Portfolio Update (6 months later)

My portfolio gains versus the S&P, Dow, and NASDAQ.

It's been about 6 months now after I bought my first round of stocks. Overall, my portfolio has performed consistently well and netted a total return of 12% so far, which amounts to about $600 of passive, tax-free income. In this post, I will summarize the results below with a bit of commentary.

First, let me go over my current portfolio as well as some positions that I've closed since my initial purchase.

Company	Ticker	Status	% Gain
Cisco Systems Inc.	CSCO	Closed	16%
Citigroup Inc.	C	Closed	14%
Hewlett-Packard Company	HPQ	Open	-3%
Intel Corporation	INTC	Open	-8%
JetBlue Airways Corporation	JBLU	Open	21%
JPMorgan Chase & Co.	JPM	Closed	8%
Knight Capital Group Inc.	KCG	Open	24%
NRG Energy Inc.	NRG	Open	17%
Office Depot Inc.	ODP	Closed	14%
Pepco Holdings, Inc.	POM	Open	2%
PG&E Corporation	PCG	Open	-7%
Safeway Inc.	SWY	Open	32%
Staples, Inc.	SPLS	Closed	9%
Xerox Corporation	XRX	Open	16%

As you can see, I closed positions in Cisco, Citigroup, JPMorgan Chase, Office Depot, and Staples.