Russell 3000 Daily Stats (12/16/09)

Key Figures	Russell 3000	IWV
Total Active Components	2958	1
Total New Listings this period	0	0
Total Inactive this period	0	0
# All-time Closing Highs	30 (1.01%)	0 (0.00%)
# All-time Closing Lows	4 (0.14%)	0 (0.00%)
# Higher Closes	1886 (63.76%)	1 (100.00%)
# Lower Closes	985 (33.30%)	0 (0.00%)
Total Gains/Losses	$461.43 (0.64%)	$0.14 (0.22%)
Average True Range	(3.38%)	(0.72%)

* Results are cumulative for the period.

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Russell 3000 Daily Stats (12/15/09)

Key Figures	Russell 3000	IWV
Total Active Components	2958	1
Total New Listings this period	0	0
Total Inactive this period	0	0
# All-time Closing Highs	24 (0.81%)	0 (0.00%)
# All-time Closing Lows	7 (0.24%)	0 (0.00%)
# Higher Closes	938 (31.71%)	0 (0.00%)
# Lower Closes	1968 (66.53%)	1 (100.00%)
Total Gains/Losses	$-355.75 (-0.49%)	$-0.32 (-0.49%)
Average True Range	(3.41%)	(0.77%)

* Results are cumulative for the period.

Price verification found 0 errors

Russell 3000 Daily Stats (12/14/09)

Key Figures	Russell 3000	IWV
Total Active Components	2958	1
Total New Listings this period	0	0
Total Inactive this period	1	0
# All-time Closing Highs	39 (1.32%)	0 (0.00%)
# All-time Closing Lows	3 (0.10%)	0 (0.00%)
# Higher Closes	2389 (80.76%)	1 (100.00%)
# Lower Closes	508 (17.17%)	0 (0.00%)
Total Gains/Losses	$905.82 (1.26%)	$0.58 (0.90%)
Average True Range	(3.48%)	(0.90%)

* Results are cumulative for the period.

Price verification found 0 errors

Russell 3000 Weekly Stats (12/07/09-12/11/09)

Key Figures	Russell 3000	IWV
Total Active Components	2960	1
Total New Listings this period	0	0
Total Inactive this period	1	0
# All-time Closing Highs	75 (0.51%)	0 (0.00%)
# All-time Closing Lows	25 (0.17%)	0 (0.00%)
# Higher Closes	6916 (46.74%)	3 (60.00%)
# Lower Closes	7515 (50.78%)	2 (40.00%)
Total Gains/Losses	$-55.50 (-0.02%)	$0.09 (0.03%)
Average True Range	(3.45%)	(0.99%)

* Results are cumulative for the period.

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Spanish Water Dog

Found out about Spanish Water Dogs about a year ago. Sounded like a perfect breed of dog for our family. But, they are very rare in the United States. Didn't think we'd be able to get one.

Thankfully, a year later...we found one. A great female from Nebraska.


The whole family is excited.

MT

Russell 3000 Daily Stats (12/10/09)

Key Figures	Russell 3000	IWV
Total Active Components	2959	1
Total New Listings this period	0	0
Total Inactive this period	1	0
# All-time Closing Highs	14 (0.47%)	0 (0.00%)
# All-time Closing Lows	6 (0.20%)	0 (0.00%)
# Higher Closes	1247 (42.14%)	1 (100.00%)
# Lower Closes	1654 (55.90%)	0 (0.00%)
Total Gains/Losses	$11.42 (0.02%)	$0.31 (0.48%)
Average True Range	(3.48%)	(0.92%)

* Results are cumulative for the period.

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Russell 3000 Daily Stats (12/09/09)

Key Figures	Russell 3000	IWV
Total Active Components	2960	1
Total New Listings this period	0	0
Total Inactive this period	0	0
# All-time Closing Highs	10 (0.34%)	0 (0.00%)
# All-time Closing Lows	6 (0.20%)	0 (0.00%)
# Higher Closes	1500 (50.68%)	1 (100.00%)
# Lower Closes	1380 (46.62%)	0 (0.00%)
Total Gains/Losses	$120.95 (0.17%)	$0.26 (0.41%)
Average True Range	(3.42%)	(1.03%)

* Results are cumulative for the period.

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For the Love of Books...and Mom

December is bittersweet. A month filled with memories of great holiday traditions. Memories of mom decorating the house for the holidays. She was Swedish, so...the baking of cookies, pies, cupcakes, etc. was around the clock and filled the house with the most amazing smells.

Mom had a love of movies. During Christmas break, we'd spend much of the time catching up on some good movies and eating all those cookies.

