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."

Monday, January 3, 2011

New Year Begins

Happy New Year! I hope your New Year was the best ever!


Coffee continues to reign as king, with our porfolio shown below. The Copper futures were stopped out, but the ETF on Copper remains active.


PORTFOLIO SYMBOL ENTRY CLOSE STOP PROFIT DAYS
Long Coffee KCH11 208.80 240.50 226.25 $11,888 22
Long Coffee JO 57.57 64.62 60.79 12.2% 22
Long Gold GCG10 1386.30 1422.9 1397 $3,660 13
Long Gold GLD 135.60 138.00 135.49 1.8% 13
Long British BPH11 154.11 154.85 154.6 $462 7
Long British FXB 152.98 153.92 153.67 0.6% 7
Long Copper JJC 57.63 59.10 58.87 2.6% 6
Long Swiss SFH11 107.16 107.21 105.96 $62 1
Long Swiss FXF 105.97 106.16 104.92 0.2% 1

The Copper futures were very profitable in just 6 days:

CLOSED OUT SYMBOL ENTRY OUT PROFIT DAYS
Long Copper HGH11 432.65 443.65 $2,750 6

One new signal for tomorrow: buy the Euro Currency. However, were are already long the British Pound and Swiss Franc, so we will pass on this signal for the BLOG due to contagion risk.

Results for the year will be published as soon as they are available.





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