TLT Historical?
Posted: Mon Dec 09, 2019 7:37 pm
Is there a consensus here that TLT is the best proxy for gauging historical performance on the proscribed, pure Permanent Portfolio long-term bond holdings?
If so, is there a better place than here to get its historical prices?
https://www.nasdaq.com/market-activity/ ... historical
Its prices start at 12/9/09. I got it by choosing the "Max" historical prices. I thought the EFT started 10 years ago today, which would have been an odd date. Then it immediately hit me that "Max" must mean the last ten years.
Is there a source that shows more than ten years?
Do the prices on this show the bonds paying interest? I have never owned an EFT (have owned less than half dozen stocks but lots of mutual funds). EFTs do NOT pay interest or dividends? Therefore, somehow those ARE reflected in the EFT price?
Finally, I took what was able to download from the above (the ten years) and computed the daily gain / loss, cumulative gain / loss, and what a theoretical $10,000 invested 10 years ago would look like on a day-by-day basis. And, put the last into a graph. Looking at all of it does well demonstrate the volatility of the investment. That $10,000 invested ten years ago today would be $14,849 on Friday.
Here is what the graph looks like. Anyone have explanations for the major turns in it?
If so, is there a better place than here to get its historical prices?
https://www.nasdaq.com/market-activity/ ... historical
Its prices start at 12/9/09. I got it by choosing the "Max" historical prices. I thought the EFT started 10 years ago today, which would have been an odd date. Then it immediately hit me that "Max" must mean the last ten years.
Is there a source that shows more than ten years?
Do the prices on this show the bonds paying interest? I have never owned an EFT (have owned less than half dozen stocks but lots of mutual funds). EFTs do NOT pay interest or dividends? Therefore, somehow those ARE reflected in the EFT price?
Finally, I took what was able to download from the above (the ten years) and computed the daily gain / loss, cumulative gain / loss, and what a theoretical $10,000 invested 10 years ago would look like on a day-by-day basis. And, put the last into a graph. Looking at all of it does well demonstrate the volatility of the investment. That $10,000 invested ten years ago today would be $14,849 on Friday.
Here is what the graph looks like. Anyone have explanations for the major turns in it?