to buy and sell so you buy and sell 100% of what the system tells you. The two chapters are almost identical except the amount invested.

Another thing we did to boost profits was to buy additional shares. After one year the cash amount had grown larger than 1/3 of the portfolio total. We took this extra cash and bought additional shares of the same stock. Remember we make our profits buying and selling stocks - not collecting interest on large cash balances. Below is an example of what we did in the first year (same thing done every year):

Readjust Cash/Stock Balance
STOCK1ST YR1ST YR1/3 OFEXTRA
PORT.CASHPORT.CASH
VALUETOTALVALUE
ALASKA AIRLINES15016871250063706
COMPAQ161261000453214683
SUPERIOR IND.11999584240001842
GOLDEN NUGGET11391508237781304
BUSH IND.7895154726290

Checking for extra cash is also something you should do at least every year. When you find some, buy more stock and remember to increase portfolio control by 100% of the amount of additional stock bought.

For the five stocks that I took the cash over 1/3 of portfolio total amount to buy additional shares, I made the discovery that portfolio control should be increased 100% of the amount used to buy additional shares. This is because if you only increase portfolio control by 50%, you get an immediate sell at the same price you paid for the new shares. This defeats additional gains from the purchase of the new shares.

Remember the only times you increase portfolio control 100% of the buy amount are:
1) - when you initially buy a stock;
2) - when you take cash over 1/3 of portfolio value and buy additional shares;
3) - when you add extra money to an existing stock.

All other buys increase portfolio control by 50%. Read this chapter and the next chapter carefully and really understand the reasons for doing what they say. All reasons are based on the incredibly simple premise of doing things to make the highest profits with the least risk. You can read why we sold the five stocks in the next chapter.

Selling the five stocks gained us $86,433 (I subtracted $9,144 from the fourth year total of $95,577 because our cash was - $9,144 at the end of fourth year) which we used to buy five new stocks in the fifth year. Thus, each of these five stocks started life with $17,287. We kept these stocks for the next three years (years 5-6-7). After the fifth year we sold our remaining original five stocks because they had matured, were a little high priced, and we had been doing our homework and found five new stocks we wanted to own. Our last five stocks started with $38,744 each.

As you can see from the summary, our work paid off - our portfolio grew from $101,200 to $662,523, a 555% increase or a compound growth rate of 30% a year for seven years. A review of our cash account will show ups and downs. I omitted the first three years of the cash account because the total wasn't negative. For the next three years, your cash account still never showed a negative balance. In the seventh year your cash account went negative for three months, hitting a low of - $24,424. However look at your portfolio value - at the end of the sixth year your portfolio was worth $328,350 and at the end of the seventh year $662,523, a gain of over $334,000. I figure after doing the system for six years and being ahead over $200,000, you could come up with an extra $25,000 - it was worth it. At the end of the seventh year, your cash balance is over $235,000.

Finally I'm sure a few errors crept into this chapter. I'm writing this book late at night after working all day and my family breaks my concentration. Remember this is an art not a science and any discrepancies are very minor - any way you look at this you made a pile of money - the system works! In December 1992 I fixed most of the errors.

Also I kept these examples as simple as possible and didn't use the system to the max. I only adjusted cash once a year and always bought more shares of the same stock whatever the price. You can take the extra money and buy shares of another stock or one you already own that is at or near its 52-week low. Also I held onto stocks that if I owned for real I would have sold. For example, I would have sold all my Wang B in April 1991 when it hit $ 4.37 and the portfolio total was $66,128. Also you can adjust your cash balance more than once a year.

I think you see how you can use the system for your maximum profit. You may think of some good ideas on your own. If you do, please share them with me and I'll put them in the next edition.

The System for Large Investors - 1st - 3rd Years
STOCK/FUND% GAINPORT.% GAINPORT.% GAINPORT.
1STVALUE2NDVALUE3RDVALUE
YEARYEARYEAR
ALASKA AIRLINES43%1445052%1540066%16783
GRACO8%1090556%1580493%19526
COMPAQ COMPUTERS59%16126124%22697414%52008
HOVNANIAN ENT24%1258564%16593146%24864
SUPERIOR IND19%1199945%1471360%16235
CONTINENTAL INFO16%1178619%1201862%16362
J P INDUSTRIES11%1120348%1500086%18857
BUSH INDUSTRIES-22%789558%16008139%24200
GOLDEN NUGGET13%1139129%1302846%14802
PROSPECTOR-2%98422%1022976%17584
TOTALS17%11818250%151490119%221221

Profits figured in initial investment of $10,120 per stock/fund.

