Historical Returns

The following represents the BLOG's 2010 ETF returns vis-a-vis other benchmark investment measures:

------------$Initial-----%Growth----$Return-----$Result
BLOG-----$100,000----26.6%-----$26,646-----$126,646
S&P 500--$100,000----12.8%-----$12,783------$112,783
1.5% CD--$100,000-----1.5%----- $1,500-----$101,500


S&P result excludes dividends.
Return on one Futures Contract: $137,684 (roughly margin of $25,000 to $50,000).
Please see the BLOG page on "Shortcomings and Limitations."

Tuesday, January 19, 2010

Market Vicissitudes

Today's action featured ups and downs. Of our three program-traded positions, two are up and one is down: the short Euro, and the long British Pound are ahead, while the long cotton is down. The specifics appear at the end of the post.

One new signal for today: buy cocoa. The futures symbol is CCH10 and the ETF symbol is NIB. By the way, if any reader knows of other ETFs for a given position, please feel free to share. The fund NIB has tiny daily volume, so it will be subject to more fluctuations than a more heavily traded fund.

Have a great day!

Thanks to member Donna for "helping" with this post.

Short Euro ETF EOU Entry Price 18.49 Stop: 18.52 Last: 18.73
Cotton ETF BAL Entry Price: 36.75 Stop: 34.55 Last: 35.20
British Pound ETF FXB Entry Price: 160.88 Stop: 161.27 Last: 163.55

Short Euro EUH10: 144.97 Stop: 144.48 Last: 142.85
Cotton CTH10 Entry Price: 74.00 Stop: 70.80 Last: 71.64
British Pound BPH10 Entry Price: 161.06 Stop: 161.75 Last: 163.33

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The quotes and symbols used in the BLOG are believed to be reliable, but no guarantees are made with regard to the accuracy.

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