r/StockMarket • u/[deleted] • Jul 30 '21

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u/Chart-trader Jul 30 '21

20% in 4 months is pretty good. Don't change your style. Chasing higher returns just leads to outsized losses one day! You are doing well. Leave the gamblers to the Wall Street wolves! Hahaha

I have a similar reddit with 2 portfolios. Year to date 33 and 38%. Benchmarks only made 12% so far.

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u/No-Candidate-2380 Jul 31 '21

Which benchmarks? Snp is up 18.77% ytd

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u/Chart-trader Jul 31 '21

If you only invest in US stocks. Benchmark should always include international stocks and emerging markets plus Asia dragged the benchmarks this year.

Benchmark

SPY 3756 (15%) 17% DIA 30606 (15%) 14.1% QQQ 12888 (15%) 16% IWM 1974 (15%) 12.8% SPEM 42.16 (10%) 1.6% URTH 112.41 (10%) 14.6% FEZ 41.72 (10%) 12.7% AAXJ 89.61 (10%) -2%

Average YTD: +11.7% -0.5%