Personal Track Record
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Aug 06, 2010
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Personal Track Record
| Inception date | January 23, 2008 |
| Long/Short | Long only |
| Cap bias | Micro cap |
| Holding Period | Buy and hold |
Performance and Risk
Performance Summary (as at end of February 09, 2012)
| Inception January 23, 2008 | Member | S&P 500 |
|---|---|---|
| Month to date (%) | 6.00 | 4.41 |
| 3 month (%) | 5.84 | 4.76 |
| 1 year (%) | 4.76 | 2.09 |
| Annualized since inception (%) | -6.32 | 0.68 |
| Since inception (%) | -23.11 | n/a |
| Sharpe (annualized) | -0.22 | 0.01 |
| % of positive months | 48.98 | 60.81 |
Past performance is not indicative of future performance
Commentary - Latest Posts
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Even Monkeys Can Write Books! February 27, 2008
If one puts an infinite number of monkeys in front of (strongly built) type writers and let them clap away there is certainty that one of them would come out with an exact version of the Iliad.
What does this mean? It is sometimes difficult to know if someone beat the market index because of skill or luck. On Covestor there are a lot of members who beat the "market" but they have high trading volume. Covestor does not consider trading costs. Performance for day traders is overstated.
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Even Monkeys can write books. February 27, 2008
If one puts an infinite number of monkeys in front of (strongly built) type writers and let them clap away there is certainty that one of them would come out with an exact version of the Iliad.
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New description for Republicans. February 23, 2008
New description for Republicans.
Tax and Spend Conservatives!!
I have been using this for a few years. I am sure I was not the first to come up with. Nevertheless, I would like to see it more in the press so as to punish the GOP.
Get back to the basics, spend less money. Very simple!!
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Favorate quotes from Fooled by Randomness !! February 19, 2008
Here are some of my favorate quotes from "Fooled by Randomness":
1. It is optimal for someone, when in doubt, to systematically reject new information.
2. The opportunity cost of missing something new is minuscule compared to the toxicity of all the garbage one has to go through to get to these jewels.
3. The most successful traders are likely to be those that are best fit to the latest cycle.
If you feel that you need to keep "up to date" with the market to be a good investor then I......
- Job Title CFA
- Industry Real Estate
- Expertise 20+ years
- Education MBA
- Country United States
- State Iowa
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