Pooling of human capital for the unofficial 'Two Plus Two Portfolio'

[Sniper]

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done 315 words of my 1500 word essay on "‘Small firms are each so small, why should we be interested in the part they play in the economy?’".

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John, will you share your essay when you are done?

[john kane]

sure no problem. currently on 1035 words. pretty slow going so far. its 3.26am here in uk, i just want to get it done. it's not due in till friday, but i got another one to start and finish by monday, plus exams soon. i spent last two days procrastinating, if i dont get this finished before i fall asleep, ill just waste tomorrow as well.

ill post in new thread when im done?

[Evan]

John, Yahoo finance is a terrible source for betas.

Better sources:
US firms
European firms
Emerging markets
Japan
Austrailia, NZ, Canada

They all (I think all) have betas from Value Line and 3 year regressions. The last update was in January, which makes it a lot more up to date than a lot of yahoo data. It's probably still missing some of the ETF's and maybe some others, but I'd be a lot more inclined to trust that the numbers are what they say they are.

[john kane]

thanks evan for the list of better sources, ill update them soon (trying to do another essay, 5.55am here, this essay sucks).

anyways:

P500: 1403.20
Nasdaq:2394.41
Dow Jones: 12226.17

% change since then:
S&P500: 1494.3 = 6.5%
Nasdaq: 2554.5 = 6.67%
Dow Jones: 13105.5 = 7.19%

rise in portfolio is 8.32%

3 fallers:
popez: -4.65%
hal: -1.62%
ise: -1.3%

top gainers:
span: 28.55% (was 18% down a week ago or so)
rsc.v: 25.61%
cy:: 23.49%
hero: 19.02%
vlo: 17.99%


anyone want to add any feel free or think we should sell any, just say.