Just some really great memories in December. But, December was also the month mom passed away after a long battle with cancer. The day after Christmas to be exact.

And so, I spend the month of December trying to give my kids the great holiday memories mom gave me. Yet, missing mom.

Guess, that's why I enjoyed reading this article about a son stepping up to help his mom's cherished bookstore. Very cool and innovative thing he did. And much luck and success to Broadway Books during this holiday season.

MT

Russell 3000 Daily Stats (12/08/09)

Key Figures	Russell 3000	IWV
Total Active Components	2960	1
Total New Listings this period	0	0
Total Inactive this period	0	0
# All-time Closing Highs	8 (0.27%)	0 (0.00%)
# All-time Closing Lows	7 (0.24%)	0 (0.00%)
# Higher Closes	671 (22.67%)	0 (0.00%)
# Lower Closes	2230 (75.34%)	1 (100.00%)
Total Gains/Losses	$-653.50 (-0.91%)	$-0.74 (-1.15%)
Average True Range	(3.69%)	(1.44%)

* Results are cumulative for the period.

Price verification found 0 errors

Russell 3000 Daily Stats (12/07/09)

Key Figures	Russell 3000	IWV
Total Active Components	2960	1
Total New Listings this period	0	0
Total Inactive this period	1	0
# All-time Closing Highs	20 (0.68%)	0 (0.00%)
# All-time Closing Lows	2 (0.07%)	0 (0.00%)
# Higher Closes	1477 (49.90%)	0 (0.00%)
# Lower Closes	1391 (46.99%)	1 (100.00%)
Total Gains/Losses	$-14.55 (-0.02%)	$-0.04 (-0.06%)
Average True Range	(3.34%)	(0.90%)

* Results are cumulative for the period.

Price verification found 0 errors

Russell 3000 Weekly Stats (11/30/09-12/04/09)

Key Figures	Russell 3000	IWV
Total Active Components	2962	1
Total New Listings this period	0	0
Total Inactive this period	0	0
# All-time Closing Highs	95 (0.64%)	0 (0.00%)
# All-time Closing Lows	25 (0.17%)	0 (0.00%)
# Higher Closes	9165 (61.89%)	4 (80.00%)
# Lower Closes	5346 (36.10%)	1 (20.00%)
Total Gains/Losses	$2109.77 (0.59%)	$1.09 (0.34%)
Average True Range	(4.08%)	(1.50%)

* Results are cumulative for the period.

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Russell 3000 Daily Stats (12/04/09)

Key Figures	Russell 3000	IWV
Total Active Components	2961	1
Total New Listings this period	0	0
Total Inactive this period	1	0
# All-time Closing Highs	26 (0.88%)	0 (0.00%)
# All-time Closing Lows	2 (0.07%)	0 (0.00%)
# Higher Closes	2531 (85.48%)	1 (100.00%)
# Lower Closes	385 (13.00%)	0 (0.00%)
Total Gains/Losses	$1110.74 (1.56%)	$0.45 (0.70%)
Average True Range	(4.64%)	(2.17%)

* Results are cumulative for the period.

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Russell 3000 Daily Stats (12/03/09)

Key Figures	Russell 3000	IWV
Total Active Components	2962	1
Total New Listings this period	0	0
Total Inactive this period	0	0
# All-time Closing Highs	9 (0.30%)	0 (0.00%)
# All-time Closing Lows	6 (0.20%)	0 (0.00%)
# Higher Closes	605 (20.43%)	0 (0.00%)
# Lower Closes	2304 (77.79%)	1 (100.00%)
Total Gains/Losses	$-818.70 (-1.14%)	$-0.54 (-0.83%)
Average True Range	(3.86%)	(1.76%)

* Results are cumulative for the period.

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Russell 3000 Daily Stats (12/02/09)

Key Figures	Russell 3000	IWV
Total Active Components	2962	1
Total New Listings this period	0	0
Total Inactive this period	0	0
# All-time Closing Highs	33 (1.11%)	0 (0.00%)
# All-time Closing Lows	5 (0.17%)	0 (0.00%)
# Higher Closes	2015 (68.03%)	1 (100.00%)
# Lower Closes	871 (29.41%)	0 (0.00%)
Total Gains/Losses	$473.08 (0.66%)	$0.14 (0.22%)
Average True Range	(3.72%)	(1.01%)

* Results are cumulative for the period.

