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07-29-2017, 09:36 AM
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#361
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Thinks s/he gets paid by the post
Join Date: Mar 2017
Location: New York City
Posts: 2,838
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Originally Posted by RobLJ
8.95 (round up to 9%?); 60/25/15. International component is finally "working" after being a drag for several years. (I hope that afterthought doesn't jinx it.)
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Yeah, I have a nice chunk in International too. When we researched AA it seemed like a good choice. In my case for almost 10 years they were a drag. I know If i get out of them, they will rocket, so I'll hold them and "stay the course"
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07-29-2017, 03:38 PM
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#362
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Give me a museum and I'll fill it. (Picasso) Give me a forum ...
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Sniggle
401K is up 13.7% as of close Friday.....all just sitting in retire 2025 and retire 2030 funds. Tempted to put in something safe for the probable October adjustment.
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Looks like that 13.7% includes contribution, as I would be very surprised that any retirement fund, due to their portfolio, could beat the S&P which returns 11.6% as of 7/28/2017.
As for me, it's 11.3%, which is quite allright considering that my AA is 70% stock, 5% bonds, 25% cash.
Yes, internationals have been doing well this year. It's about time, and 25% of my stocks are international.
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07-29-2017, 05:53 PM
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#363
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Recycles dryer sheets
Join Date: Jan 2014
Posts: 277
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Up 34.4% YTD 50/50 S&P500 and BA Boeing stock
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07-30-2017, 02:16 PM
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#364
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Thinks s/he gets paid by the post
Join Date: Nov 2013
Location: Bay Area
Posts: 2,745
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Quote:
Originally Posted by robnplunder
Ended the 1st half of the year with 6.96% increase YTD. My winners are the international & chemical funds. On average, they are up in high teen area. Even the bond funds are doing ok at 2 - 4% increase. My short term trades returned about 7%, performing below the S&P 500.
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Up another 1+% to 8.2% since a month ago. This month's story line is just about the same as above.
I wish this bull run keeps up but that'd be like asking for the moon. If I end the year in anything north of 6%, that'd be ideal. Yes, I expect a bit of market correction before the year's end.
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07-30-2017, 03:17 PM
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#365
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Dryer sheet aficionado
Join Date: Feb 2014
Location: McKinney
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2017 YTD investment performance thread
Non-real estate up 14% ytd... but I'm getting anxious about what lies ahead...
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07-31-2017, 03:46 PM
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#366
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Join Date: Oct 2010
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As of the market close of 7/31, I'm up 10.3% YTD, spend-adjusted, all-in.
As with others, I attribute a good bit of the growth to international, which had tracked over the top of it's corridor, so I rebalanced it back to center.
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07-31-2017, 07:34 PM
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#367
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Thinks s/he gets paid by the post
Join Date: Jul 2013
Posts: 1,884
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9.3% as of 7/31. 60/40 portfolio.
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07-31-2017, 08:10 PM
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#368
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Give me a museum and I'll fill it. (Picasso) Give me a forum ...
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Wow! 9.14% YTD
From June 30:
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Originally Posted by pb4uski
7.44% YTD... so far so good.
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07-31-2017, 09:57 PM
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#369
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Thinks s/he gets paid by the post
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Quote:
Originally Posted by NW-Bound
Looks like that 13.7% includes contribution, as I would be very surprised that any retirement fund, due to their portfolio, could beat the S&P which returns 11.6% as of 7/28/2017.
As for me, it's 11.3%, which is quite allright considering that my AA is 70% stock, 5% bonds, 25% cash.
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Vanguard Lifestyle Growth Fund (VASGX) @ 11.52%. This fund is 80/20.
Not quite up to Vanguard's S&P Fund @ 11.64%, but pretty close.
For a target fund that beats the S&P, Vanguard's 2060 Fund @ 12.74% beats with a 90/10 composition. Their 80/20 fund (target 2035) is at 11.5%. Pretty close to the lifestyle fund and S&P.
Surprised?
Not really. International has done well this year (finally).
Editing to add all of these %s are as of 7/28/2017.
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08-01-2017, 04:32 PM
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#370
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2017 YTD investment performance thread
YTD 7.06%. Canadian stocks are dragging the whole thing down.