The System for Large Investors - 4th - 6th Years
STOCK/FUND% GAINPORT.% GAINPORT.% GAINPORT.
4THVALUE5THVALUE6THVALUE
YEARYEARYEAR
ALASKA AIRLINES145%24801193%29620
GRACO92%19430
COMPAQ COMPUTERS374%48009596%70445
HOVNANIAN ENT119%23193
SUPERIOR IND143%24617198%30204
CONTINENTAL INFO170%27319
J P INDUSTRIES48%14954
BUSH INDUSTRIES166%26880265%36957
GOLDEN NUGGET50%15220162%26493
PROSPECTOR33%13327
AMD87%1892176%17847
ON-LINE140%24252105%20710
QMS154%25723179%28237
CLAIRE'S STORES225%32867197%30070
CAESAR'S WORLD137%23955169%27261
WANG B215%31904
DELL COMPUTER466%57277
SUN MICROSYSTEMS401%50660
BEST BUY272%37692
ASTON-TATE230%33412
TOTALS135%237685216%319437231%335070

The System for Large Investors - 7th Year
STOCK% GAINPORT.
7TH YRVALUE
AMD329%43385
ON-LINE422%52790
QMS372%47797
CLAIRE'S STORES169%27203
CAESAR'S WORLD487%59441
WANG B399%50520
DELL COMPUTER1152%126723
SUN MICROSYSTEMS600%70879
BEST BUY1008%112148
ASHTON-TATE741%85137
TOTALS568%676023

Cash in one account
DATEALASKACOMPAQHOVSUPINDCONTJPINDBUSHGOLDGRACOPROSPECTTOTAL
AIRCOMPENTSUNMICINFOQMSINDNUGCLAIRCAESARSCASH
WANGDELLAMDONLINEBESTASHTSTORE
10/8741063074182465443(479)6299889142086429583370707
11/8741261724971825460(1567)6330893544106381586264368
12/87(536)1077830312684(6577)3812340836084555294927712
1/88(2961)797(3714)518(12181)983(1610)341628602961(8928)
2/88(3305)942(5419)(835)(12172)988(1492)343326211984(13755)
3/88-----------
4/88(3299)952(2493)(823)(12154)998(1190)34672647(977)(12872)
5/88(3017)957(2471)(108)(11380)2366743934845244(1154)1360
6/88(950)962(2448)5864(11367)2378651259915270(1150)11049
7/88(935)967(3146)4953(11354)2390615060215296(1146)9170
8/88(279)2952(3127)4988(11341)2402354560515322(1142)14332
9/88(260)7992(3108)5023(19771)2414(1051)60815596(1138)1726
10/88(231)8032(6471)5842(22425)2426(3206)50485624(1134)(6560)
11/8811638072(360)7134(16314)6111(7698)50736111492714269
12/8815728112(510)7559(16283)5961(8708)50985961482713539
1/89-----------
2/8915788192(589)7655(16221)6400(10757)51486021488712314
3/89274614875(560)9180(16190)8010(10736)68109869673330737
4/89469914949(530)9943(16159)8364(10715)804110895677236259
5/89508915024(500)10294(15568)8406(9608)804111270681239250
6/89687217476(470)10355(14753)8448(9581)887412217789447332
7/8969262938742711431(14422)8490(5271)1092215363990973053
8/8969812943345511498(14144)8532(4521)1097715440995474615
9/8970362958049011565(14103)9942(3577)12169155171031378909
10/8980182972852511979(14061)10412(3520)14115189171070386816
11/891290212902(132)12902(14309)860993821290211000688373041
12/891262412624(1607)12624(13710)865791041262411055583869828

