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Handson, Tracking Jan. 31, 2008
ben egbert 01-31-2008, 5:10 PM | Post #2483007 |  19 Replies
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FUND             ENDING          TOT RETURN

VTSMX             $33.21                LATER

DIA_(DJIA)       $126                   -6.51% 

IWM_(R2K)      $70.94                 -8.83%

SPY_(SP500)    $137.37                -7.73%

GLOBAL          $16,213                -4.34% 

ENERGY          $64.323                -7.23% 

INDEX             ENDING

 

SP500              1378.55

DJIA                12650.36

NASDAQ        2389.86 

Last months results:

The link feature is not working on my computer. Here is the address to last months post for anyone who is able to get the link working.

http://socialize.morningstar.com/NewSocialize/forums/2/2471058/ShowThread.aspx

 

Ben

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Mike's Monthly Monetary Memo
mgfreema 02-01-2008, 9:43 PM | Post #2483497
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Year-to-date up 0.1%

                                        Actual     Target

 

Cash, Bills, Notes, Bonds                            34%

Cash & equivalents                        2.1%

Treasury inflation-protected securities  26.4%       24%

TFI                                       6.6%

Salon note                                2.1%

 

Global Real Estate; Commodities                      33%

VNQ                                       8.9%       10%

RWX                                       8.4%        8%

PCH + PCL + RYN                           3.7%        5%

PCRIX                                    10.4%       10%

 

Global Businesses & Infrastructure                   33%

DVY                                       8.8%       10%

PID                                       8.1%        8%

ACAS + ALD + MCGC                         5.0%        5%

IGF                                       9.5%       10%

 

Trimmed PCRIX back to 10% of portfolio; used the proceeds to add to VNQ and ACAS.

 

Sold 100% of GII; used the proceeds to purchase IGF.

 

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ACAS    American Capital Strategies Ltd

ALD     Allied Capital Corporation

DVY     iShares Dow Jones Select Dividend Index Fund

GII     SPDR FTSE/Macquarie Global Infrastructure 100 ETF

IGF     iShares S&P Global Infrastructure Fund

MCGC    MCG Capital Corporation

PCH     Potlatch Corp

PCL     Plum Creek Timber Co Inc

PCRIX   PIMCO CommodityRealReturn Strategy Fund

PID     PowerShares International Dividend Achievers ETF

RYN     Rayonier Inc

RWX     SPDR DJ Wilshire International Real Estate ETF

TFI     SPDR Lehman Municipal Bond ETF

VNQ     Vanguard REIT Index ETF

 

Mike

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Susan's YTD returns cob 1/31/08
rascfw 02-01-2008, 10:05 PM | Post #2483506
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the Whole Banana   -3.22%
Rick's Simple      
-3.08
my 401k            
-5.28
cash          17.47%
US              37.40%
foreign         35.86%
bonds            7.06%
other            2.00%
not class.       21.00%
largecap   171617
midcap      8713
smallcap   1064
LV        24.50%
LG        24.91%
M/SV      24.15%
M/SG      24.04%
average ER    1.22%
yield         3.55%

 

It looks like I'm in good company, and I'm thrilled to see that I've at least managed to "beat" the indexes.

Regards.

Susan

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2008 Simple Returns-
SpringChange 02-02-2008, 9:23 AM | Post #2483611
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+ 0.20%
YTD Results (01/31/2008)
Bill Rogers 02-05-2008, 9:50 PM | Post #2484767
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Hi Ben,

 

2008 Results*(-2.92%)

*Results of net of all fund expenses and 401k plan administration fees (see below).

 

Long-Term Results (as of 01/31/2008)

 

1 Year

3 Years

5 Years

Annualized Return

-2.49%

6.88%

10.03%

Standard Deviation

7.92%

6.59%

6.33%

Sharpe Ratio (Ex-Post)

(0.84)

0.41

1.06

 

Fund Inflows in January 2008

January contributions were as follows: MSGSX (85%) and OYRDX (15%).  On 01/07/2008 sold MCBDX and purchased MSRSX. On 01/08/2008 sold CGRYX and purchased OYRDX. On 01/04/2008 sold MSGSX and purchased VGSIX. On 01/23/2008 sold MSGSX and purchased VIMSX.

Projected Fund Inflows for February 2008

Currently February 2008 401k contributions will be allocated to MSGSX (94%) and OYRDX (6%) to get my small cap core/growth and large cap value allocations closer to their targets. All allocations are within the 5/25 rule for rebalancing except the small/mid cap core/growth allocation as shown on following table.

Portfolio as of February1, 2008

ASSET CLASS

Current Allocation

Target Allocation

Fixed Income

32.86%

30.00%

MM Inflation Protected Bond (MIPYX)

0.00%

 

Vanguard Long-Term Treasury (VUSTX)

1.27%

 

MM Premier Strategic Income (MSRSX)

31.59%

 

State Street Money Market (SSMXX)

0.00%

 

US Large Cap Value

7.28%

7.50%

Vanguard Value Index (VIVAX)

6.95%

 

Oppenheimer Rising Dividends (OYRDX)

0.33%

 

US Large Cap Blend/Growth

7.70%

7.50%

Fidelity Contrafund (FCNTX)

7.70%

 

US Mid/Small Cap Value

6.43%

7.50%

Vanguard Small Cap Value (VISVX)

6.43%

 

US Mid/Small Cap Blend/Growth

5.31%

7.50%

MM Small Cap Growth Equity (MSGSX)

3.45%

 

Vanguard Mid Cap Index (VIMSX)

1.86%

 

Real Estate Investment Trust

20.08%

20.00%

Vanguard REIT Index (VGSIX)

20.08%

 

International

20.33%