The Bahamas section (top nav bar when it gets done) will present the case for capital market traders joining me in Freeport on Grand Bahama Island, where we'll be living grand. :-)

For the majority of readers, the "Trades" section will finally get to the meat. My friends at RiskFile will set up a quant model that meets my needs for this blog.

I'll then be presenting a universe of about 1200 stocks that trade in the U.S., including about 100 that also trade in Canada. Every week or every second week, the computer-generated buys and sells (long and short portfolios) will be presented, and once a month the performance against the broad market indexes will be graphed.

This universe will include all Cara 100 stocks that trade in North America, which is almost all of them. As well, only optionable stocks will be candidates. Unfortunately there will be no asset allocation criteria used, because the model is not set up for that.

Periodically, I'll write up my rationale for the proposed trades. Obviously I hope this portfolio outperforms because that above all else is what it will be tuned for. For sure, though, this new tool will help me cover a broader number of industries/groups/stocks than I have been doing recently in this blog.

My personal portfolio in future will be based on trades from this model portfolio, but will be using put and call options. I intend to show certain of my real trades in the blog, but I have no intention of offering the whole portfolio as a service to premium subscribers or otherwise, at this point.

I'm in no hurry to get into a client-vendor relationship because that will mean legal obligations and daily responsibilities. So don't count on it happening for a while. Maybe after I move to Freeport, and get registered to trade in securities there, I'll offer premium services, such as charging to get simultaneous e-mails of all my personal trades.

As for today's news, the blog's web stats for March are amazing -- just shy of 40,000 servers from about 100 countries. And my mail has been a delight to read too. Thank you.

Symbol	Close	Net	%Net	1W %Net	2W %Net	4W %Net	YTD %Net	3M %Net	6M %Net	Yr %Net
XLE	54.40	-0.77	-1.40%	1.00%	1.40%	0.50%	3.23%	8.13%	1.36%	26.81%
XLB	32.35	-0.31	-0.95%	0.94%	0.50%	1.92%	4.62%	6.84%	17.64%	7.26%
XLI	33.80	-0.01	-0.03%	0.36%	0.03%	3.24%	6.86%	7.57%	12.07%	11.07%
SMH	36.32	-0.42	-1.14%	0.33%	2.17%	-4.27%	-4.22%	-0.87%	-1.68%	11.65%
IYZ	25.88	-0.02	-0.08%	-0.04%	0.19%	2.86%	12.67%	13.21%	9.38%	13.01%
XLY	33.66	-0.10	-0.30%	-0.38%	-1.06%	0.54%	2.00%	3.09%	3.60%	1.51%
XLF	32.55	0.01	0.03%	-1.00%	-1.66%	0.09%	1.09%	2.78%	10.26%	14.65%
XLP	23.60	-0.09	-0.38%	-1.58%	-1.50%	0.21%	0.68%	1.33%	1.37%	2.52%
IYH	63.65	-0.41	-0.64%	-1.82%	-2.42%	-1.00%	0.03%	1.00%	2.36%	8.90%
XLU	30.83	-0.23	-0.74%	-2.10%	-4.11%	-4.55%	-3.66%	-1.78%	-8.24%	5.76%

