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To: Seeker of Truth who wrote (28952)	2/19/2003 6:23:03 PM
From: Condor	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 74559

What's the best measure for investment results? You sleep well and there's food on the table.

To: Seeker of Truth who wrote (28952)	2/19/2003 7:24:31 PM
From: LLCF	Respond to of 74559

<What's the best measure for investment results? > Simply hold equities who's glowing research reports use important buzzwords and phrases like "rocking the telecosm": finance.yahoo.com finance.yahoo.com BTW... anyone follow this thing, is it a 'buy' yet? DAK PS: 2 years ago I would have capitalized "telecosm".

To: Seeker of Truth who wrote (28952)	2/20/2003 2:41:50 AM
From: Cogito Ergo Sum	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 74559

What's the best measure for investment results? How well you sleep !!

To: Seeker of Truth who wrote (28952)	2/20/2003 7:19:26 AM
From: TobagoJack	Read Replies (3) \| Respond to of 74559

Hello Malcolm, <<What's the best measure for investment results?>> I am bright eyed and would be bushy tailed had I had one. I write this note after a two and half hours nap and quick dinner. I had a savage session of reflexology yesterday in the late afternoon, and, presto clunk kaplunk, I slept like a log during the night. My eyelids again failed me at 2:00pm today, and so, presto clunk kaplunk, once more I powered down. Yup, I did 8.86% NAV gain for 2002 when denominated in USD, but did approximately 12% NAV loss if denominated in Euro or AUD. It is a cruel world. Happily, if denominated in Peso, I would be way up. So, what is the best measure, or the measure that is most appropriate? I figure either relatively, relative to any one or aggregate of popular equity indices, or relative to the best equity mutual fund return, or absolutely, in Standard Retirement Units (SRU). SRU is an imprecise measure of that quantity of funds, that, when drawn down at 5% annual rate, will provide for 50+-5 years of "happy" "idleness", with the cost of "happy" "idleness" defined by each individually. I define "happy" as secure contentedness, and I define "idleness" as doing whatever I want, when I want, how I want. Chugs, Jay