The Everyday Finance portfolio performed adequately for the week, buoyed by a recent buy of Vaxgen, a speculative Biotech buy, which offset some losses elsewhere in the portfolio. In all, the portfolio matched the market return in a down week, which is encouraging given the rather volatile holdings in general.

The Chinese ADRs Baidu.com, China Mobile, and Focus Media all gave up recent gains. I was surprised to see Suncor down for the week given the strong run on oil. While the portfolio was saved by Vaxgen, the portfolio still managed to beat the return of the benchmark index. As I posted in last week's Portfolio Return Update, this makes for a 7 for 8 run of exceeding the returns of the S&P500.

Other posts for the week include:

• Leveraged 3X ETFs are coming!
• Should you be making Overtime for all those hours you're working?
• How I Saved Thousands on a Kitchen Remodel

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