Archive for February, 2009

Tradeking releases my shares

Thursday, February 26th, 2009

This is an update to my previous post “Tradeking is holding my money hostage“.
After my complaint to Finra, Tradeking’s Chief Compliance Officer (CCO) contacted me to inform me that I would be able to withdraw my shares 60 days after the last ACH deposit to Tradeking.
After the 60 days had passed, I submitted a request [...]

Portfolio Return for January 2009

Sunday, February 22nd, 2009

In January 2009, my portfolio lost 8.5% while that of my benchmark, a 50:50 split between the Vanguard LifeStrategy Moderate Growth fund and the Vanguard LifeStrategy Gowth fund, lost only around 7.2%. This can be attributed to the relative outperformance of US LargeCaps, which is a huge component in the benchmark.

Individual Asset Classes
As we can [...]

Portfolio Return for December 2008

Friday, February 20th, 2009

This is a really late post so I will just keep it short. My portfolio gained 6.38% in December 2008. However, this is small comfort since the portfolio lost a whopping 28.2% for the entire year.
The YTD return of the benchmark, a 50:50 split between the Vanguard LifeStrategy Moderate Growth fund and the Vanguard LifeStrategy [...]