June 2009 Trading

June was a great month with almost twice as much realized gain as May with earnings matching my gross salary. Given the tax sheltered approach, I feel I'm way ahead of my net earnings as a working stiff. Although the holdings are nearly depleted, I have high hopes for a similar performance in July.

I sold the following stocks in June. In all cases, return was greater than 5%:

• Kimberly Clark
• CMS Energy
• Chubb Corp
• Abbott Labs
• Clorox
• Pfizer - Second batch of Pfizer bought and sold in June after a similar cycle in May.
• Merck
• Telecommunications Systems - Also a second batch for TSYS. This falls into my non-standard strategy.

At the end of June, I'm holding:

• ADP
• Emerson Electric Co
• Corus Entertainment (Class B)
• Hillenbrand Inc.

No dividends were collected in June.