March monkey portfolio: final

The monkeys' performance for March resembled the fourth monkey, losing 1.6% while the S&P 500 gained 1.1%. So they start April in the hole, but with some good companies. We'll see how they do. The March loss was largely due to Freddie Mac, which lost almost 10% for the month. Final results are below (click to enlarge):


Stocks the monkeys picked for April are:
MAT Mattel, Inc., the toy company. They also publish children's books and magazines
MEL Mellon Bank Corp, banking and financial services
PEG Public Cerv. Enterprise Inc., transmission and distribution of electricity and natural gas
TXN Texas Instruments, the semiconductor/lots of other stuff company
UST UST Inc. (US Smokeless Tobacco), manufactures & markets smokeless tobacco and wines

Score: S&P 500 - 1; Monkeys - 0