I'm going to do a post fairly soon on Actual rate of return
versus Average rate of return.
Not exact matches
Specifically, they relate spot West Texas Intermediate (WTI) crude oil price to: the U.S. dollar exchange
rate versus a basket
of developed market currencies; Dow Jones Industrial
Average (DJIA)
return; U.S. short - term interest
rate; the S&P 500 options - implied volatility index (VIX); and, open interest in the NYMEX crude oil futures (as an indication
of financialization
of the oil market).
April's list
of 35 stocks is here and the top 10
rated stocks
returned an
average of 1.92 %
versus -1.24 % for SPY.
May's list
of 24 stocks is here and the top 10
rated stocks
returned an
average of.11 %
versus -3.95 % for SPY.
June's list
of 14 stocks is here and the top 10
rated stocks
returned an
average of 6.20 %
versus 5.08 % for SPY.
April's list
of 35 stocks is here and the top 10
rated stocks
returned an
average of 1.92 %
versus -1.24 % for SPY.
In the one year period leading up to a
rate hike cycle, the S&P 500 has done significantly better than the typical 12 - month rolling period, with an
average return of 18.11 %
versus 11.6 %.
The
rate is low, something like libor +1 %, however the loan is collateralized by moving market positions to cash and therefore you are missing out on the
average 7 % market
returns., so the overall
rate is closer to 8 - 9 %, so its a tradeoff
of opportunity cost
versus convenience.