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fabijo
12-07-2006, 08:56 PM
This one is just in case you were ever curious what return you could get if you had a crystall ball. It looks ahead to the next day's price change and allocates today to be in the best fund. If you were able to do that, your returns would be ridiculous. The file is only 554KB, much smaller than the others.

We often talk about what gains we would have if we missed the drops, but drops are inevitable. I am sharing this just because of how impossible the numbers are. I often find myself upset at any loss, but I need to remember that it is impossible to avoid losses. If you could see ahead every day, your returns from June 2, 2003 to Today would be 17687.32%. Here's a link to the file:

http://mircats.com/fabio/CrystalBall.xls

FundSurfer
12-08-2006, 04:31 AM
fabijo, what's the year to date? that's my benchmark...;)

weatherweenie
12-08-2006, 06:44 AM
This one is just in case you were ever curious what return you could get if you had a crystall ball. It looks ahead to the next day's price change and allocates today to be in the best fund. If you were able to do that, your returns would be ridiculous. The file is only 554KB, much smaller than the others.

We often talk about what gains we would have if we missed the drops, but drops are inevitable. I am sharing this just because of how impossible the numbers are. I often find myself upset at any loss, but I need to remember that it is impossible to avoid losses. If you could see ahead every day, your returns from June 2, 2003 to Today would be 17687.32%. Here's a link to the file:

http://mircats.com/fabio/CrystalBall.xls

I'd be happy with half that return! :cheesy:

Glad to see I'm not the only one with the problem of kicking myself at any loss.