Symbol	Close	Net	%Net	1W %Net	2W %Net	4W %Net	YTD %Net	3M %Net	6M %Net	Yr %Net
AA	30.56	-0.16	-0.52%	2.45%	1.49%	0.53%	2.21%	3.35%	25.14%	0.56%
GE	34.78	0.13	0.38%	2.44%	0.78%	5.20%	-1.67%	-0.77%	3.30%	-3.55%
DIS	27.89	0.02	0.07%	1.60%	-2.62%	-1.17%	14.30%	16.35%	15.58%	-2.92%
HON	42.77	0.43	1.02%	0.75%	0.02%	2.52%	14.18%	14.82%	14.05%	14.94%
MSFT	27.21	-0.02	-0.07%	0.74%	-1.05%	1.04%	1.38%	4.05%	5.75%	12.58%
XOM	60.86	-0.26	-0.43%	-0.51%	-0.31%	-0.20%	4.09%	8.35%	-4.22%	2.11%
INTC	19.46	-0.24	-1.22%	-0.71%	-0.41%	-4.23%	-23.90%	-22.04%	-21.05%	-16.23%
DD	42.21	-0.30	-0.71%	-0.80%	-0.82%	2.95%	-1.97%	-0.68%	7.76%	-17.62%
HPQ	32.90	0.33	1.01%	-0.81%	-3.69%	-1.08%	14.36%	14.91%	12.67%	49.95%
MCD	34.36	-0.19	-0.55%	-0.98%	-2.11%	-1.41%	2.51%	1.90%	2.60%	10.34%
BA	77.93	-0.49	-0.62%	-1.02%	0.10%	6.19%	10.79%	10.95%	14.69%	33.30%
JPM	41.64	0.11	0.26%	-1.09%	0.58%	0.12%	3.61%	4.91%	22.72%	20.35%
IBM	82.47	-0.73	-0.88%	-1.13%	-1.00%	3.14%	0.50%	0.33%	2.80%	-9.75%
AXP	52.55	0.42	0.81%	-1.18%	-3.84%	-2.23%	-0.06%	2.12%	-8.51%	2.30%
T	27.04	0.02	0.07%	-1.21%	0.15%	-3.39%	9.43%	10.41%	12.81%	14.14%
C	47.23	-0.05	-0.11%	-1.21%	-0.38%	2.85%	-4.18%	-2.68%	3.76%	5.10%
MMM	75.69	-0.83	-1.08%	-1.45%	1.20%	3.86%	-4.32%	-2.34%	3.18%	-11.67%
KO	41.87	-0.25	-0.59%	-1.85%	-2.15%	0.17%	2.37%	3.87%	-3.06%	0.48%
HD	42.30	-0.08	-0.19%	-1.90%	-1.54%	0.24%	2.57%	4.50%	10.91%	10.62%
PG	57.62	-0.01	-0.02%	-1.91%	-2.50%	-3.44%	-1.97%	-0.45%	-3.09%	8.72%
JNJ	59.22	-0.13	-0.22%	-1.94%	-1.86%	3.05%	-3.91%	-1.46%	-6.42%	-11.82%
WMT	47.24	-0.42	-0.88%	-1.97%	1.18%	4.21%	2.18%	0.94%	7.80%	-5.73%
AIG	66.09	0.02	0.03%	-1.99%	-3.97%	0.93%	-5.07%	-3.14%	6.67%	19.27%
UTX	57.97	-0.05	-0.09%	-2.21%	-1.41%	0.19%	2.55%	3.68%	11.82%	14.05%
MRK	35.23	-0.38	-1.07%	-2.27%	-1.15%	0.11%	7.57%	10.75%	29.47%	8.84%
VZ	34.06	-0.43	-1.25%	-2.60%	-1.02%	1.43%	12.11%	13.08%	4.19%	-4.06%
MO	70.86	-0.86	-1.20%	-2.85%	-3.66%	-1.73%	-5.49%	-5.17%	-3.87%	8.37%
PFE	24.92	-0.28	-1.11%	-4.23%	-5.57%	-4.92%	4.79%	6.86%	-0.20%	-5.14%
CAT	71.81	-0.59	-0.81%	-4.89%	-5.80%	-3.75%	24.24%	24.30%	22.23%	57.06%
GM	21.27	0.21	1.00%	-6.09%	0.66%	10.72%	12.54%	9.53%	-30.51%	-27.63%

US Treasury Bonds

Maturity	Yield	Yesterday	Last Week	Last Month
3 Month	4.48	4.48	4.52	4.48
6 Month	4.63	4.63	4.60	4.56
2 Year	4.81	4.83	4.70	4.69
3 Year	4.82	4.84	4.66	4.68
5 Year	4.81	4.82	4.65	4.62
10 Year	4.85	4.85	4.66	4.58
30 Year	4.89	4.89	4.69	4.55

Municipal Bonds

Maturity	Yield	Yesterday	Last Week	Last Month
2yr AA	3.55	3.51	3.45	3.37
2yr AAA	3.54	3.52	3.45	3.38
2yr A	3.55	3.56	3.57	3.37
5yr AAA	3.64	3.62	3.57	3.49
5yr AA	3.68	3.66	3.61	3.50
5yr A	3.73	3.70	3.65	3.58
10yr AAA	3.94	3.90	3.83	3.71
10yr AA	3.92	3.88	3.81	3.69
10yr A	4.09	4.01	4.01	3.89
20yr AAA	4.27	4.24	4.19	4.06
20yr AA	4.27	4.21	4.16	4.07
20yr A	4.41	4.37	4.29	4.19

Corporate Bonds

Maturity	Yield	Yesterday	Last Week	Last Month
2yr AA	5.22	5.23	5.08	5.08
2yr A	5.29	5.30	5.17	5.11
5yr AAA	5.34	5.34	5.19	5.09
5yr AA	5.41	5.42	5.25	5.21
5yr A	5.46	5.48	5.29	5.25
10yr AAA	5.69	5.67	5.52	5.37
10yr AA	5.71	5.67	5.48	5.39
10yr A	5.72	5.72	5.54	5.43
20yr AAA	5.94	5.91	5.84	5.68
20yr AA	6.18	6.33	6.11	6.17
20yr A	6.24	6.22	6.07	5.87