Cash in one account
DATEALASKACOMPAQHOVSUP INDCONTJP INDBUSHGOLDGRACOPROSPTTOTAL
AIRCOMPENTSUNINFOQMSBESTNUGCLAIRECAESARSCASH
WANGDELLAMDMICROONLINEBUYASH/TATESTORE
1/90-----------
2/901275012977(1942)12750(12922)873890301275011165590871404
3/90686113042(3541)14650(10281)1126492941281411221345868782
4/90740115329(3139)20878(10220)12900112151597711277(1711)79907
5/901018221282(2904)20982(10159)12965171401711011333(1704)96227
6/90841227100(2886)23605(10419)14683172431719511300(4676)112066
7/90-----------
8/90605532964(660)29784(10435)18142174511736717400(4672)123396
9/90233534860(2773)30085(12357)18233175561502117487(11698)120447
10/90234735034(7995)30235(15328)1585013984789516609(18973)79658
11/90(3373)19168(10470)16956(17557)94508511(3531)10366(19832)22331
12/90(10850)19264(15119)6559(22467)94973461(3509)10418(19830)(22576)
1/91(12188)29687(16356)6592(23895)954434967178699(19828)(13532)
2/91(17925)43581(16356)6784(21954)10204170(4078)8742(19385)(10217)
3/91(17915)64827(7347)20074(16880)163875899(4058)9498(19381)30078
4/91(17620)69148(4894)27512(13416)164698119(1316)15997(14288)85711
5/91(2963)73381236827650(10476)209809395331416686(12111)128226
6/91(3964)69464669834215(10406)2225224988435816769(7363)157011
7/91(3884)69811976934731(10336)2236336313941216853(3671)181361
8/91(3803)70159990031621(8003)22475517421242516937(3430)200023
9/91(5787)765351003231779(7921)22910519683115416891(568)226993
10/91(9953)810901016531938-233925696335777111842484243040

Alaska Airlines
DATEREMARKSSHARESHARESAFECASHSHARESSHARESPORTBUYMKT ORD6%COMMPORT
PRICEVALUEBOUGHTOWNEDCONT(SELL)(SELL)INTCONTROL
(SOLD)ADVICEBUY
11/8411.8766666663334-5646666---12010120
12/8413.0073327333351-5646666(666)017-10683
1/8514.6282498243368(52)5646666(1583)(759)174311617
2/8517.8791529154104(88)5126666(2486)(1571)205313256
3/8519.5082688265650(40)4246666(1602)(776)284313918
4/8519.6275367536415(6)3846666(870)(117)321613951
5/85---------33--
6/8524.5092619266582(68)3786666(2595)(1669)335415843
7/8523.2572087208238-3106666(542)041-15446
8/8525.2578287828279(15)3106666(1162)(380)413316107
9/8521.2562696268669-2956666397043-14938
10/8521.3763066308712-2956666360043-15018
11/85ADJ S/C20.1294199415031+173 SH46810372953IGN 12257914450
12/8519.259009900505624468103721363463253714065
1/8616.12793479345791164921060426701877235712513
2/8617.371056410562658-60811543979013-13222
3/8619.871208412082671-60811543(541)013-14755
4/8620.001216012162684-60811543(671)013-14844
5/8618.621132411322697-60811543219013-14021
6/8619.251170411702710-60811543(161)013-14414
7/8616.009728972272353608115431815843134412451
8/8616.0010576105718452166111965138933293012421
9/8617.001159411591490-6821213153707-13084
10/8618.621270212701497-68212132(571)07-14199
11/86ADJ S/C20.371389613891504(18)68212132(1765)(376)73315400
12/8618.751245012451856-66412131(319)09-14306
1/8722.751510615101865(64)66412131(2975)(1465)95216971
2/8723.871432514323294(32)60012131(2194)(762)164317619
3/8730.751746617464033(117)56812131(5335)(3589)207721499
4/8725.251138811387563-45112131743038-18971
5/8720.12907690776211074511213130552148386016697
6/8719.751102111025440555581320521841082274716461
7/8720.00122601226433313613137461486260222716593
8/8723.501471114714066-62613876(835)0--18777
9/8721.501345913454086-62613876417020-17545
10/8720.251267712674106-626138761199020-16783

