Monthly Archives: March 2008

Mar 2008 Returns

March 31, 2008 – 8:12 pm

These are my personal trading returns as of month-end March 2008.
Current Month Return: -6.5%
Year To Date Return: -6.0%
3 Month Return: -6.0%
6 Month Return: -5.8%
12 Month Return: 10.7%
24 Month Return: 9.7%
24 Month Annualized Return: 4.7%
36 Month Return: 43.1%
36 Month Annualized Return: 12.7%
Since Inception Return: 43.1%
Since Inception, […]

By Bill | Posted in Returns On Trading | Comments (3)

Sunday Reading

March 30, 2008 – 9:21 am

Glam ad network cuts payments to publisher partners, coincidentally right after raising a buttload of capital. They need to cut costs to meet their promises to investors; now that they’ve raised the capital, they don’t need to keep their blogger contributors happy anymore, and they’ll soon be able to buy some of those blogs […]

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Fundamental Portfolio Struggling YTD

March 29, 2008 – 8:58 am

The Fundamental portfolio screens for stocks that meet basic criteria, such as earnings and revenue growth, earnings quality, and debt-to-capital rations, then ranks them by ROE to hold the top 20. The portfolio is currently experiencing a drawdown as severe as any it saw in backtest during the bear market bottom of 2003. Given […]

By Bill | Posted in Specific Discussion of Trading Systems | Comments (0)

Jim Cramer, Now and Then

March 28, 2008 – 6:08 pm

From the closing moments of “Mad Money” today, March 28, 2008:
People say bad things when they get short and they knock the stock down!
Sounded like he was complaining, didn’t it? Complaining about … Jim Cramer?
From Confessions of a Street Addict, page 61 of the paperback version, he describes his hedge fund’s activities, circa 1992:
… […]

By Bill | Posted in Book Reviews | Comments (0)

I’ve Found The Lost Decade!

March 26, 2008 – 8:34 pm

It wasn’t all that hard to do, either. Frankly, when multiple entries show up for something “sexy” like this “lost decade” thing, it almost demands a de-bunking. Here are some things to remember:
(1) the major indices are nothing more than semi-discretionary domestic U.S. large-cap mutual funds, run by committees. Unless […]

By Bill | Posted in General Market Commentary | Comments (5)