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by oyz79
Sun Oct 18, 2009 11:41 am
Forum: Investing - Theory, News & General
Topic: The Ivy Portfolio: How to Invest Like the Top Endowments
Replies: 23
Views: 6242

Yikes...

Just ran across this thread and all I can say is 'Wow'. Read the book, not the title. The title is misleading, in fact, the value of the book has nothing to do with endowments. The value is showing the importance of diversification and how to increase risk-adjusted returns using long term moving averages. The system has been out of sample since around 2005 and has done quite well, 2008 was a flat year if you had implemented the system versus 20, 30, 40% down for many buy and hold asset allocations.

I typically find the most successful people are those who have an intellectual curiosity and willingness to challenge their own long held beliefs and continue to learn.

Good luck performing book reviews based on titles...
by oyz79
Sat Oct 10, 2009 9:40 pm
Forum: Personal Investments
Topic: Historical Data for Vanguard Funds prior to 1987?
Replies: 1
Views: 722

Historical Data for Vanguard Funds prior to 1987?

Does anyone know where I can access either daily or ideally monthly data (high/low/open/close, if monthly) for Vanguard funds prior to 1987? Yahoo Finance has data going back to 1987, but I am trying to locate data prior to that. Specifically, I am interested in VFINX and would like to be able to export the data to excel.
by oyz79
Thu Apr 02, 2009 8:13 pm
Forum: Investing - Theory, News & General
Topic: Simba's backtesting spreadsheet [a Bogleheads community project]
Replies: 1370
Views: 824505

Awesome sheet! Other asset classes?

Awesome work on the spreadsheet. Is the data available for the following asset classes:

Corporate Bond (investment grade)
International Bond
International Small Cap Value and/or International Small Cap