Opening the mail and I just got mine statement today for this quarter (7/1/09 to 9/30/09).

I cleared +18.15% this quarter and +30.12% since the beginning of the year. Are you kidding me? Damn, I don't know crap about investing but maybe I should get a job on Wall St.

Just goes to show that even a blind squirrel gets a nut now and again.

Let it ride... baby needs a new pair of shoes.

I'm up 14.47% this year. I haven't received results for the qtr ending Sept 30th, though.

Obama is delivering

I'm up 30.6%

+52.6% YTD.

Almost all in thanks to T-Row Price Latin America (PRLAX)they are up 88.43%YTD. I've owned them for a few years now. They were killing it big time back then also. I'll start skimming my "winnings" and tuck them safe just incase of another market fall-out.

... thems scarey returns ...

... personally, I'd shift it all to a low-risk portfolio now ... so you don't lose any headway ...

How much did you lose last year?

50%

If you lost 50% last year, you will need a 100% increase this year to break even.

A couple of weeks ago I transferred a substantial portion of my stock mutual funds to bond funds.

PTTDX - PIMCO TOTAL RETURN CLASS D

TGMNX - TCW TOTAL RETURN BOND CLASS N

The stock market has had a nice run up this year, but I've seen the tides turn when they change out the dealers at the black jack table. At this point in my life I'll take a steady, lower risk return of 6-7% instead of the stock mutual fund ups and downs. Buy and hold for stocks even with diversified stock mutual funds is dead. The average person is a sitting duck in that market for the day traders and manipulators.

Up 8%.

I'm the Ziggy of 401k investing.

Fidelity International Discovery Fund up 27% YTD

Fidelity Export & Multinational Fun up 31% YTD

Fidelity Emerging Markets Fund up 68% YTD

Fidelity New Markets Fund up 45% YTD

My remaining funds are up between 22 - 25 % YTD ... Not Bad . . .

I'd add some International exposure in your portfolio if it's lacking . . . (jmo)

^many of the same funds took hits of 30-50% for the year prior. Unfortunately it takes about a 47% gain to make up for a 30% loss.

Short term performance doesn't mean squat, it doesn't matter how far up you are at the black jack table, it's what you have left when you leave the table.

#10

William Gross is a smart guy, but what happens when inflation hits?

Actually, all my funds were doing very well before the crash ... I have not rebalanced, nor did I pull any money out during the hysteria ... It's taken a year, but I'm slighty ahead of where I was before panic set in last year ...

"Actually, all my funds were doing very well before the crash ... I have not rebalanced, nor did I pull any money out during the hysteria ... It’s taken a year, but I’m slighty ahead of where I was before panic set in last year ..."

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. Same here. When I started feeling the the funds getting hit I pulled 25% from all holdings and put them into a safer bond. Then real early this year I plunked it all back into my holdings. I did get back in a little too early because it did go down a tad bit more, but in the end I’m ahead. Plus I was still buying a ton of shares while they were in the dumps (IMHO, that makes up a lot for the losses). I have xx,xxx more in the account now, than before I took 25% during the crash (not counting what my employer and I put in during this year). I am definitely going to skim these profits and put them into my lower risk fund (which I have been doing for a long time now).

I treat my 401k like my Vegas gambling. I start with whatever amount of chips in front of me. After a few wins I pocket a few chips and only bet what is in front of me. Win some more , skim some more. That way If I lose everything in front of me I still have accumulated chips in my pocket.

Okay... the last qtr is in and for the year ending Sep 30th 2009 I am up 31%.

Now... if we can keep that up for the next 15 years, I'll retire a millionaire. With like... 1.5 million.

"Obama is delivering "

Delivering what?

The question is how much did you loose in previous years?

If you loose 20% in one year, you need to gain 25% the following year to just break even.

Performance of funds should be looked at in 5-10 years life span.

MACS! i think if i put $1000 in now and it expanded at 31% every 3 quarters, i would also be a millionaire!