Friday, October 16, 2009

ETF Investing Strategies: Buy and Hold vs. Moving Average Week Ending 10-16-09

Another week, another increase in the S&P 500. The S&P 500 moved up about 16 points this past trading week. The buy and hold ETF investor saw his portfolio rise $117 taking his balanced ETF portfolio to $14,813. This is a very nice 47.5% gain since we started comparing a buy and hold ETF investing strategy against a moving average strategy.

The moving average ETF investor saw his portfolio go up about $85 to $10,812. This represents a 7.6% gain for the past 33 weeks.

The most recent 12 weeks are represented below. Click on the image for a larger view.


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