This High Yield Portfolio Will Beat the Market
Published Wed, 11 May 2011 on The Motley Fool

Since we last checked in, the S&P's return has risen by about 1.6 percentage points. But our portfolio did even better, moving from outperforming the market by 1.4 percentage points to beating it by about 3.3 percentage points. While outperformance is always good, it should be taken with a grain of salt. We're investing for the long term, and it's only been 11 weeks. I firmly believe the results will bear us out. Movers and shakersOf our stocks, the biggest mover in the portfolio the past two weeks was Eli Lilly, which rose 6.78%. The company beat earnings expectations a few weeks ago and recently announced a partnership with Medtronic to develop a new drug-device combination for Parkinson’s disease. Fool Analyst Brian Orelli believes investors shouldn’t get their hopes up.... Read more