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by simba
Sun Feb 15, 2009 11:27 pm
Forum: Investing - Theory, News & General
Topic: Simba's backtesting spreadsheet [a Bogleheads community project]
Replies: 1370
Views: 824492

Re: Some corrections

Paul Douglas Boyer wrote:Simba, in your spreadsheet, here are some corrections:

Cell SP-85-08!C35 should read "=RATE(Portfolio!$K...
Cell SP-85-08!C36 should read "=RATE(Portfolio!$K...
Column P in SP-85-08 incorrectly points to 72 data.

Also,

I have the values for gold in the Google version of the spreadsheet at:
https://spreadsheets.google.com/ccc?key ... cw&newcopy

I added a returns vs risk chart for 1972 - 2008
and compared against Harry Browne, Coffeehouse, Scott Burns Four Square, and all of the IFA Index Portfolios there.
Thanks Paul - The next version has the corrections. I have added Gold as well.
by simba
Mon Feb 09, 2009 10:49 am
Forum: Investing - Theory, News & General
Topic: Vanguard CEO - Teamwork, Then and Now
Replies: 0
Views: 627

Vanguard CEO - Teamwork, Then and Now

http://www.nytimes.com/2009/02/01/jobs/01boss.html - By William McNabb
But Jack Brennan, who was then the C.F.O. (he later became C.E.O.), talked about what kind of company Vanguard would become. I liked his vision and his Midwestern values. It was a whole different perspective compared with what I had found in New York. I hoped that the Vanguard people would offer me the job, and they did.
Rowing is analogous to business. The sport attracts driven, competitive people, but team members must be willing to let their egos be subservient to the boat.
It’s the same in business, where a company can accomplish so much more if everyone works together.
by simba
Sun Feb 08, 2009 1:15 pm
Forum: Investing - Theory, News & General
Topic: GOT ANY PEARLS OF WISDOM FOR BOGLEHEADS BOOK?
Replies: 210
Views: 38338

You had me at Hello... but lost me at 12b-1
by simba
Sun Feb 08, 2009 12:31 pm
Forum: Investing - Theory, News & General
Topic: Simba's backtesting spreadsheet [a Bogleheads community project]
Replies: 1370
Views: 824492

Leif Eriksen wrote:Not sure about your CPI-U numbers. Are you using the All City Average? The spreadsheet reports 3.84 for 2008. U.S. Department Of Labor Bureau of Labor Statistics reports 0.1 for Dec/Dec 2008. See the following link

ftp://ftp.bls.gov/pub/special.requests/cpi/cpiai.txt
I use the Avg-Avg for the CPI-U numbers.
CPI-U for 2008= (Annual Avg for 2008 - Annual Avg for 2007)/(Annual Avg for 2007)

CPI-U for 2008 = (215.303 - 207.342) / 207.342 = 0.03839 = 3.84%

Best Regards,
Simba
by simba
Sat Feb 07, 2009 5:33 pm
Forum: Investing - Theory, News & General
Topic: Simba's backtesting spreadsheet [a Bogleheads community project]
Replies: 1370
Views: 824492

Updated Spreadsheet with 2008 returns

Sorry Folks, I have been out of pocket for sometime.

I've updated the spreadsheet and for those interested, You can download the Excel Spreadsheet [rev7h] and OpenOffice version [rev7h]


This includes the 2008 returns and some minor updates.

Best Regards,
Simba
by simba
Tue May 13, 2008 10:28 pm
Forum: Personal Investments
Topic: Fund Details Spreadsheet
Replies: 10
Views: 3387

bb1970 wrote:jjthunder. I just followed your link to the Troweprice site and they want a SSN, ZIP code, acct type, and associated acct number to register. Has something changed?
bb - Use this Link to Register at the TRP site.

Once you register, use the Investment Tools link at the TRP site.

