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Old 10-16-2007, 11:34 PM
stinkypete stinkypete is offline
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Default Re: 50% returns on small amounts?

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i'm most impressed with any kind of returns on a 1.5 or higher ratio. in that case, you can use leverage in many ways to increase your returns and really have a lot of room in terms of costs to do so.

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does anyone have a record of achieving ratios that high over long periods of time?


if i could do 50% with a 30% standard deviation (which should be about right with that information ratio), i'd retire right now [img]/images/graemlins/laugh.gif[/img]

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You would just about have to if you want those returns. You can't spend 10 minutes reading Barron's, throw an order onto ETrade, and wake up a year later and expect to make 50%. You have to put in the work, including watching the market most of the trading day.

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duhh i'd get someone else to do it for me :P
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