For those of you who read my recent post on Seeking Alpha, a math error was pointed out to me (it was a late night and Excel was not my friend). The point still remains the same, but the numbers are much more reasonable - here is the revised chart:
| CGW | -13.22% | CGW | -13.22% | |
| EVX | -2.86% | DBA | 44.88% | |
| GEX | 14.39% | DSI | -20.61% | |
| PBD | -3.54% | EVX | -2.86% | |
| PBW | -9.06% | EWZ | 30.05% | |
| PHO | -4.65% | FXA | 11.99% | |
| PUW | -8.91% | PAXHX | -6.67% | |
| PZD | 2.41% | PBD | -3.54% | |
| PZD | 2.41% | |||
| S&P 500 | -19.69% | UDN | 12.04% | |
| S&P 500 | -19.69% | |||
| Overall: | -3.18% | Overall: | 5.45% | |
| v S&P: | 16.51% | v S&P: | 25.14% |
The overall performance was -3.18% versus the overall performance of 5.45% in the diversified portfolio, an 8.63% swing.
That looks MUCH better, I was wondering what happened! Don't let my late night typos fool you, the strategy still works, especially in the long run. Thanks to imagomundi for catching the error!
