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Strategies & Market Trends : Dividend investing for retirement -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Steve Felix who wrote (1746)	10/1/2008 2:58:36 PM
From: upanddown	Read Replies (5) \| Respond to of 34328

Steve I would like to see your portfolios but I am unable to read your ports. Not really sure why but they always come up blank. I thought it might be Firefox but switching back to IE also didn't help. I tried the various fixes that are suggested but nothing works. I am actually only interested in the contents of the ports. I can always look up the performance myself. Would it be possible for you to copy and paste the names and symbols into a regular post? I am in retirement and always looking for income ideas so this thread is a very good idea. TIA, John

To: Steve Felix who wrote (1746)	11/1/2008 9:29:09 AM
From: Steve Felix	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 34328

Month end recap: Not much to say but OUCH! 10.4% overall loss for the month is bad, but the averages were even worse. Nasdaq -14% DJ 30 -11% S+P -14% ___________________________________________________________ I sure wish there was a better way since this loads so slow and always seems to have some sort of problem. si.advfn.com IRA: Also can not update cash which is currently $912 short. si.advfn.com Taxable account: To end of Sept. -15.6% 12/31/07 portfolio = $236,197 09/30/08 Current = $199,376 IRA account: To end of Sept. = -26.8% 12/31/07 portfolio = $127,724 09/30/08 Current = $93,518 Total: 12/31/07 total $363,921 09/30/08 total $292,894 Taken together for 2008 -19.5% Quite the fall. The averages now versus end of Sept: !COMP,-35.11 / !COMP,-21% !DJ30,-29.70 / !DJ30,-18% !SPX,-34.02 / !SPX,-20% Added the three tracking funds. This is on an NAV basis. Dividends paid throughout the year could improve the numbers. TRRGX,-28.6051953 FFVTX,-26.6233159 VTXVX,-24.1405639