Best Regards,
Simba
by simba
Sat May 10, 2008 11:14 am
Forum: US Chapters
Topic: DFW meeting on Saturday, May 10th: 12:30pm
Replies: 8
Views: 4580

brokeboy wrote:there's 6 or so central markets in dallas? which one is it at?
BB - It's the one on E Lovers Lane

Hope to see you there.
by simba
Mon Apr 28, 2008 11:05 pm
Forum: Investing - Theory, News & General
Topic: Does Vanguard have an Inflation linked bond fund?
Replies: 29
Views: 7166

Die Hard - Did you mean http://www.easyallocator.com?
by simba
Mon Apr 28, 2008 10:51 pm
Forum: Investing - Theory, News & General
Topic: What Vanguard fund has the highest % REITs other than VGSIX?
Replies: 4
Views: 2029

Cyberbob calculated the % of REITS in different funds that he posted Here
(Holdings details at Vanguard.com are end-of-quarter 9/30/2007.)

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by simba
Mon Apr 28, 2008 5:23 pm
Forum: Personal Finance (Not Investing)
Topic: Mutual Funds vs. ETF's????
Replies: 2
Views: 1558

Check this post To ETF or Not to ETF by Rick Ferri
by simba
Sat Apr 19, 2008 4:11 pm
Forum: Investing - Theory, News & General
Topic: Simba's backtesting spreadsheet [a Bogleheads community project]
Replies: 1370
Views: 824492

Re: Simba Spreadsheet: Nominal and Real

What does nominal and real mean or MAR? This is a truly amazing piece of work. Webfoot - MAR (Minimum acceptable Return) [in the spreadsheet] is used in calculating Sortino Ratio . which measures the risk-adjusted returns of a portfolio. The Sortino ratio is similar to the Sharpe ratio, except it uses downside deviation for the denominator instead of standard deviation. Sortino Ratio S = {R-T}/{DR} where R=portfolio return T = target or required rate of return (T was originally known as the minimum acceptable return, or MAR) DR=downside risk. In the earlier revisions of the spreadsheets, I was using the average of T-Bills for calculating the Sortino Ratio. But decided to use a "modifiable" parameter so one can change the target R...
by simba
Sat Apr 19, 2008 4:04 pm
Forum: Investing - Theory, News & General
Topic: Simba's backtesting spreadsheet [a Bogleheads community project]
Replies: 1370
Views: 824492

nathank/webfoot - Thanks for the compliments.

As I've said numerous times, use this ONLY for entertainment purposes. Do not alter your AA based on historical returns.
As Paul says - "Don't chase the ghosts of past returns" ;)

Having said that the I've updated the spreadsheet.

Those interested can download the Excel Spreadsheet [rev7f] or the OpenOffice version [rev7f]

The returns for the single portfolio should now match the returns from the comparison section.

Best Regards,
Simba
by simba
Tue Apr 15, 2008 11:00 pm
Forum: Personal Finance (Not Investing)
Topic: what does your profile name mean?
Replies: 62
Views: 14885

Re: profile name

My name was taken from a very popular animated film (shall remain anonymous) ;)
by simba
Tue Apr 15, 2008 6:56 pm
Forum: US Chapters
Topic: DFW Chapter meeting this Saturday (Apr 12th)
Replies: 4
Views: 2653

We had a nice lunch meeting. There were six of us, including the "usual suspects" and one very accomplished first time attendee who provided a lot of very interesting ideas and charts. We discussed several topics including: Rebalancing Over-balancing Tactical Asset Allocation The Vg Asset Allocation Fund Some quantitative portfolio management ideas % of international equity allocation in portfolio The new Vanguard Global Index Fund Balanced funds and Target retirement funds Whether emergency funds should be included in asset allocation Treasury & TIPS "bubble" TIPS vs Nominal Bonds Direct and indirect inflation protection Inflation protection from human capital Deflation protection MBS TBM vs Bond Index Diehards nat...
by simba
Tue Apr 15, 2008 6:41 pm
Forum: Personal Investments
Topic: Excel Experts - Help on my Performance Tracking SS
Replies: 13
Views: 3702

