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."

Thursday, July 22, 2010

BIG Day for the BLOG

Yesterday, we communicated a buy signal for the Russell 2000 small-cap stock index. Today, the index rose a whopping 3.4%. This was the biggest rise for any of the computer-monitored investments we track.

PORTFOLIO SYMBOL ENTRY CLOSE STOP PROFIT DAYS
Long Soymeal SMZ10 267.50 282.30 274.10 $1,480 24
Long British BPU10 152.87 152.57 151.19 -$188 4
Long British FXB 151.81 151.98 150.61 0.1% 4
Long Russell TFU10 611.30 632.00 616.30 $2,070 1
Long Russell IWM 62.18 63.42 61.84 2.0% 1

The ETF gapped up, so it didn't get the full rise of the Russell. However, the future captured it all.

We have three intriguing new signals for tomorrow: buy silver and buy copper.

For silver the symbols are SIU10 and SLV. The statistical data are 54 wins out of 70 trades for 77%.

For copper the symbols are HGU10 and JJC. The statistics are 97 wins out of 149 trades for 65%.

It is interesting to see that we went from no positions to possibly four open positions--our limit is five.

Good luck!


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