Average Investor Return for 2015 was -3.09%

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Average Investor Return for 2015 was -3.09%

Post by ozzy » Fri Jan 08, 2016 1:59 pm

Cheer up PP'rs, 2015 was a rough year for all portfolios:

https://insights.openfolio.com/in-2015- ... .xwhe2nolw
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Re: Average Investor Return for 2015 was -3.09%

Post by KevinW » Fri Jan 08, 2016 2:00 pm

It's good to keep perspective!
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Re: Average Investor Return for 2015 was -3.09%

Post by Libertarian666 » Fri Jan 08, 2016 6:56 pm

My return was about -6% for the year, hardly disastrous, although of course not delightful either.
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Re: Average Investor Return for 2015 was -3.09%

Post by rocketdog » Sun Jan 10, 2016 10:49 pm

FWIW, our (my wife and I) combined return for 2015 was -4.0%.  And that's for a combined portfolio with this overall asset allocation (only part of which is dedicated to a PP):
3% Commodities
3% Int'l Bonds
4% Cash
6% REITs
9% Gold
10% US Bonds
25% Int'l Stocks
40% US Stocks
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Re: Average Investor Return for 2015 was -3.09%

Post by Dieter » Mon Jan 11, 2016 11:31 am

ochotona wrote: My bad results were solely due to long bonds and gold. If I hadn't touched those, I'd have been flat for the year.
My losers (rough order):

Gold (-10ish)
Small Cap Value (-5%ish)
Total International
TIPS
Long Term Treasury

Gainers:
Total Bond Index
US Large/Mid Cap index (Russell 1000)
Short term Bond Index
REIT
VG Int'l Explorer (active fund)

Total down around 2%

Two accounts - Golden Butterfly-esq IRA; Swenson in 401(k)
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Re: Average Investor Return for 2015 was -3.09%

Post by buddtholomew » Mon Jan 11, 2016 12:05 pm

ochotona wrote: My bad results were solely due to long bonds and gold. If I hadn't touched those, I'd have been flat for the year.
Get used to it...more of the same this year.
So tired of this portfolio. Down, down and more down.
Thought we were getting there. No such luck.
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Re: Average Investor Return for 2015 was -3.09%

Post by Bean » Mon Jan 11, 2016 1:43 pm

buddtholomew wrote:
ochotona wrote: My bad results were solely due to long bonds and gold. If I hadn't touched those, I'd have been flat for the year.
Get used to it...more of the same this year.
So tired of this portfolio. Down, down and more down.
Thought we were getting there. No such luck.
you could always go all cash...

down year = buying opportunity.
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Re: Average Investor Return for 2015 was -3.09%

Post by Cortopassi » Mon Jan 11, 2016 1:47 pm

Yeah... got to see green on the overall PP value for a few days, and now red again.  Certainly getting old, agreed.

Could be worse with a 60/40!
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Re: Average Investor Return for 2015 was -3.09%

Post by craigr » Mon Jan 11, 2016 2:10 pm

Many funds in 2015 were negative, and many were also worse than the Permanent Portfolio. If you invest long enough you're going to get negative years. It's just a question of how negative you can handle with whatever asset allocation you're using.
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Re: Average Investor Return for 2015 was -3.09%

Post by Thomas Hoog » Tue Jan 19, 2016 3:39 am

Performance               Cash  LT Bond Gold Equities Portfolio Permanent Portfolio Investement  Banks Dividend (2013)
YTD 2015                   8,5%   3,8% -3,0% 6,0%     3,9%         1,7%               4,5%                 -2,0%
Average 2002 /present 4,9%   9,5%   9,6% 6,0%     9,3%         6,2%               4,6%                 11,7%

My portfolio is a 40 % equities, 30 % LT Bonds, 20 % Gold, 10 % Cash (Global, mixed $ / €).
PP is a european PP.
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