Re: Excel Experts - Help on my Performance Tracking SS

I was following this conversation with interest, because I have the same problem with my madsinger monthly portfolio. The way I "solved" the problem (which is no great solution) is to "leave space" for future rows to be added, and have "bottom" row absolute and not moved. For example, if you have four quarterly returns of 2%, -1%, 3%, -2%, and you're going to track this for a few years: A B 1 2% =1+A1 2 -1% =1+A2 3 3% =1+A3 4 -2% =1+A4 5 =1+A5 6 =1+A6 7 =1+A7 8 =1+A8 9 =1+A9 10 =1+A10 11 =1+A11 12 =1+A12 13 =1+A13 14 =1+A14 15 =1+A15 16 =1+A16 17 =1+A17 18 =1+A18 19 =1+A19 20 =1+A20 21 22 =PRODUCT(B1:B20)-1 So, in my case I "hide" the rows 5-20, and B22 has the cumulative return. When I add new data,...
by simba
Tue Apr 01, 2008 11:58 pm
Forum: Personal Finance (Not Investing)
Topic: Favorite Firefox Extensions
Replies: 18
Views: 5571

Firefox Add-Ons

Some of the Add-Ons not already mentioned

Add Bookmark Here
All-in-One Gestures
Cooliris Previews
Customize Google
Distrust
FEBE
by simba
Tue Apr 01, 2008 8:43 pm
Forum: Investing - Theory, News & General
Topic: Historical stock market return data
Replies: 3
Views: 1901

historical returns

You can get the Historical returns at Gummy's website.
You can download the spreadsheet that has the data Here.

An updated spreadsheet can be found at Prof. Aswath Damodaran's webpage

Best Regards,
Simba
by simba
Mon Mar 31, 2008 12:25 pm
Forum: Investing - Theory, News & General
Topic: Simba's backtesting spreadsheet [a Bogleheads community project]
Replies: 1370
Views: 824492

Thanks Simba - got it this time! I know adding the option to subtract appropriate ER's from the pre-fund inception data must have taken quite a bit of effort. Cb 8) Thanks Cb - it did take a bit. The formula in the "Compare 5 portfolios" section appear to be slightly different from the main section. For example: 1972-2007 TSM = 10.96/17.24 Compare 5 TSM = 11.08/17.25 1985-2007 TSM = 12.22/16.03 Compare 5 TSM = 12.29/15.69 The comparison section does not deduct the ER's. Hence the difference. Back to the drawing board. I am thinking it may be easier to just update the data and deduct the ERs from the index returns. The next question would - how much should I deduct? Obviously the ERs back in 70's and 80's were higher. The current ...
by simba
Sun Mar 30, 2008 8:21 pm
Forum: Personal Investments
Topic: Finding Thread where Ferri and Swedroe give their AA
Replies: 2
Views: 1648

Post with Rick's and Larry's AA

Clay,

Is this the topic you are looking for?

Best Regards,
Simba
by simba
Sun Mar 30, 2008 5:20 pm
Forum: Personal Investments
Topic: Question on REITs
Replies: 9
Views: 2990

% of REITS

Lou,

Cyberbob calculated the % of REITS in different funds that he posted Here

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Best Regards,
Simba
by simba
Sun Mar 30, 2008 5:04 pm
Forum: Investing - Theory, News & General
Topic: Simba's backtesting spreadsheet [a Bogleheads community project]
Replies: 1370
Views: 824492

Correct the links

Paul/Cb,

I corrected the links. Try downloading it again.