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Russell 3000 Daily Stats (12/01/09)

Key Figures	Russell 3000	IWV
Total Active Components	2962	1
Total New Listings this period	0	0
Total Inactive this period	0	0
# All-time Closing Highs	20 (0.68%)	0 (0.00%)
# All-time Closing Lows	4 (0.14%)	0 (0.00%)
# Higher Closes	2375 (80.18%)	1 (100.00%)
# Lower Closes	521 (17.59%)	0 (0.00%)
Total Gains/Losses	$977.83 (1.39%)	$0.72 (1.13%)
Average True Range	(3.94%)	(1.49%)

* Results are cumulative for the period.

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Russell 3000 Daily Stats (11/30/09)

Key Figures	Russell 3000	IWV
Total Active Components	2962	1
Total New Listings this period	0	0
Total Inactive this period	0	0
# All-time Closing Highs	7 (0.24%)	0 (0.00%)
# All-time Closing Lows	8 (0.27%)	0 (0.00%)
# Higher Closes	1639 (55.33%)	1 (100.00%)
# Lower Closes	1265 (42.71%)	0 (0.00%)
Total Gains/Losses	$367.10 (0.52%)	$0.32 (0.50%)
Average True Range	(4.22%)	(1.07%)

* Results are cumulative for the period.

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Russell 3000 Weekly Stats (11/23/09-11/27/09)

Key Figures	Russell 3000	IWV
Total Active Components	2964	1
Total New Listings this period	0	0
Total Inactive this period	0	0
# All-time Closing Highs	47 (0.40%)	0 (0.00%)
# All-time Closing Lows	28 (0.24%)	0 (0.00%)
# Higher Closes	5075 (42.81%)	2 (50.00%)
# Lower Closes	6520 (55.00%)	2 (50.00%)
Total Gains/Losses	$-571.81 (-0.20%)	$-0.10 (-0.04%)
Average True Range	(3.71%)	(1.68%)

* Results are cumulative for the period.

Price verification found 0 errors

Russell 3000 Daily Stats (11/27/09)

Key Figures	Russell 3000	IWV
Total Active Components	2962	1
Total New Listings this period	0	0
Total Inactive this period	2	0
# All-time Closing Highs	1 (0.03%)	0 (0.00%)
# All-time Closing Lows	13 (0.44%)	0 (0.00%)
# Higher Closes	102 (3.44%)	0 (0.00%)
# Lower Closes	2835 (95.71%)	1 (100.00%)
Total Gains/Losses	$-1593.57 (-2.22%)	$-1.13 (-1.75%)
Average True Range	(4.36%)	(3.18%)

* Results are cumulative for the period.

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Portfolio Performance for October 2009

Nothing like the holidays in order to catch up with the chores. Reporting October's performance being one of them. Really not much to report. Neither the market nor the portfolio did much of anything. Which is good considering all the gloom and doom out there in the financial landscape.



As you can see, the market still has the portfolio by a small edge.



Basically, it was a tie this month with a monthly decline of -1.98% for the market and a decline of -1.95% for the portfolio. Technically, a win this month...but I'm calling it a tie.



As a said before, a pretty nothing month for October. Not much else to say. On to other things...

The simulation platform is ongoing. I'm still hip deep in unit testing. But, getting ever closer to feeling good about the validity of the platform's results.

The system the portfolio is based on, as we know by reviewing the portfolio's performance each month, has quite a bit of volatility. I've discovered a very simple filter recently that may aid in reducing the vol of the system. Of course, the testing platform needs to be finished before I can be sure of the filter's validity. But, preliminary results look promising.

From the fun pile...have you checked out ESPN's wildlife cam? My brother-in-law pointed it out to me and it is truly addicting. Never know what you may see. Last night there was a hog all by his lonesome eating the corn. The other day, about 15 turkeys were feeding, along with some deer. The funnest part is when the coons and deer fight over the feed. Good stuff.

Also, not sure if the readers are aware...but I'm on twitter now...and post every now and then random stuff. You can view my twitter feed at the top right of this blog.

Happy Thanksgiving,

MT

Russell 3000 Daily Stats (11/25/09)

Key Figures	Russell 3000	IWV
Total Active Components	2964	1
Total New Listings this period	0	0
Total Inactive this period	0	0
# All-time Closing Highs	11 (0.37%)	0 (0.00%)
# All-time Closing Lows	6 (0.20%)	0 (0.00%)
# Higher Closes	1386 (46.76%)	1 (100.00%)
# Lower Closes	1488 (50.20%)	0 (0.00%)
Total Gains/Losses	$151.56 (0.21%)	$0.26 (0.40%)
Average True Range	(2.94%)	(0.59%)

* Results are cumulative for the period.

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