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11-01-2018, 09:33 AM
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#681
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Thinks s/he gets paid by the post
Join Date: Aug 2013
Location: North
Posts: 4,043
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Originally Posted by NYEXPAT
Always is a long time, let's just say currently.
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Lol. True, true.
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11-01-2018, 09:55 AM
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#682
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Full time employment: Posting here.
Join Date: Jul 2013
Posts: 953
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Last month it was up 12.9% YTD, this month it is -0.5% YTD. A bit of a rough ride!
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11-01-2018, 10:15 AM
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#683
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Thinks s/he gets paid by the post
Join Date: Oct 2017
Location: Tellico Village
Posts: 2,622
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Originally Posted by slowsaver
Down 1.9% YTD (down 5.4% just in the month of October).
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About the same here. I am not unhappy with how well my portfolio is holding up to volatility!!
I have "enough" and just need to hit singles, not home runs. Home runs tend to lead to more strike outs.
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11-01-2018, 10:26 AM
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#684
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Give me a museum and I'll fill it. (Picasso) Give me a forum ...
Join Date: May 2008
Posts: 5,214
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I don't know exactly, but it's very bad. I'm not going to check.
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11-01-2018, 10:49 AM
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#685
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Give me a museum and I'll fill it. (Picasso) Give me a forum ...
Join Date: Nov 2010
Location: Sarasota, FL & Vermont
Posts: 36,358
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^^^
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Patience is the art of concealing your impatience.
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11-01-2018, 11:04 AM
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#686
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Thinks s/he gets paid by the post
Join Date: Aug 2015
Posts: 1,890
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I can't tell what my IRR is as I don't keep the data to compute it. But, I started the year with $720,663, am now at $860,516 (a $140,853 difference) and I contributed $146,345. I guess that means I lost $5,492 along the way. Maybe I left it under the couch cushions. 60/40
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11-01-2018, 01:18 PM
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#687
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Recycles dryer sheets
Join Date: Jan 2012
Posts: 442
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<0.46>% YTD thru October 2018.
72/25/3 (Socks/Bonds/Cash)
Could be a lot worse....looking forward for a Santa Claus rally .
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11-01-2018, 01:32 PM
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#688
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Give me a museum and I'll fill it. (Picasso) Give me a forum ...
Join Date: Jun 2007
Posts: 13,227
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Yeah...but if you're going to hold the course anyway, why bother checking? I'm in index funds, with low costs...what am I going to do with performance information? I see my portfolio balance, and I know more or less what the market is doing, by which song I hear more on NPR Marketplace nightly. When it comes time to rebalance, and when to decide my VPW amount for next year, I'll take a closer look at the balance. I know enough not to make any wild splurges right now.
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11-01-2018, 04:36 PM
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#689
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Thinks s/he gets paid by the post
Join Date: Nov 2015
Posts: 2,692
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YTD up about 2.5%, sure a bit of a sting from where I was the month prior. But still feeling pretty good overall. Since retiring three years ago, and with what Firecalc said had 100% success for FIRE, my balances are still up more than 16% and that includes w/d for living expenses.
If I exclude my w/d's then I'm up nearly 28%. Would I like more, sure. But I'd be happy to see half of that result for the rest of my retirement
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11-01-2018, 05:12 PM
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#690
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Recycles dryer sheets
Join Date: Jul 2018
Posts: 60
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Originally Posted by corn18
I can't tell what my IRR is as I don't keep the data to compute it. But, I started the year with $720,663, am now at $860,516 (a $140,853 difference) and I contributed $146,345. I guess that means I lost $5,492 along the way. Maybe I left it under the couch cushions. 60/40
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I also calculate just like you. I maintain my monthly networth snapshot and also monthly salary savings. So I know the history of how my networth has grown and how much I have saved from salary each month.
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11-01-2018, 05:38 PM
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#691
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Full time employment: Posting here.