Thanks

-Simba
by simba
Sun Mar 30, 2008 4:34 pm
Forum: Investing - Theory, News & General
Topic: Simba's backtesting spreadsheet [a Bogleheads community project]
Replies: 1370
Views: 824492

Updated version rev-7e for backtesting spreadsheet

Simba, You asked for clarification on the issue with the Sortino ratios. Check out this thread , where Sortino ratios were calculated using your spreadsheet. The ratios for Gibson's Medium Return portfolios don't look right to me. And thanks for the great work on this spreadsheet. Robert P.S. You might consider adding the unhedged global bond returns shown in the thread linked to above, for everyone's benefit. Robert - I uploaded a new version rev-7e of the spreadsheet. I added the unhedged global bond returns as well. Thanks to Stratton for providing the returns. You can download the Excel Spreadsheet [rev7e] and OpenOffice version [rev7e] The biggest change is earlier I was using the average of T-Bill returns as the MAR(minimum acceptabl...
by simba
Wed Feb 06, 2008 11:56 am
Forum: Investing - Theory, News & General
Topic: Boglehead Interview Series - Larry Swedroe
Replies: 10
Views: 3770

Mike - Thanks for the great laugh.
mikenz: I hear he has an allocation of Bangladeshi Butter.
Sources tell me Rick had invested in the Sudanese Large Cap ETF which has been liquidated. He is looking to see if the Timbuktu Growth Equity Fund might be a better option for this year(!)
by simba
Mon Feb 04, 2008 11:14 am
Forum: Personal Investments
Topic: Rosetta Stone required for forum membership?
Replies: 41
Views: 15490

VG Fund Symbols

by simba
Sun Feb 03, 2008 4:24 pm
Forum: Personal Investments
Topic: Where To Look For Data
Replies: 3
Views: 1562

Here are the returns for Wellington from 1929-2007 2007 8.34 2006 14.97 2005 6.82 2004 11.17 2003 20.75 2002 -6.9 2001 4.19 2000 10.4 1999 4.41 1998 12.06 1997 23.23 1996 16.19 1995 32.92 1994 -0.49 1993 13.52 1992 7.93 1991 23.65 1990 -2.81 1989 21.6 1988 16.11 1987 2.28 1986 18.4 1985 28.53 1984 10.7 1983 23.57 1982 24.55 1981 2.9 1980 22.58 1979 13.54 1978 5.32 1977 -4.38 1976 23.36 1975 25.18 1974 -17.73 1973 -11.83 1972 10.99 1971 8.88 1970 6.4 1969 -7.83 1968 7.92 1967 8.15 1966 -6.61 1965 5.44 1964 10.85 1963 11.9 1962 -5.19 1961 18.95 1960 5.18 1959 8.86 1958 28.47 1957 -4.3 1956 4.43 1955 15.54 1954 31.01 1953 1.89 1952 11.04 1951 12.36 1950 12.77 1949 16.51 1948 3.87 1947 -3.46 1946 -2.38 1945 23.13 1944 19.37 1943 24.88 1942 16.6...
by simba
Sun Jan 27, 2008 11:47 am
Forum: Personal Finance (Not Investing)
Topic: Ads on Morningstar
Replies: 9
Views: 3282

Maxthon - Alternative to Firefox

snray02 wrote:Good advice, guys. However, I really don't want to go to another browser. Is there a Microsoft-based ad blocker?
Sam
I've used Maxthon in the past.
by simba
Thu Jan 24, 2008 7:16 pm
Forum: Investing - Theory, News & General
Topic: Simba's backtesting spreadsheet [a Bogleheads community project]
Replies: 1370
Views: 824492

Updated rev7d spreadsheet

Serber - curiousinvestor informed me of the errors a couple of days ago. I have uploaded the revised version (rev7d).

Those interested can download the Excel Spreadsheet [rev7d] and OpenOffice version [rev7d]

As far as the sortino ratio is concerned, I am not sure I follow you. I am using the TBill returns as the Riskfree return.

Cb - I do mean to post a topic to see what ER's I should be deducting from the raw Index Fund returns.


