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Hi Gang, It shows that in a generally up market you can make money, but with a leveraged ETF and AIM you can take advantage of the dips to make even more. Notice the 22% and then 29% drop right off the bat letting him buy more right at the beginning.

The unrulydog's return over the 6.5833 years is 17.18%/year while the S&P (^GSPC on Yahoo) was only 15.47%/year. That is worth about an extra $2,350.

Of course, don't forget to add in the dividends. Leaving them out makes his return a bit lower than it really is, but it is too much trouble to figure out exactly how much.

His column "Int 0.6%" does not seem to match the dividends. I can't find any place that gives the figures he shows.

His return would not have been as good had he started to ease into SSO in 2008 as the dive started. This is where Clive's method of looking for the first buy after the last sell makes sense.

Had he done what Clive suggests he would have bought in just above $20.49, about 26% below where he did, using the prices he shows.

BTW, be careful when looking at historical data. If you select "monthly" on Yahoo and select the first day of the month what you actually get is the closing price on the last day of the month.

Best,

Allen