Alaska Airlines
DATEREMARKSSHARESHARESAFECASHSHARESSHARESPORTBUYMKT ORD6%COMMPORT
PRICEVALUEBOUGHTOWNEDCONT(SELL)(SELL)INTVALUE
(SOLD)ADVICEBUY
11/87+$200013.50845184561263396261387654254580208914577
12/8713.001254512543464182965161663621236776316009
1/8813.50154851548103926114717350186531753016524
2/8815.25178881788695-117317509(379)03-18583
3/88---------3--
4/8816.87197941979701(18)117317509(2285)(306)32920495
5/8818.87218012180983(112)115517509(4292)(2112)56022784
6/8817.751851318513050-104317509(1004)015-21563
7/8819.372020820203065(35)104317509(2699)(679)154223273
8/8817.871801818013721-1008175099509)019-21739
9/8817.251738817383740-100817509121019-21128
10/8820.872104221043759(68)100817509(3533)(1429)195124801
11/88ADJ S/C21.121985819855163(17)94017509(2349)(364)263225021
12/8819.621811418115522-92317509(605)027-23636
1/89---------28--
2/8922.502076820765578(53)92317509(3259)(1183)284926346
3/8924.872164121646746(79)87017509(4132)(1968)345828387
4/8925.121987419878699(15)79117509(2365)(378)433328573
5/8927.622143721439089(65)77617509(3928)(1785)455630526
6/8927.1219286192810872-71117509(1777)054-30158
7/8927.2519375193710926-71117509(1866)054-30301
8/8927.0019197191910981-71117509(1688)055-30178
9/8928.8720530205311036(34)71117509(3021)(968)554631566
10/89SOLD ALL 26.0017602176012018-67717509--60-29620

Graco
DATEREMARKSSHARESHARESAFECASHSHARESSHARESPORTBUYMKT ORD6%COMMPORT
PRICEVALUEBOUGHTOWNEDCONT(SELL) (SELL)INTVALUE
(SOLD)ADVICEBUY
10/8413.6266666663452-4896666---12010120
11/8412.7562356233351-4896666431017-9586
12/84---------17--
1/8510.50513551333859748966661531101817438520
2/8513.5079117912336-5867175(736)012-10247
3/8512.7574727472348-5867175(297)012-9820
4/8511.0064466442360-5867175729IGN 8512-8806
5/85---------12--
6/8513.2577657762384-5867175(590)012-10149
7/8513.0076187612396-5867125(443)012-10014
8/8514.5084978492408(33)5867175(1322)(473)123810905
9/8515.2584338432420(27)5537175(1258)(415)123510853
10/85ADJ S/C15.2580228022814-5267175(847)IGN (45)14-10836
11/8518.2596009602828(80)5267175(2425)(1465)145212428
12/8517.3777497744262-4467175(574)021-12011
1/8620.7592559254283(56)4467175(2080)(1155)214813538
2/8619.5076057605417-3907175(430)027-13022
3/8628.251101811015444(97)3907175(3843)(2742)276716462
4/8629.0084978498160(16)2937175(1322)(473)413816657
5/8628.7579647968638-2777175(789)043-16602
6/8630.0083108318681(10)2777175(1135)(304)432916941
7/8628.5076107619001-2677175(435)045-16611
8/8621.25567456790464426771751501934454514720
9/8624.7576977698107-3117642(55)040-15804
10/86ADJ S/C24.371043310435241+117 SH42810484510266815674
11/8625.121075410755199-42810484(270)026-15953
12/8623.871021910215225-42810484265026015444
1/8725.251080710805251-42810484(323)026-16058
2/8729.751273312735277(33)42810484(2249)(976)264618010
3/8730.621209712096238(13)39510484(1613)(404)313418335
4/8733.371274912746641(30)38210484(2265)(991)334619390
5/8731.621113211137624-35210484(648)038-18756
6/8729.621042810427662-3521048456038-18090
7/8730.371069210697700-35210484(208)038-18392
8/8732.251135211357739-35210484(868)039-19091
9/8733.371174811747778-35210484(1264)IGN (90)39-19526