Regards,
Simba
by simba
Wed Jan 23, 2008 10:44 pm
Forum: Investing - Theory, News & General
Topic: Vanguard's Rearguard Action - Forbes article
Replies: 4
Views: 2303

Vanguard's Rearguard Action - Forbes article

Forbes had this articled titled - Vanguard's Rearguard Action John Bogle, founder of the Vanguard Group and one of the 20th century's great innovators in finance, made a colossal mistake 17 years ago. He sent Nathan Most packing. Most, then a 77-year-old product developer for the American Stock Exchange, had an innovative idea of his own: the exchange-traded index fund. Investors would have shares in a fixed portfolio, just like the one held by the Vanguard S&P 500 fund, but would trade these shares as if they were Microsoft stock. They could buy and sell the index fund all day long, they could sell the fund short, and they could borrow against the position. Shares of the tradable index fund would be created or extinguished in response ...
by simba
Tue Jan 22, 2008 10:15 pm
Forum: Investing - Theory, News & General
Topic: Vanguard fund performance: An enviable track record
Replies: 0
Views: 1238

Vanguard fund performance: An enviable track record

Vanguard posted this article - Vanguard fund performance: An enviable track record The interactive graphic below compares Vanguard® mutual funds' returns with that of their competitors. It displays the percentage of our funds that outperformed the average returns of their Lipper Inc. peer groups over various periods ended December 31, 2007. Number of Vanguard Funds Outperforming Lipper Averages as of December 31, 2007 Period Money Market Funds Bond Funds Balanced Funds Stock Funds 1 year 11 of 11 58 of 60 19 of 26 60 of 149 3 years 11 of 11 54 of 56 14 of 20 81 of 121 5 years 11 of 11 53 of 55 8 of 14 70 of 91 10 years 11 of 11 28 of 28 8 of 9 27 of 41 Number of Funds in Lipper Peer Category Period Money Market Funds Bond Funds Balanced Fun...
by simba
Wed Jan 16, 2008 5:29 pm
Forum: Investing - Theory, News & General
Topic: Diehard IV Q&A videos
Replies: 0
Views: 1039

Diehard IV Q&A videos

Folks,

Sunny provided me with a video of Q&A session from the Diehards IV reunion in Denver (May 8-10, 2004)

You can now watch them online at googlevideo. Thanks to Sunny for shooting the video and giving us an opportunity to view the session. I am hoping a lot more people will benefit by watching these videos.

Videos of the Q & A session in Diehard IV
DH IV - Part 1 of 4
DH IV - Part 2 of 4
DH IV - Part 3 of 4
DH IV - Part 4 of 4

I have also updated the Diehard History post in the reference section.

Best Regards,
Simba
by simba
Wed Jan 16, 2008 4:10 pm
Forum: Investing - Theory, News & General
Topic: Simba's backtesting spreadsheet [a Bogleheads community project]
Replies: 1370
Views: 824492

Re: Official 2007 inflation data released

Thanks serbeer.

I've updated the spreadsheet and for those interested, You can download the Excel Spreadsheet [rev7c] and OpenOffice version [rev7c]

Rev 7c has updated information for the Commodities returns.

Based on the work done by Jeff (Cb/Gnobility) at http://gnobility.com/Syn_Comm/CCF_1972-2006_san.xls
He calculated the returns as follows:

Collaterallized Chase Index 1972-1990
DJ-AIJ plus T-Bills 1991-1996
DJ-AIG plus Yahoo's IPS 'category' returns 1997-2001 (prior to VIPSX)
DJ-AIJ plus VIPSX - 2001-2002
Pimco PCRIX 2003-2007

Best Regards,
Simba
by simba
Fri Jan 11, 2008 9:16 am
Forum: Personal Investments
Topic: 401(k) with High Expense vs. Low-Expense Taxable Account
Replies: 18
Views: 5110

SP,

Here's a spreadsheet that can help you with figuring out the break-even 401K expenses.

You can download the .ods (OO) file. I uploaded the same spreadsheet in excel format (since the author only provides OO versions) that you can download if you prefer Excel.

Looking at Expenses of 401K Plans gives a detailed explanation.

HTH

Regards,
Simba
by simba
Thu Jan 10, 2008 10:14 pm
Forum: Investing - Theory, News & General
Topic: Simba's backtesting spreadsheet [a Bogleheads community project]
Replies: 1370
Views: 824492

edge,

I updated the links. Can you try it again?
by simba
Thu Jan 10, 2008 5:40 pm
Forum: Investing - Theory, News & General
Topic: Simba's backtesting spreadsheet [a Bogleheads community project]
Replies: 1370
Views: 824492

Thanks folks for all the wonderful comments.

