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According to the gain/loss calculator I have a $333.71 gain YTD.

However, when I calculate my YTD % I come up with a 1.36% loss going by the portfolio value today compared to the portfolio value at the beginning of the year, minus the deposit I made.

Either way, it's a whole lot of nothing. It's been a fucked up two years in a row.
 
Could this be hubris catching up to me? I used to compare my returns to that of the hedgies and public mutual funds and gloat over my better performance. Truth is now, if I were a fund manager, I would be facing mountains of redemptions and lawsuits.

WWAD? (What Would Arnold Do?)
 
2005 was my best year, I ended it with a 137% gain. But at the end of July of '05, I was up 222%. What knocked me down was short selling, I simply suck at it. And that's what happened this year as well, my poor shorting took me from black to red.

One other surprising little tidbit I've found in my forensic analysis is that my returns drop when I stop trading in lower-priced stocks. After a good run of trading the so-called penny stocks, I get the feeling of a bad omen and stop looking at anything under $10 a share.
 
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City of the day: Lexington, KY.
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Re traffic lights..

Yellow is yellow for 3 seconds.

Intersections with a red light camera....... the yellow light is less than 3 seconds, 2.5 or there abouts...pretty nifty trick to raise reveneue. Your big brother is a prick.
 
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