CardsFan
Thinks s/he gets paid by the post
Year end IRR: -4.25%
AA: ~55/45
AA: ~55/45
Dec 30 | -3.45% |
Nov 30 | 0.60% |
Oct 31 | -0.73% |
Sep 30 | 4.22% |
Aug 31 | 4.00% |
Jul 31 | 3.04% |
Jun 30 | 1.06% |
May 31 | 1.24% |
Apr 30 | 0.37% |
Mar 31 | 0.12% |
Feb 28 | 0.88% |
Jan 31 | 3.53% |
Yeah, my number would be ugly if I measured my 2018 peak to 2018 low.Now that the dust has settled, I ran the numbers and find I'm down about 6.95% for 2018.
Looking at it over a longer term like that, definitely softens the blow of the past couple months. At one point in December, I was down about 17.4% off a new peak I hit in September. I'm still about 13.1% off that peak, but hopefully things are on the mend.
And yeah, like many others, for me this has been the worst year since the Great Recession, so the sensationalistic headlines are correct. Still, this is a drop in the bucket, compared to the Great Recession. So far, at least
-12.78%
90/9/1
Down 12% with a day to go
-11.20% with a 90/5/5 AA
Finished the year -5.23% or as the media would probably say....worst performance since the great recession...worst in a decade...blood in the streets...hide your children!
LOL!
Wait a minute, the kid grew up and flew the coop. Whew! But I fixed that. I recommended he invest at the beginning of December.
In terms of dollar amounts, I lost about this much in the recession of 2002-2003, after the 9/11 attack. But that was a much higher percentage of my stash, compared to now. And it was a big recession, and now is just a bad correction. I have so much more now, and I am thankful for that.
Will I ever have so much that I would lose $1M in a correction (if I live long enough, that is). That would be a nice thought, eh?