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, July 14, 2010

Good Wednesday Evening

Our short Wheat position was stopped for futures today; there was no ETF position.

CLOSED OUT SYMBOL ENTRY OUT PROFIT DAYS
Short Wheat WU10 534.00 557.75 -$1,188 2

Our new gold position never entered as an ETF; the future was stopped out overnight.

The current portfolio is shown below, and Russell position is not being counted for BLOG purposes.

PORTFOLIO SYMBOL ENTRY CLOSE STOP PROFIT DAYS
Long Soymeal SMZ10 267.50 279.75 270.60 $1,225 16
Long Zealand NE1U10 70.70 72.03 71.18 $1,330 3
Long Zealand BNZ 22.36 22.88 22.61 2.3% 3
Short Swiss SFU10 94.39 95.08 95.31 -$862 2
Short Swiss FXF 93.97 94.32 94.55 -0.4% 2

Long Russell TFU10 624.20 638.90 629.00 $1,470 2
Long Russell IWM 63.08 63.97 62.98 1.4% 2

There are no new signals for tomorrow. Good luck to all!


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