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."

Saturday, October 2, 2010

BLOG Returns 10.4% Year-To-Date

The Year-to-Date ETF return is: 10.4%. This is for the period from January 7 to September 30. This means $1,000,000 would have become $1,103,653. By contrast, a $1,000,000 CD yielding 1.5% would have grown to $1,010,973, or 1.1%. A $1,000,000 investment in the S&P 500 Stock Index from Jan 7 to August 31 would have increased to $1,026,134, or 2.6%.

The annualized ETF return to the end of the year would be 14.2%. This is unchanged from the end of August. This assumes that the investment grows at the same rate to the end of the year. Bear in mind, this is a purely a mathematical result, and past performance is not indicative of future results.

For futures, an investment in one contract in each position returned $65,741 for an annualized return of $89,871. Two contracts would return twice that, etc. Again, past performance is not indicative of future results.

Please see the Section on the lower side bar entitled on "Shortcomings and Limitations." Today's BLOG Post is repeated on the upper side-bar and will continue to appear there until the next update.

Have a profitable week!

If you wish to be notified of new posts, let me know at bassanalytics@live.com. I will send you an email every time there is a new post.Any views expressed herein are provided for informational purposes only and should not be construed in any way as an offer, an endorsement, or inducement to invest. Past performance is not indicative of future results. Investors should discuss any investment with their personal investment counsel. The quotes and symbols used in the BLOG are believed to be reliable, but no guarantees are made with regard to the accuracy. We may have positions in one or more of the ETFs or futures of the computer-generated signals.

No comments:

Post a Comment