Performance - Week Ending 03/24/2016

The Wax Ink Portfolio was down 0.7% for the week.

By comparison, the Dow was down 0.5%, the Nasdaq was down 0.5%, the S&P 500 was down 0.7%, the Russell 2000 was down 2.0%, and the Volatility Index, commonly known as the VIX, was up 5.1%.

Year to date, the Wax Ink portfolio is down 10.3%, the Dow is up 0.5%, the Nasdaq is down 4.7%, the S&P 500 is down 0.4%, the Russell 2000 is down 5.0%, and the VIX is lower by 19.1%.

The portfolio breakdown remains roughly 60% cash, 40% equities, and 0% bonds.

Baseline Valuation Estimates
Baseline Valuation Estimates are initial valuations which Accredited Investors, after completing their own due diligence, can either increase or decrease in accordance with their individual risk tolerance or investing philosophy.

Financial data used in the creation of each Baseline Valuation Estimate is the most recent company ANNUAL financial information as filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission.

The average baseline valuation estimate of all equities currently held in the Wax Ink Portfolio is $34.33. For the current week ending, the average market valuation of all equities currently held in the Wax Ink Portfolio is $29.32, making the current value spread (14.60%).

Fair Warning
Since many of the companies on my watch list (there are 1951 of them) have their fiscal years ending in December, the latter part of February and all of March can get pretty hectic for me as I work through reviewing these filings and updating baseline valuation estimates for these companies.

With the current market volatility, I hope to be able to find several companies that I can add to the portfolio, putting some of my cash to work.

Hydrocarbon Prices
WTI Crude ended the week at $39.46, up 0.1%, while Brent Crude ended the week at $40.44, down 1.8%, creating a crude price spread of $0.98. On the other side of the floor Natural Gas ended the week at $1.81, up 5.2%, and RBOB Gasoline ended the week at $1.4659, up 2.7%.

Year to date WTI Crude is up 6.5%, Brent Crude is up 8.5%, Natural Gas is down 22.6%, and RBOB Gasoline is up 15.3%.

Treasury and Bond Yields
The 5 Year Treasury ended the week at 1.36, up 3.8%, while the 10 Year Treasury ended the week at 1.88, up1.1%. The 5 Year AAA Municipal Bond ended the week at 0.91, down 1.1%, and the 10 Year AAA Municipal Bond ended the week at 1.78, up 1.7%. Lastly, the 5 Year AAA Corporate closed the week at 1.53, up 12.5%, with the 10 Year AAA Corporate ending the week at 2.51, up 2.0%.

Year to date the 5 Year Treasury is down 21.8%, the 10 Year Treasury is down 16.4%, the 5 Year AAA Muni is down 26.6%, the 10 year AAA Muni is down 16.8%, the 5 Year AAA Corporate is down 19.5%, and the 10 Year AAA Corporate is down 14.0%.

Baseline Valuation Worksheets
Archived worksheets may be downloaded by going to the Worksheets page at the site and selecting an industry which will move you to all of the worksheets I have updated for the selected industry.

Worksheets were either created or updated last week for the following companies. Please note that worksheets are updated or created basis the most current SEC 10-K ANNUAL filing.

Cummins, Inc. (NYSE: CMI) - FYE 12/2015

3M Company (NYSE: MMM) - FYE 12/2015

Ingersoll-Rand, plc (NYSE: IR) - FYE 12/2015

Honeywell International, Inc. (NYSE: HON) - FYE 12/2015

Estimate Revisions and Additions
Baseline value estimates were either created or revised this week for Cummins ($87-$91), 3M ($64-$92), Ingersoll-Rand ($35-$38), and Honeywell ($53-$70).

Have a great week.

Wax

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