Join Date: Nov 2015
Posts: 661
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Up 2.4%
Took a $34,000 hit throughout the month of October...on paper anyway. Oh well...staying the course.
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11-01-2018, 05:38 PM
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#692
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Thinks s/he gets paid by the post
Join Date: Aug 2013
Location: North
Posts: 4,043
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Rickt
<0.46>% YTD thru October 2018.
72/25/3 (Socks/Bonds/Cash)
Could be a lot worse....looking forward for a Santa Claus rally .
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I hear ya. More on the SC Rally... Basically if we don't see one this year the more recent odds like 99 and 07 signal longer bears... Or maybe not.
'According to the 2016 Stock Trader's Almanac, since 1969 the Santa Claus rally has yielded positive returns in 34 of the past 45 holiday seasons — the last five trading days of the year and the first two trading days after New Year's. The average cumulative return over these days is 1.4%, and returns are positive in each of the seven days of the rally, on average. Nevertheless, each year there is at least one day of declines.
Interestingly, it's worth noting that things have not been quite so peachy in the more recent history.
Since the early 90's there have been several years when the Santa Claus rally has not been realized, including 1990, 1999, 2004, 2007, and 2014. And if you look at the chart shared by Stone above, you'll notice that the orange line shows the average Santa Claus rally returns for 1999 and 2007 are negative.
And "when the rally is not realized, the New Year is dominated by the bears. For example, the January following the 4% decline in 1999 began a 33-month decline in the S&P 500. Also, the decline in the S&P 500 at the end of 2007 kicked off the second-worst bear market in modern history," Stone observed. '
https://www.businessinsider.com/sant...istory-2015-12
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11-01-2018, 06:09 PM
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#693
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Recycles dryer sheets
Join Date: Jul 2018
Posts: 60
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AAPL is down 7% after market. Just when things were starting to look good.
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11-07-2018, 08:28 PM
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#694
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Moderator
Join Date: Oct 2010
Posts: 10,723
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In the plus column again. What a difference a day makes.
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11-07-2018, 08:58 PM
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#695
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Give me a museum and I'll fill it. (Picasso) Give me a forum ...
Join Date: Jan 2006
Location: Rio Grande Valley
Posts: 38,139
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Quote:
Originally Posted by revhappy
AAPL is down 7% after market. Just when things were starting to look good.
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Huh? not seeing that. See AAPL up a bit.
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11-07-2018, 11:19 PM
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#696
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Thinks s/he gets paid by the post
Join Date: Apr 2016
Location: Dutchess County
Posts: 1,599
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+5% ytd
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11-08-2018, 03:10 AM
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#697
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Give me a museum and I'll fill it. (Picasso) Give me a forum ...
Join Date: Jan 2006
Location: Rio Grande Valley
Posts: 38,139
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Sorry, I thought your post was same day. Checked but obviously misread the date.
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11-08-2018, 07:56 AM
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#698
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Thinks s/he gets paid by the post
Join Date: Aug 2013
Location: North
Posts: 4,043
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Quote:
Originally Posted by revhappy
AAPL is down 7% after market. Just when things were starting to look good.
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Looks like they are down 9% off the august 25th highs, but still up +18% ytd. I'll take that during a trade war any day, especially since it's the staple US tech co.
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11-08-2018, 08:07 AM
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#699
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Recycles dryer sheets
Join Date: Jul 2018
Posts: 60
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I am up 1.76% as of today. But if I exclude new inflow from my salary savings I am down 4.79%.
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11-08-2018, 08:34 AM
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#700
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Give me a museum and I'll fill it. (Picasso) Give me a forum ...
Join Date: Nov 2010
Location: Sarasota, FL & Vermont
Posts: 36,358
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Quote:
Originally Posted by revhappy
I am up 1.76% as of today. But if I exclude new inflow from my salary savings I am down 4.79%.
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You need to exclude contributions. The name of the thread is "investment performance", not growth.
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