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Strategies & Market Trends : Bob Brinker: Market Savant & Radio Host -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Chuck Schmeling who wrote (2818)	1/15/1998 2:17:00 PM
From: sea_biscuit	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 42834

I don't know about you, but +25% per year over the last 10 years sounds pretty good to me. Huh???? What kind of math is that? The correct compounding rates are about 13.5%, 14% and 7.9% respectively for the three portfolios. If you really get +25% annualized rates, you are in Warren Buffett territory. Dipy.

To: Chuck Schmeling who wrote (2818)	1/15/1998 2:21:00 PM
From: Kirk ©	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 42834

I'm not sure how Forbes calculates their numbers, but according to Bob's newsletter, Portfolio I has done +251.6%, Portfolio II, +268.7%, and Portfolio III has done +113.1%, total return since 1-1-88. Chuck, they are talking Compounded Return. I just plugged in these numbers into my HP 100LX N=10 PV=$-10,000 FV=$35,610 and I get 13.4% I've been tracking Bob's portfolios that past few yrs and they do pw2.netcom.com (this is a bit out of date, but has the right performance numbers for 1994 thru 1996) I don't have data for Marketimer further back than that. Also, 1997 showed about 15% for his 3 portfolios and the active/passive is new and I haven't started charting it yet. I think a high percentage of foreign that has lagged brings his overall total down. regards Kirk out suite101.com