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To: armi who wrote (40840)	12/28/2010 11:41:48 AM
From: Jurgis Bekepuris	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 78844

Quite a few of my accounts have cash inflows and outflows which make return calculation unreliable (IMO - although IRR formula is supposed to take care about inflows/outflows, etc.) My 2009 return is here: Message 26212212 My 2010 return is not calculated yet. It will be approximate, since I had to do couple of account transfers that always mess up brokerage return reporting. I'll go with Quicken reported return, which previously has had its own issues. They might have been corrected in Quicken 2010. I do not calculate intermediate returns throughout the year, since it's a pain and IMHO do not provide any useful information except for **nis envy. :P I am not sure even one year returns are useful. The only number I have for long term returns is what Quicken reports and that is ~12.5% annualized for 15+ years (just for fun the return is ~13% annualized from 1/1/2000). The caveats are: very different amount of money in beginning vs. now; much more involvement in recent years; 401(k)s where I am restricted to a handful of funds are included; substantial withdrawals for house purchase may skew the results.