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250% is based on the beg acct val.

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250% is based on the beg acct val.

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So at 1/1/05 you had about $50k in your brokerage account(s), you didn't add or withdraw any other funds throughout the year, and you now have about $175k?

Re: What is your return for 2005?
 

no march/april and it was a bit below 50k...no withdrawals or additions, tho next yr i will start withdrawing monthly from it.

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So at 1/1/05 you had about $50k in your brokerage account(s), you didn't add or withdraw any other funds throughout the year, and you now have about $175k?

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no march/april and it was a bit below 50k...no withdrawals or additions

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Wow.

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I'm hoping that investors that are leaving real estate now will get back in the market and push it up further, but i doubt they will [img]/images/graemlins/frown.gif[/img]

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Oh, that reminds me of another big question we've forgotten to ask you (btw...no offense, but it seems like you're being reticent about your phenomenal year)....on average, how much margin were you using?

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i don't use margin as otcbb stocks are not marginable

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40% or so. Im a trader for a living though.

Big one last week into this week was SIRI, still playing GOOG for the year too.

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12.6%. Doesn't sound like much but I am actually okay with it. I goofed off for about six months because 2004 was such a huge year for me. I'm back to working hard, and am pretty confident I've found enough ideas to ensure my returns rebound.

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my guess is it's somewhere around 5-9%

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Wow, I suck in an overconfident way. Apparently I was thinking of "last 12 months" return rather than YTD returns. Net of fees, the $16.5M portfolio I co-manage is up 4.12% YTD, net of fees/expenses. (Last 12 months was apparently what I was thinking of (good Dec. 04 for us): 6.94%.)