MF CONTEST Ranks for cob 5/02/08

SageNolos

05-03-2008, 12:29 PM | Post #2514311 | 9 Replies

Here is our April '08 month-end ranking. A big shakeup in the rankings from last month, with about a +7% overall improvement over last mo's depressed levels. Each contestant picked 5 funds (only funds, no stocks), purchased in equal amounts (ea 10K) on 12/31. Our ranks are based on M*'s system of YTD returns, using an Excel spreadsheet.

Our list of initial portfolio picks are detailed in MF post # 2471666
Or you can view your picks in our enrollment post, MF post # 2462785
Our previous ranking for cob 3/29/08 can be found in MF post # 2502999

As noted in previous rankings, doublecheck your individual portfolios
returns. If something doesn't jive, let us know.

To help us weigh how well our portfolios are doing, the following
benchmarks are those we feel are most pertinent, with the "consensus"
portfolio doing quite well, Up +4.26%...

	FFNOX	-2.28%
	VTSMX	-3.13%
	S&P500	-3.08%
	EAFE	-3.07%

Re: MF CONTEST Ranks for cob 5/02/08

SageNolos

05-03-2008, 12:31 PM | Post #2514312

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curr.	prior	rank		$50,000	Current
rank	rank	chg		X YTD	YTD
1	5	4	Laksmi	$60,144	20.29%
2	6	4	rsc98584	$56,871	13.74%
3	81	78	ImmortalCoils	$54,922	9.84%
4	24	20	slobdog	$54,125	8.25%
5	20	15	mth5221	$53,405	6.81%
6	13	7	rebe945	$53,214	6.43%
7	1	-6	chipmunk	$53,165	6.33%
8	21	13	Nagorak	$52,741	5.48%
9	9	0	Baxter	$52,611	5.22%
10	11	1	notoldtoboogie	$52,221	4.44%
11	19	8	"Concensus"	$52,131	4.26%
12	51	39	fredP	$52,037	4.07%
13	8	-5	starhusker	$51,932	3.86%
14	4	-10	Mr.Purrington	$51,546	3.09%
15	32	17	jadster35	$51,515	3.03%
16	82	66	Jayhawk	$51,379	2.76%
17	15	-2	morningstarfan	$51,250	2.50%
18	87	69	kevindow	$51,195	2.39%
19	3	-16	Alex...	$51,123	2.25%
20	77	57	Wheaton	$50,737	1.47%
21	14	-7	mmsaeed	$50,514	1.03%
22	40	18	pappy	$50,442	0.88%
23	31	8	chicago69	$50,438	0.88%
24	35	11	tenderheart	$50,428	0.86%
25	23	-2	DKP50	$50,398	0.80%
26	7	-19	SantaCruz	$50,319	0.64%
27	42	15	Normcee	$50,159	0.32%
28	62	34	Petoonya	$50,111	0.22%
29	36	7	bellhead	$50,055	0.11%
30	49	19	frogfan	$49,986	-0.03%
31	50	19	danasu	$49,936	-0.13%
32	16	-16	mshimko	$49,884	-0.23%
33	12	-21	FABERD	$49,813	-0.37%
34	46	12	0Brian0	$49,737	-0.53%
35	33	-2	MaxxC	$49,718	-0.56%
36	10	-26	tombo	$49,650	-0.70%
37	17	-20	MarkL	$49,607	-0.79%
38	39	1	Chang	$49,562	-0.88%
39	44	5	asi12	$49,495	-1.01%
40	27	-13	GorillaBoze	$49,488	-1.02%
41	26	-15	rkay48	$49,476	-1.05%
42	37	-5	pipigor	$49,412	-1.18%
43	34	-9	Biggix	$49,341	-1.32%
44	30	-14	HeyMikeCT	$49,328	-1.34%
45	54	9	carfau	$49,210	-1.58%
46	25	-21	SailerBob	$49,187	-1.63%
47	68	21	closer	$49,180	-1.64%
48	53	5	JohnDough	$49,175	-1.65%
49	38	-11	invst_divrsify	$49,156	-1.69%
50	71	21	RetirementPlan	$49,005	-1.99%
51	41	-10	Therman	$48,930	-2.14%
52	59	7	alexlev	$48,921	-2.16%
53	52	-1	dkturner	$48,895	-2.21%
54	22	-32	erryl	$48,857	-2.29%
55	29	-26	WilliamJ	$48,805	-2.39%
56	67	11	bschutz	$48,765	-2.47%
57	43	-14	PhoenixSooner	$48,756	-2.49%
58	65	7	WALLEN	$48,687	-2.63%
59	56	-3	mrc70	$48,556	-2.89%
60	47	-13	DBCooper	$48,514	-2.97%
61	28	-33	marilynanded	$48,481	-3.04%
62	57	-5	reded	$48,478	-3.04%
63	55	-8	davedc	$48,466	-3.07%
64	48	-16	Rashid	$48,360	-3.28%
65	18	-47	packdog	$48,330	-3.34%
66	61	-5	caryraleigh	$48,223	-3.55%
67	73	6	Benadir	$48,016	-3.97%
68	63	-5	dhuffdog	$47,952	-4.10%
69	79	10	ashen	$47,945	-4.11%
70	58	-12	vbguy49	$47,908	-4.18%
71	72	1	rascfw	$47,902	-4.20%
72	80	8	maruyamakiyoshi	$47,812	-4.38%
73	45	-28	SiskiU	$47,800	-4.40%
74	84	10	Barista	$47,742	-4.52%
75	64	-11	strider	$47,708	-4.58%
76	60	-16	rpetrocelli	$47,676	-4.65%
77	66	-11	galderm	$47,558	-4.88%
78	74	-4	BOPAU	$47,389	-5.22%
79	78	-1	hotcha	$47,188	-5.62%
80	2	-78	mattwright	$47,168	-5.66%
81	83	2	oppeg	$46,990	-6.02%
82	76	-6	poi	$46,861	-6.28%
83	85	2	dcapbtls	$46,219	-7.56%
84	70	-14	SageNolos	$46,147	-7.71%
85	88	3	paulob	$45,470	-9.06%
86	69	-17	HombreMunchkin	$45,319	-9.36%
87	86	-1	mojozepop	$45,226	-9.55%
88	90	2	Murfield	$42,330	-15.34%
89	75	-14	BigTom	$41,477	-17.05%
90	89	-1	bloly	$40,781	-18.44%