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08-01-2017, 04:52 PM
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#371
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Recycles dryer sheets
Join Date: Oct 2015
Posts: 124
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Through 7/31, up 9.9% on a 82/18 stock/bond mix
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08-01-2017, 05:04 PM
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#372
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Quote:
Originally Posted by tulak
Vanguard Lifestyle Growth Fund (VASGX) @ 11.52%. This fund is 80/20.
Not quite up to Vanguard's S&P Fund @ 11.64%, but pretty close.
For a target fund that beats the S&P, Vanguard's 2060 Fund @ 12.74% beats with a 90/10 composition. Their 80/20 fund (target 2035) is at 11.5%. Pretty close to the lifestyle fund and S&P.
Surprised?
Not really. International has done well this year (finally).
Editing to add all of these %s are as of 7/28/2017.
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OK. I have never looked at these Lifestyle funds, so did not know they have internationals in their portfolio.
Yes, of course international MFs do well this year. I have a bit in VWIGX (Vanguard Int. Growth), and it pops 30% YTD. The previous 2 years it was threading water and getting nowhere.
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08-01-2017, 05:18 PM
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#373
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Seems like about 9% YTD. Cash is kind of dragging down the SPY funds plus had some money in a Vanguard large cap index which didn't perform so well YTD (it is only up like 7%).
Just goes to show you Vanguard isn't the only way to go. Investing in SPY with its 0.09% expense ratio would get you a 12% return. One fund portfolio.
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08-01-2017, 05:33 PM
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#374
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Or Schwab's SCHB (US Broad Market) at 10.13% YTD and 0.03% ER, or SCHG (Large cap growth) at 16.27% YTD and 0.04% ER, or SCHF (International) at 17.26% and 0.06% ER.
All kinds of way to make money, until the market crashes then everybody loses.
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08-01-2017, 06:11 PM
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#375
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9.65% all in, including cash and accounting for spending
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08-01-2017, 07:38 PM
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#376
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Investments alone are up double digits. I still am saving money every month from my pension checks. Really sick(in a good way)) in terms of dollar value. With my skill set, I couldn't earn this kind of money punching the clock if there were was 5 of me. . This must mean the end is near.
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Withdrawal Rate currently zero, Pension 137 % of our spending, Wasted 5 years of my prime working extra for a safe withdrawal rate. I can live like a King for a year, or a Prince for the rest of my life. I will stay on topic, I will stay on topic, I will stay on topic
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08-02-2017, 03:35 AM
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#377
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Quote:
Originally Posted by NW-Bound
Or Schwab's SCHB (US Broad Market) at 10.13% YTD and 0.03% ER, or SCHG (Large cap growth) at 16.27% YTD and 0.04% ER, or SCHF (International) at 17.26% and 0.06% ER.
All kinds of way to make money, until the market crashes then everybody loses.
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Growth is beating Value 2 to 1 on performance:
Schwab U.S. Large-Cap Value ETF (SCHV)
YTD Return 5.65%
or
Schwab US Dividend Equity ETF (SCHD)
YTD Return 5.01%
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08-02-2017, 05:49 AM
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#378
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Full time employment: Posting here.
Join Date: May 2015
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9.6% on 8/1/2017
60/40 TSM/TBM benchmark is 8.0%
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08-02-2017, 06:12 AM
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#379
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Thinks s/he gets paid by the post
Join Date: Aug 2010
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Fido (80/20) +10.55 (about 62% of Investable Assets)
TIAA (60% in traditional 40% in equities) - +4.9 (about 32% of IAs)
Ally CDs/Savings - on track for about +1.33 for the year (6% of IAs)
I am not interested enough to blend all those returns.
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08-02-2017, 06:30 AM
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#380
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Quote:
Originally Posted by DEC-1982
9.6% on 8/1/2017
60/40 TSM/TBM benchmark is 8.0%
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I'm not sure that is a relevant benchmark since it excludes international stocks... I am 60/40 as well and I prefer the Vanguard LifeStrategy Moderate Growth Fund (VSMGX) as a benchmark because it is more similar to my AA, which includes a signficant slug of international stocks and I suspect that international stocks explain your excess over the 8.0%.
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