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."

Friday, February 25, 2011

Large Crude Oil Gain; Two Small Losses; Soymeal Surges

Our active portfolio gained today, with Cocoa and Soymeal rising. The New Zealand Dollar short position lost ground.

A plethora of new signals for tomorrow. We will actually fill the ETF portfolio, and put on five new futures positions.

Go LONG Copper. Symbols: HGK11 and JJC. Record: 32 wins out of 38 trades for 84%. Initial Stop: about 1.5%. There is a second signal as well, with a track record which was not as good.

Go LONG Platinum: PLJ11 and PGM. Record: 31 wins out of 36 trades for 86%. Initial Stop: about 1.5%.

Go Short Gold: Symbols: GCJ11 and GLD. Record: 26 wins out of 31 trades for 84%. Initial Stop: about 1.5%. There is also a second signal. I don't need to tell you how scary this signal is. Gold is in a bull market until proven otherwise. However, this signal asserts that Gold is short-term overbought.

Go Short Silver: Symbols: SIK11 and SLV. Record: 13 wins out of 16 trades for 81%. Initial Stop: about 1.0%. There is also a second signal. Silver is also in a bull market until proven otherwise. This signal says that Silver is overbought on a short-term basis.

In a way, the copper and platinum long hedge the short gold and silver. However, these signals could all be wrong (or right). We'll just have to wait and see.........

Go Long Corn: Symbols: CK11 and CORN. Record: 25 wins out of 30 trades for 83%. Initial Stop: about 5.1%. We'll follow the futures signal, but not the ETF, since 5.1% initial stop is beyond our risk tolerance.




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