How did your portfolio do in 2006?

[GTaudiophile]

Dow Jones Industrial: 16.28%
NASDAQ Composite: 8.97%
S&P 500: 13.62%

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My personal portfolio: Up 16.57%.

 

[MagnusTheBrewer]

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[apex32]

Originally posted by: GTaudiophile
Dow Jones Industrial: 16.28%
NASDAQ Composite: 8.97%
S&P 500: 13.62%

My personal portfolio: Up 16.57%.

your NASDAQ did shatty. Overall though you did well. I got about 19% in my portfolio, my dad manages it for me (stock broker). So I am very pleased.

 

[GTaudiophile]

Originally posted by: apex32

Originally posted by: GTaudiophile
Dow Jones Industrial: 16.28%
NASDAQ Composite: 8.97%
S&P 500: 13.62%

My personal portfolio: Up 16.57%.

your NASDAQ did shatty. Overall though you did well. I got about 19% in my portfolio, my dad manages it for me (stock broker). So I am very pleased.

MY Nasdaq? No, those are just how those three indices performed in 2006 for the sake of comparison.

 

[DainBramaged]

Originally posted by: apex32

Originally posted by: GTaudiophile
Dow Jones Industrial: 16.28%
NASDAQ Composite: 8.97%
S&P 500: 13.62%

My personal portfolio: Up 16.57%.

your NASDAQ did shatty. Overall though you did well. I got about 19% in my portfolio, my dad manages it for me (stock broker). So I am very pleased.

Unless I'm totally misreading his post, he was giving numbers for the Dow Jones, NASDAQ, and S&P and then comparing it to his OWN portfolio. In other words, he beat out all three of the market increases with his portfolio.

As for my own, what's a portfolio?

n/m

 

[apex32]

Originally posted by: DainBramaged

Originally posted by: apex32

Originally posted by: GTaudiophile
Dow Jones Industrial: 16.28%
NASDAQ Composite: 8.97%
S&P 500: 13.62%

My personal portfolio: Up 16.57%.

your NASDAQ did shatty. Overall though you did well. I got about 19% in my portfolio, my dad manages it for me (stock broker). So I am very pleased.

Unless I'm totally misreading his post, he was giving numbers for the Dow Jones, NASDAQ, and S&P and then comparing it to his OWN portfolio. In other words, he beat out all three of the market increases with his portfolio.

As for my own, what's a portfolio?

n/m

yea i just read through it wuickly, as i am alt tabbed from a game.

 

[apex32]

Originally posted by: apex32

Originally posted by: DainBramaged

Originally posted by: apex32

Originally posted by: GTaudiophile
Dow Jones Industrial: 16.28%
NASDAQ Composite: 8.97%
S&P 500: 13.62%

My personal portfolio: Up 16.57%.

your NASDAQ did shatty. Overall though you did well. I got about 19% in my portfolio, my dad manages it for me (stock broker). So I am very pleased.

Unless I'm totally misreading his post, he was giving numbers for the Dow Jones, NASDAQ, and S&P and then comparing it to his OWN portfolio. In other words, he beat out all three of the market increases with his portfolio.

As for my own, what's a portfolio?

n/m

yea i just read through it quickly, as i am alt tabbed from a game.

jesus, trying to get back in game hit quote instead of edit. sigh.

 

[freegeeks]

my portfolio: +27,7%

combination of company stock, turbos (abn amro product) and i-shares
all on euro markets

 

[alrocky]

Thrift Saving Plan for federal employees

2006 returns ... equivalent Vanguard Fund

15.8% C Fund ... (VFINX) S&P 500 Index
15.3% S Fund ... (VEXMX) Extended Market Index
26.3% I Fund ... (VDMIX) Developed Markets Index

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2006 fund returns

VEIEX 29.4%
VPCCX 12.3%
VGSIX 35.1%
VSEQX 13.4%

non-Vanguard funds 14.4 - 24.8%

 

[Wapp]

11% on my 401k

 

[AnonymouseUser]

Over 300%. Seriously.

My biggest winner (bought @ $4).

 

[RaistlinZ]

Originally posted by: AnonymouseUser
Over 300%. Seriously.

My biggest winner (bought @ $4).

What kind of comany is Force Protection Inc.? It sounds like it's run by Jedi.

Hm, maybe that's why it's up over 600% for the year.

 

[kevman]

Originally posted by: RaistlinZ

Originally posted by: AnonymouseUser
Over 300%. Seriously.

