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@catch22: I adjusted the slider to show Dec 31 - June 30 (125 trading days), and I calculated the 3-ETF result to be a 5.466% gain - almost exactly what Derf said. I'd just like to be sure if this includes automatic reinvestment of the distributions…
@catch22: Thanks, that site seems good enough to work with. How did you get 6.17%? I chose the six-month period through 7/3 and switched to the bar graph. It showed 9.25%, 3.13%, and 8.99% for the three ETFs. Using my calculator and a hypothetical $…
What bothers me about articles like this is the lack of any mention of the importance of maintaining one's portfolio with annual rebalancing and/or dollar-cost-averaging. That way you have a better chance of beating the market over time than with a …