Re: MF CONTEST Ranks for cob 5/02/08

Santa Cruz

05-03-2008, 2:07 PM | Post #2514328

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Thanks,

S.C.

Thanks, SageNolos

rascfw

05-03-2008, 3:29 PM | Post #2514344

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If I manage to climb just one rank per week til yearend, I'll be --- gasp! --- lucky enough to be ranked #36. Oooooooo....

Then again, the rate it's going, I won't hold my breath. LOL!

Cheers to you, Sage. Good job!

Susan

Re: MF CONTEST Ranks for cob 5/02/08

bloly

05-04-2008, 3:27 PM | Post #2514619

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Wow, 81-->3 (+78) rank change for ImmortalCoils, and 2-->80 (-78) for mattwright.

Are you guys trading those ranks or what? :)

How much are you guys asking? LOL

Re: MF CONTEST Ranks for cob 5/02/08

paulob

05-05-2008, 3:59 PM | Post #2514915

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I can see ImmortalCoils moving up as I recognize the Latin influence in the picks. But mattwrigtht's short portfolio? Surprised it dropped that fast, but I guess its all in the leverage.

Sagenolos, please check Laksmi's portfolio. Your alpha list includes ILA. This should be IIA. Not sure which symbol you are tracking as they are both "real" symbols.

Paul

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mattwright

05-05-2008, 4:44 PM | Post #2514932

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The REIT short fund, SRS, is a disaster. Fortunately, I don't use any of these crappy leveraged ETFs in real life. My portfolio has been comfortably in the black for most of the year.

Re: MF CONTEST Ranks for cob 5/02/08

SageNolos

05-05-2008, 6:28 PM | Post #2514967

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[quote user="paulob"]

Sagenolos, please check Laksmi's portfolio. Your alpha list includes ILA. This should be IIA. Not sure which symbol you are tracking as they are both "real" symbols.

Paul

[/quote]

Thanks Paul, I double checked it, and it had already been corrected to IIA, but yes the original alphabetical listing is still showing the wrong symbol. So I'm going to add a comment over there as well.

Here are the individual fund returns for Laksmi's portfolio cob 5/2/08:

IGR

IIA

RWF

RLF

RPF

21.94

15.16

15.11

24.60

24.63

Re: MF CONTEST Ranks for cob 5/02/08

notoldtoboogie

05-06-2008, 8:30 PM | Post #2515309

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Sage,

Thanks for the monthly results. Some very extreme changes.

Larry

Re: MF CONTEST Ranks for cob 5/02/08

chipmunk

05-06-2008, 8:58 PM | Post #2515314

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Thanks for the update. Oh well, at least I was on top for a brief moment in history. It looks like the precious metals bubble burst, along with int'l bonds (both are currency hedges), thus knocking me way down this month. I think the biggest challenge with investing today is trying to figure out which way our currency will go, and that is impossible. All we can do is try to diversify with a basket of currencies. That can be done inexpensively via international equities.

Let me add that my personal portfolio is now much simplified (I'm slowly moving towards Taylor's 4-fund Boglehead strategy.) and almost all indexed.

Dan