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."

Tuesday, September 14, 2010

A Miracle of Sorts

Yes, we were short gold on the day that gold made new highs, BUT, we were long silver, which more than made up for the gold position. Overall, we made money but were stopped out of gold. Our portfolio has shrunk to:

PORTFOLIO SYMBOL ENTRY CLOSE STOP PROFIT DAYS
Long Silver SLV 18.36 20.05 19.21 9.2% 21
Long Soy Oil BOZ10 40.86 41.81 41.24 $570 8

The stopped out gold futures position is shown below, along with the close for the gold ETF.

CLOSED OUT SYMBOL ENTRY OUT PROFIT DAYS
Short Gold GCZ10 1247.30 1266.30 -$1,900 2
Short Gold DGZ 17.39 17.13 -1.5% 2

"Out" for the ETF will be determined by tomorrow's open.

One new signal for tomorrow: buy the New Zealand Dollar. Symbols are NE1Z10 and BNZ(careful, this ETF is thinly traded). The track record is 28 trades out of 36 trades for 78%.

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