I know most of the regular readers know that the idea behind the spreadsheet is not for optimization or to change asset allocation based on backtested results. For the newcomers to the site, this was a fun project and please treat it as such.

I've updated the SS with the 2007 returns (Yet to update data for BRSIX, PCRIX and the Inflation data[CPI-U])

You can download the Excel Spreadsheet [rev7b] and OpenOffice version [rev7b]

I have removed the charts/graphs from the OO version (for now). If anyone knows how to convert the Excel macros to be compatible with OO, I would really appreciate it.

Thanks and Best Regards,
Simba

Edit: My apologies, the file I uploaded was an older version.
by simba
Thu Jan 10, 2008 5:31 pm
Forum: Investing - Theory, News & General
Topic: Higher International returns coming from the falling dollar
Replies: 23
Views: 5195

Sunny,

For 05-07 my spreadsheet returns did not match what you had in the chart

my returns were
05-07 16.83 16.34 8.62

while the chart shows
05-07 18.52% 10.26% 10.52%

Regards,
Simba
by simba
Thu Jan 10, 2008 4:20 pm
Forum: Personal Investments
Topic: Historical Returns of Vanguard Funds
Replies: 19
Views: 22190

updated version (rev5) for VG annual returns.

I updated the spreadsheet with annual returns for all VG funds.

If interested you can download the latest Spreadsheet (rev5) which includes the 2007 returns.

Best Regards,
Simba
by simba
Thu Jan 10, 2008 11:18 am
Forum: Investing - Theory, News & General
Topic: FAQ on international funds from Vanguard
Replies: 18
Views: 8720

Great job PW!

May I suggest including the link Calculate and compare costs for Vanguard ETFs and mutual funds for folks who want to go the ETF route or want to compare the costs etc.

Regards,
Simba
by simba
Tue Jan 08, 2008 8:16 pm
Forum: Investing - Theory, News & General
Topic: Vanguard - Top Selling Fund Company in US for 2007
Replies: 1
Views: 1095

Vanguard - Top Selling Fund Company in US for 2007

FT reports - Vanguard is top-selling US fund company
Vanguard’s inflows took its assets under management to $1,300bn. It last held the lead in new business in 2001, ceding to American Funds from 2002. Final figures for 2007 have not yet been compiled, but American Funds – part of Capital Group – is believed to have brought in about $90bn, falling just short of Vanguard’s tally.
Thanks to the strong inflows to MMF and ETFs.
by simba
Fri Jan 04, 2008 12:36 pm
Forum: Investing - Theory, News & General
Topic: 2008 BOGLEHEAD CONTEST REGISTRATION
Replies: 317
Views: 85186

Hope you all had a good holiday and wishing everyone the best of luck.

My guess - 1515.15
by simba
Thu Dec 06, 2007 9:21 am
Forum: Personal Investments
Topic: Need advice on how to simpify International Hldgs
Replies: 4
Views: 1837

VEU or VFWIX

Tom,

You can Calculate and compare costs for Vanguard ETFs and mutual funds.

If you are making a lumpsum, the ETF definitely has advantages
- No .25% purchase fee
- .25% ER vs .40% for the VFWIX

Are you planning to sell the current holdings you have (DODFX/VGTSX/VWO)? If so you may want to consider the tax consequences (You probably are, just throwing it out there).

