Investing 2010 - post your gains

[Pablo]

Investing 2010 - we used to do this every year, I think we quit in 2008 or so with the big dive.

I was up 19.16% over all. Not bad considering I was always above 50% cash and rarely below 75% cash AND sans mutual funds. That's my take away since 2008. No stinking mutual funds!!

 

[beanoil]

17%. Still making up ground. Might be back to where I was BD (before dive) by 2040....

 

[gfh77665]

100% in equities, both foreign and domestic, so I did real well. Pretty much whole back from the crash now...

 

[Turk]

Good thread & great returns, Pablo!

Just checked: 15.28%

Not bad, eh?

 

[dparm]

My 401K was up 18.1%. The last 3 years I have posted double digit gains.

 

[Pablo]

Originally Posted By: dparm
My 401K was up 18.1%. The last 3 years I have posted double digit gains.


In 2008? I'm impressed.

It took me 2009 and early 2010 as I recall to get back 2008's abuse.

 

[bullwinkle]

Last statement I saw was up 15% (quarter or year?)-my concern is when the other shoe is going to drop!

 

[demarpaint]

Everyone should have done well this year. The question is did everyone make back money lost when the Nasdaq was over 5000 in March 2000? I don't mean cost averaging in more new money into their portfolios. Don't be surprised if the smart money starts taking the dumb money again! Remember no one ever went broke taking profits!

 

[Drew99GT]

Haven't looked at year end, but the statement for the end of the 3rd quarter was up 16.3%.

Could be better. Sure beats the murder I'm still recovering from in 08.

 

[Pablo]

Originally Posted By: tpitcher
Good thread & great returns, Pablo!

Just checked: 15.28%

Not bad, eh?



I would say anything over 8% is good. Over 15% good this year.

Originally Posted By: bullwinkle
Last statement I saw was up 15% (quarter or year?)-my concern is when the other shoe is going to drop!


See my original post. Exposure baby.

PLUS: If any one equity drops 8% I sell it, no matter what.

 

[Hermann]

Luckily I removed most of my money from the mutual funds in my 401K before the '08 crash. I still remembered "irrational excuberance" from 8 years earlier. I only dropped 4% from the 2008 catastrophe. I am now up 21% from my high prior to the crash of 2008. I am still in 50% low yield 2-4% funds invested in my 401K, 5% is in my companies stock which has done well. I also move money in my 401K if it drops 8-10%. To close to retirement to watch it all go to money heaven again.

 

[Turk]

Interesting about the selling at 8% loss, wish I did that with my NYX dabble before it lost 74%.... I'll adopt that.

 

[pbm]

While our 401Ks go up they continue to lose 'buying power' due to the devaluation of the once mighty dollar.
Our government thinks that printing money will help with our debt problem despite history showing otherwise.
I'm not optimistic because our 'leaders' refuse to do what is necessary.

PS: 19% is an impressive gain especially when you only had 50% of your money working for it.

 

[Turk]

Something to consider. I love the performance...

Look at the chart for PRPFX (Permanent Portfolio).

Up 19.3% 2010 and is much higher than before the debacle!

5 Year: 10.34%

10 Year: 11.26%

 

[Drew99GT]

Thanks to Pablo, I have a lot of PRPFX. It's done well because of it's gold component, but it may take a bit of a dump if interest rates go up since it also has a fair amount of treasuries.

You can also build your own permanent portfolio strategy using ETFs quite easily! 25% GLD, 25% VGLT, 25% cash/money market, 25% VOO. Some of those ETFs are commission free to trade as well! The 4 segments are the traditional Harry Brown permanent portfolio. When any segment gets away from 25%, reallocate so all of them are 25%.

 

[Pablo]

Drew beat me to it:

http://moneycentral.msn.com/investor/partsub/funds/holdings.asp?Funds=1&Symbol=prpfx

Gold was the reason. Silver would have been better. I made some money long and short on silver

 

[Pablo]

Originally Posted By: pbm
While our 401Ks go up they continue to lose 'buying power' due to the devaluation of the once mighty dollar.
Our government thinks that printing money will help with our debt problem despite history showing otherwise.
I'm not optimistic because our 'leaders' refuse to do what is necessary.

PS: 19% is an impressive gain especially when you only had 50% of your money working for it.


True enough - but more of a reason not to sit by and do nothing, IMHO. BTW Buster thinks the way out IS printing money.

Thanks - Seems most of the time I was (foolishly) 75% cash. Frankly I won't be able to manage it in any more detail until retirement.

 

[AuthorEditor]

18.5%, all mutual funds.

 

[JHZR2]

Only around 10 in my retirement because of too much bias to the international (0.17) and S&P 7.86% and not enough in the small-cap 28.1%.

In my other accounts Im overall 18.41%, socked because of ~10% losses in my NJ muni bond ETFs...

 

[Pablo]

Originally Posted By: AuthorEditor
18.5%, all mutual funds.


Watch out!!!