Graco
DATEREMARKSSHARESHARESAFECASHSHARESSHARESPORTBUYMKT ORD6%COMMPORT
PRICEVALUEBOUGHTOWNEDCONT(SELL)(SELL)INTVALUE
(SOLD)ADVICEBUY
10/87ADJ S/C34.371350913506429+41/(9)39311865(1644)(294)322919938
11/8723.7591209126381753841186527051793325615501
12/8722.001009810094555754591276226641655235414653
1/8822.75121491214286010534135901441227142515009
2/8823.751292012922621-54413704784013-15541
3/88---------13--
4/8833.371815618152647(79)54413704(4452)(2637)136620803
5/8832.371505415055244-46513704(1350)026-20298
6/8831.751476414765270-46513704(1060)026-20034
7/8832.621517115175296-46513704(1467)026-20467
8/883 FOR 2 SP22.251553115535322(12)69813704(1827)(274)262820853
9/8821.251457814575596-68613704(874)028-20174
10/88SOLD ALL20.121380613805624-68613704--28-19430

Compaq Computers
DATEREMARKSSHARESHARESAFECASHSHARESSHARESPORTBUYMKT ORD6%COMMPORT
PRICEVALUEBOUGHTOWNEDCONT(SELL)(SELL)INTVALUE
(SOLD)ADVICEBUY
11/844.6266666663334-14416666---12010120
12/845.3777457743351(57)14416666(1079)(305)172911096
1/856.6291699163599(240)13846666(2508)(1587)185312768
2/858.1292959295199(209)11446666(2629)(1700)265514494
3/8510.0093509356878(175)9356666(2684)(1749)345516228
4/858.1261756178615-7606666491043-14790
5/85---------43--
6/858.2562706278701-7606666396043-14971
7/859.8775057508745-7606666(839)ign (89)44-16250
8/8511.1284558458789985)7606666(1789)(944)444617244
9/8511.3776787679735(22)6756666(1012)(245)482617413
10/859.37612261210004-6536666544050-16126
11/85adj s/c10.621224012244705+499 sh115211348(892)0259116945
12/8512.371425614254729(120)115211348(2908)(1483)245218985
1/8613.871431914316191(111)103211348(2971)(1540)315320510
2/8612.751174311747716-92111348(395)038-19459
3/8615.501427614277754(97)92111348(2928)(1501)385222030
4/8614.371184511849249-82411348(497)046-21094
5/8617.001400814009285(74)82411348(2660)(1260)464923303
6/8617.2512938129310559(17)75011348(1590)(297)532923497
7/8614.5010629106210881-73311348719054-21510
8/8612.008796879109251397331134825521673545419721
9/8615.251329813299244-87212185(1113)046-22542
10/8615.371340713409290-87212185(1222)046-22697
11/86adj s/c15.501533015337528+117 sh98913985(1345)0385622858
12/8619.001879118797509(154)98913985(4806)(2927)376926300
1/8719.3716178161710419(30)83513985(2193)(576)524026597
2/8723.2518716187111010(125)80513985(4731)(2860)556929276
3/8732.1221909219013870(178)68213985(7924)(5734)6910935779
4/8728.1214175141719582-50413985(190)087-33757
5/8735.5017892178919670(60)50413985(3907)(2118)886037562
6/8748.3721479214721837(111)44413985(7494)(5347)10910543316
7/8746.2515401154027214-333139859141600135-42615
8/8745.6215193151927350-33313985(1208)0136-42543
9/8757.2519064190627487(55)33313985(5079)(3173)1377246551
10/8776.5021267212630741(67)27813985(7282)(5156)15310352008

Compaq Computers
DATEREMARKSSHARESHARESAFECASHSHARESSHARESPORTBUYMKT ORD6%COMMPORT
PRICEVALUEBOUGHTOWNEDCONT(SELL)(SELL)INTVALUE
(SOLD)ADVICEBUY
11/87ADJ S/C52.8724058240517229+244/122455326168558615386258/11441307
12/8740.7523513235110778241577356931218098295415634291
1/8855.37452974529797(3)81840608(4689)(160)42046094
2/8847.37386113861942-81540608199705-39553
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4/8850.25409544095952-81540608(346)05-41906
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