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  • Hi @Junkster

    Thank you for the link read.

    The article stated: In general, investors tend to invest in companies that have headquarters near where the live, a trend Openfolio data has shown in the past.

    Guess I'll just travel global and live wherever.....
    Take care,
    Catch
  • @Junkster,

    Thanks for making post of this information. Even though I beat the average for my area of the country with a loss of about 2.2% I am not thrilled with my results. In review of S&P's as reported earnings for the the fourth quarter of 2015 I am finding an improvement in reported earnings as the S&P 500 Index started the quarter at $92.23 in October and finished the quarter at $95.38 ... this is an improvement and a turn-a-round for earnings. If earnings improve like S&P has projected then the markets although off to a rough start should also improve.

    Earnings season starts Monday with Alcoa reporting after market close.

  • In mutual fund terms the -3.01% average investor return in 2015 may have looked something like this.

    History (12/31/2015) 2015
    DODBX -2.87
    From a popular and long respected fund family with $14 Bil in assets
    http://performance.morningstar.com/fund/performance-return.action?t=DODBX&region=usa&culture=en_US
    Upside & Downside Capture Ratio DODBX
    DODBX 1Yr upside 143.72
    1 Yr downside 145.72
    http://performance.morningstar.com/fund/ratings-risk.action?t=DODBX&region=usa&culture=en-US
  • Here's the real take-away from Junkster's article. "Markets are off to a scary start in 2016. The average investor is already down 5.1% in 2016 through the end of yesterday’s trading day."

    Tough titty said the kitty when the milk went dry.
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