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."

Wednesday, October 20, 2010

Markets Collapse As China Raises Interest Rates

In an effort to slow growth, China raised its interest rates yesterday, sending many of the foreign currencies we track plummeting versus the dollar. Our new positions in short gold and short the Canadian Dollar rose rapidly in futures trading. However, the collapse came before the New York stock markets opened, so the results on the ETFs were mixed.

PORTFOLIO SYMBOL ENTRY CLOSE STOP PROFIT DAYS
Long Soy Oil BOZ10 40.86 47.10 43.50 $3,744 44
Long Zealand NE1U10 72.90 74.10 73.53 $1,200 36
Long Zealand BNZ 23.36 23.77 23.59 1.8% 36
Short Canadian CDU10 98.21 96.66 97.35 $1,550 2
Short Canadian FXC 96.05 96.36 97.05 -0.3% 2
Short Gold GCZ10 1370.60 1336 1349.5 $3,460 2
Short Gold DGZ 16.15 16.21 16.05 0.4% 2

There were no new signals for Wednesday.

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