Wednesday, September 30, 2009

7th lessson

7th lesson: Higher gains are needed to compensate losses (see table below). Well, this is a lesson that I have to re-remember. And since I am likely to inject capital into my portfolio during times of distress, I may need smaller percentage gains to recover from my losses (in dollars terms).
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2 comments:

SGDividends said...

Hey Thinknotleft,

Do you want to exchange links?

Let me know at sgdividends@gmail.com

Cheers
SGDividends

October 2, 2009 at 12:07 AM
ThinkNotLeft said...

Sure. Link added.

October 2, 2009 at 4:59 AM

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