My biggest winner (bought @ $4).

What kind of comany is Force Protection Inc.? It sounds like it's run by Jedi.

Hm, maybe that's why it's up over 600% for the year.

They produce Anti Mine and blast devices for vehicle's.

 

[GTaudiophile]

Originally posted by: kevman

Originally posted by: RaistlinZ

Originally posted by: AnonymouseUser
Over 300%. Seriously.

My biggest winner (bought @ $4).

What kind of comany is Force Protection Inc.? It sounds like it's run by Jedi.

Hm, maybe that's why it's up over 600% for the year.

They produce Anti Mine and blast devices for vehicle's.

Brilliant Buy. How on earth did you find that?

Those are the kinds of stocks I like to look for!

 

[AnonymouseUser]

Originally posted by: GTaudiophile

Originally posted by: kevman

Originally posted by: RaistlinZ

Originally posted by: AnonymouseUser
Over 300%. Seriously.

My biggest winner (bought @ $4).

What kind of comany is Force Protection Inc.? It sounds like it's run by Jedi.

Hm, maybe that's why it's up over 600% for the year.

They produce Anti Mine and blast devices for vehicle's.

Brilliant Buy. How on earth did you find that?

Those are the kinds of stocks I like to look for!

In all honesty, when I first looked at FRPT (this is the chart I saw) I thought I was looking at a stock that was about to crash, but I realized it was in a high-tight flag formation instead, with a buypoint of $4.35. I bought a few shares @ $3.65, and once it hit $4.35 I loaded up. FRPT never closed below $4 again. I have flipped some shares since, but never sold out completely.

 

[kevman]

Originally posted by: AnonymouseUser

Originally posted by: GTaudiophile

Originally posted by: kevman

Originally posted by: RaistlinZ

Originally posted by: AnonymouseUser
Over 300%. Seriously.

My biggest winner (bought @ $4).

What kind of comany is Force Protection Inc.? It sounds like it's run by Jedi.

Hm, maybe that's why it's up over 600% for the year.

They produce Anti Mine and blast devices for vehicle's.

Brilliant Buy. How on earth did you find that?

Those are the kinds of stocks I like to look for!

In all honesty, when I first looked at FRPT (this is the chart I saw) I thought I was looking at a stock that was about to crash, but I realized it was in a high-tight flag formation instead, with a buypoint of $4.35. I bought a few shares @ $3.65, and once it hit $4.35 I loaded up. FRPT never closed below $4 again. I have flipped some shares since, but never sold out completely.

Can you explain that "high-tight flag formation" to me? I guess I am not to chart savy.

 

[AnonymouseUser]

Originally posted by: kevman

Originally posted by: AnonymouseUser

Originally posted by: GTaudiophile

Originally posted by: kevman

Originally posted by: RaistlinZ

Originally posted by: AnonymouseUser
Over 300%. Seriously.

My biggest winner (bought @ $4).

What kind of comany is Force Protection Inc.? It sounds like it's run by Jedi.

Hm, maybe that's why it's up over 600% for the year.

They produce Anti Mine and blast devices for vehicle's.

Brilliant Buy. How on earth did you find that?

Those are the kinds of stocks I like to look for!

In all honesty, when I first looked at FRPT (this is the chart I saw) I thought I was looking at a stock that was about to crash, but I realized it was in a high-tight flag formation instead, with a buypoint of $4.35. I bought a few shares @ $3.65, and once it hit $4.35 I loaded up. FRPT never closed below $4 again. I have flipped some shares since, but never sold out completely.

Can you explain that "high-tight flag formation" to me? I guess I am not to chart savy.

It's when a stock has already had a nice run up in price (100% or more very quickly) and starts trading in a tight "flag" (pennant) formation (correcting between 10% and 20% of the recent high), with volume drying up near the tip of the flag. HTF's are very rare formations and rarely fail after a successful breakout, with an average short term gain after breakout of ~70%.

Here's a better explanation.

 

[Stunt]

5%
I was right to buy mostly US equities but the US dollar took a crap and I lost 13% of the return.

My speculative play on Tech and Oil (CAE) is up 15% in the last couple months. The company makes flight sims used for training pilots. The airline industry is coming out of bankrupcy and buying planes with more efficient use of fuel.

 

[LeadMagnet]

Personal Rate of Return from 01/01/2006 to 12/28/2006 is 15.2%