Best Regards,
Simba
by simba
Thu Dec 06, 2007 9:11 am
Forum: Personal Investments
Topic: REIT (VGSIX) - is it a bargain now?
Replies: 31
Views: 8441

foodnerd wrote:Does the extended market index from Vanguard include the REIT's like the TSM?
Cyberbob calculated the REIT % in many of the funds that he discussed Here

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by simba
Thu Dec 06, 2007 9:04 am
Forum: Personal Investments
Topic: vanguard corporate ownership structure
Replies: 6
Views: 4811

VG overview

Jerry/Paul,

I don't believe (IMO) this document was meant for the general public. If you look at the end of the slide, it was presented to the Wisconsin ETF (Employee Trust Funds) board.
• Vanguard’s current cost advantage is 1.13%.
• One hundred thirteen basis points on $816.1 billion in mutual fund assets* under management translates into approximately $9.2 billion in savings passed on to Vanguard shareholders.
With current assets upwards of 1 Trillion, it amounts to more than 11 billion in savings passed on.
Navigator wrote:I am so pleased to trust my money to Vanguard.
Amen to that!


Do you think I should add this link to the Reference Library?

Regards,
Simba
by simba
Wed Dec 05, 2007 6:39 pm
Forum: Personal Investments
Topic: vanguard corporate ownership structure
Replies: 6
Views: 4811

Vanguard Overview

Dave,

Is this the Vanguard Overview you are looking for?

Regards,
Simba
by simba
Wed Dec 05, 2007 5:11 pm
Forum: Investing - Theory, News & General
Topic: Two questions from an alien
Replies: 43
Views: 15932

Earlier in another post Bylo posted this link - Vanguard policy change for Canadian account holders

No answers but hopefully more info.
by simba
Wed Dec 05, 2007 3:04 pm
Forum: Investing - Theory, News & General
Topic: 401k contribution limits
Replies: 14
Views: 4078

401K limits

The contribution limits for 2007 (Ditto for 2008) are:
401k Contribution Limit: $15,500
Catch-Up Contribution Limit (only for those over 50 years old): $5,000

This does NOT include the matching contribution from your company.
So if you are over 50 then you can contribute upto 20,500 (excluding your company's contribution).


Edit: Thanks to Profokiev for correcting the total (15,500+5000=20,500 and not 16,500 ;)
by simba
Tue Dec 04, 2007 10:15 pm
Forum: Investing - Theory, News & General
Topic: madsinger monthly report
Replies: 17
Views: 6293

southport,

Check out the glossary in the reference library.

Check Gummy's page for different returns.

If you have time, look around gummy's website. It's full of treasures :)

Regards,
Simba
by simba
Tue Dec 04, 2007 5:38 pm
Forum: Personal Investments
Topic: REIT (VGSIX) - is it a bargain now?
Replies: 31
Views: 8441

Re: REIT (VGSIX) - is it a bargain now?

Alex Frakt wrote:If any of our spreadsheet junkies are reading this thread, I'd love to see a table (or chart) of the REIT dividend yield - cash yield. There's data here: http://www.federalreserve.gov/releases/h15/data.htm
I used the 1 month Treasury Yields and 1 month CD Yield

Chart of REIT - CD Yield

Chart of REIT-Treasury Yield (1 Month)
by simba
Tue Dec 04, 2007 4:46 pm
Forum: Investing - Theory, News & General
Topic: madsinger monthly report
Replies: 17
Views: 6293

Thanks Brad

Brad,

First of all thank you for the wonderful effort you put in providing these numbers.

I was setting up a spreadsheet to add some more portfolios and was cross-checking the numbers to ensure there were no errors in the formula I was using. Since my numbers didn't match yours I wanted to ensure I was doing it correctly. I never doubted your results.

From your reports I couldn't tell what returns you were using and I assumed I was using the wrong formula/returns.

As it turned out both of used a couple of wrong returns :)

Thanks again for your help and keep up the good work.

Best Regards,
Simba
by simba
Mon Dec 03, 2007 1:20 pm
Forum: Investing - Theory, News & General
Topic: Jack Bogle's remarks at NCEE 2007 visionary award
Replies: 7
Views: 2426

Re: Jack Bogle's remarks at NCEE 2007 visionary award

Sunny wrote:I should probably mail him my avatar :-)
Better yet - send him a photo postcard for the holidays. Either way, that'll bring a smile on his face.