Comments on: Lost the chance to double my net worth.

By: USA Real Estate

USA Real Estate — Mon, 28 Jan 2008 06:18:58 +0000

It sounds too good to be true. A story told to drum up dumb investors.

By: Frugal

Frugal — Mon, 03 Dec 2007 16:11:15 +0000

Linda,

My portfolio is mostly XAU/HUI (or GDX), OIH/XLE components, plus some dividend stocks. I’m moving my portfolio towards ETF instead of individual stocks, and I assume that you may want to do the same also.

Frugal

By: Frugal

Frugal — Mon, 03 Dec 2007 16:09:35 +0000

Yes, hindsight is 20-20.

I’m beginning to move away from EMH however. I think there are indeed market inefficiency that you can take advantage of.

And 10X is a world-breaking record. That was the FIRST time that a hedge fund returns 10X. It just doesn’t happen that often, if ever.

By: Christian Gross

Christian Gross — Mon, 03 Dec 2007 08:41:02 +0000

This is the kind of information I ignore. Statistically speaking there will ALWAYS be somebody who made 10X the returns in one year. Though finding and being that fund is like winning a lottery ticket.

What if there were no credit crunch? What if the Fed had cut earlier and avoided the credit crunch? Then this fund would be way off.

Remember hindsight is 20-20. Foresight? A crap shot. Yes there are certains things we guess and think, but they are not sure. The real key is consistency.

By: linda

linda — Tue, 27 Nov 2007 13:59:25 +0000

I looked around your blog and still have no idea what kind of portfolio (what stocks or ETFs) you have, except having vague impression that you hold some energy or metal equities.
Look at investmiddleway.com where one has clear view of his portfolio composition.