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May 12, 2009 – Comments (1) | RELATED TICKERS: GE , F , AGG

Name Symbol Last price Change  Cost basis Mkt value Gain Gain % Day's gain Overall Return
iShares Barclays Aggregate Bond... AGG 101.75 +0.50 (0.49%) 83.42 84.73 1.31 1.57% 0.42 1.57%
TDX Independence 2020 (ETF) TDH 18.30 -0.09 (-0.49%) 19.68 20.44 0.76 3.86% (0.10) 3.86%
General Electric Company GE 13.67 -0.52 (-3.66%)  75.18 78.26 3.08 4.10% (2.79) 4.10%
Barclays PLC (ADR) BCS 16.24 -0.66 (-3.91%) 94.33 114.79 20.47 21.70% (4.08) 21.70%
Fannie Mae FNM 0.813 +0.013 (1.63%) 18.30 16.95 (1.35) -7.39% 0.32 -7.39%
ION Geophysical Corporation IO 2.89 -0.16 (-5.25%)  48.89 64.44 15.56 31.82% (3.33) 31.82%
Ford Motor Company F 5.25 -0.83 (-13.65%)  79.39 130.47 51.08 64.34% (18.92) 64.34%

 

This is my "training" account. I just "entered"this game in March. 

 

Total Gain/Loss  : +21.69% 5/11/09 3:49 PM EST

 

1 Comments – Post Your Own

#1) On May 12, 2009 at 4:19 PM, Gemini846 (89.76) wrote:

Thats not bad, however as your CAPS score shows in theory had you put it all in SPY you'd have 45% rather than 21%.

I don't really understand your basis calculations. Did you pick a fixed number of shares or just something arbitrary?

What can we learn?

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