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."

Sunday, June 27, 2010

BLOG's Return for the First Half of 2010

We have completed the last full week of June, and we have our results:

The Year-to-Date ETF return is: 10.3%. This is for the period from January 7 to June 27.

This means $10,000 would have become $11,030, or $100,000 would have become $110,300. The results are mathematically proportional to the amount of investment.

The annualized ETF return to the end of the year would be 21.8%. This assumes that the investment grows at the same rate to the end of the year.


For futures, an investment in one contract in each position returned $48,780 for an annualized return of $103,517.

Two contracts would return twice that, etc.


For ETFs, the assumptions on return are shown in the BLOG Post of March 9. The returns on futures assume no commissions and that one would have had access to my intra-day stops, which are computed continuously throughout the day.


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