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, August 10, 2010

Conundrum Resolved

Yesterday we commented that it was a possible conflict in directions that the New Zealand Dollar would go up, while the Canadian would go down. Today, most major currencies went down, with the US Dollar rallying. Following the currencies down were the stock market indices, the metals, and the energy complex. Our long New Zealand Dollar was taken out, and our Canadian made an intra-day profit and exited. If you went short the ETF, you would exit in the morning.

CLOSED OUT SYMBOL ENTRY OUT PROFIT DAYS

Short Canadian CDU10 97.29 96.82 470 1
Short Canadian FXC 95.98 ? 1
Long Zealand NE1U10 73.23 71.78 -$1,450 6
Long Zealand BNZ 22.98 22.76 -1.0% 6

The ETF value for FXC will be updated in the statistics for the BLOG tomorrow.

The active portfolio has shrunken dramatically. This usually means lots of new signals in the near future.

PORTFOLIO SYMBOL ENTRY CLOSE STOP PROFIT DAYS
Long Soymeal SMZ10 267.50 289.80 283.50 $2,230 43
Long Russell TFU10 611.30 645.60 631.50 $3,430 20
Long Russell IWM 62.18 64.62 63.21 3.9% 20

We could easily see the Russell getting stopped out tomorrow, if today's weakness continues. As I write this at 5:30 pm Pacific Time, the stock markets have fallen another half percent.

We'll look carefully for some new signals tomorrow.

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