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How to Get Better Annualized Returns from Your S&P 500 Index Funds?
Submitted by Van Beek on January 17, 2011 - 10:57
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The return of the S&P 500 over 2010 was good: 13%. However, the annualized returns of the S&P 500 for the last 3, 5 or even 10 years are very poor. Just buying and holding an S&P 500 index fund does not make financial sense. However, with trend investing and long-term market timing, investing in the S&P 500 does start making sense.
SP500 Performance History
In the beginning of 2000, I had a close look at the SP500 performance history. The conclusion was clear. I had to start investing in the stock market. I was making a decent salary, but all my friends were making a fortune with their stock market investments.
It was time that I started to invest my savings in the stock market as well. I took action. The rest is history. The performance of the SP500 in the year 2000 was a minus 10%.
What are the Typical Trend Investing Returns?
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S&P 500 Trend Investing Easily Beats Buy & Hold: $49,438 vs. $28,262
Submitted by Van Beek on December 1, 2010 - 16:45
S&P 500 Trend Investing easily beats a Buy and Hold approach.
Suppose you invested $10,000 in an S&P 500 index fund in October 1992. You just kept the fund; you just Buy and Hold. 18 Years later, your ten thousand dollars would have become $28,262. Nice, but with only 6 trades in 18 years of this same index fund you could have done much better.
Stock Trend Investing reviews every month for you the trend in the S&P 500 and a number of other US indices like the Dow Jones, the NYSE and the NASDAQ. Based on this analysis, we provide the Trend Investing community monthly with our conclusion on if we buy, hold or sell our US index funds.
