I ended up +22.9%. If you take out cash and only include active investments, I was up 25.5%.
I beat the Dow at 22.3%, but trailed the S&P 500 at 28.9% and Nasdaq at 35.2%
I'm kind of disappointed that I couldn't match the S&P, which is my benchmark for success. But I'm delighted to trail the market if I can bring home 20+% returns. It was a really good investing year all in all. [Reply]
Originally Posted by Rain Man:
Okay, how'd we do this year?
I ended up +22.9%. If you take out cash and only include active investments, I was up 25.5%.
I beat the Dow at 22.3%, but trailed the S&P 500 at 28.9% and Nasdaq at 35.2%
I'm kind of disappointed that I couldn't match the S&P, which is my benchmark for success. But I'm delighted to trail the market if I can bring home 20+% returns. It was a really good investing year all in all.
Up 32% in the 401k. 100% stocks at my age. [Reply]
As Zebedee said, this just brings last year up to a two-year average return. I think I was down 5 percent last year, so on average I got roughly an 8 percent return over the past two years. That's not spectacular, but I think it's right around the long-term average for the market. All I need is average, so I'm good with it. [Reply]