Value Microcaps Motherboard

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In 2010, each "major" US stock index returned double-digit gains, as summarized below:

The Dow gained 1,149.46 points, or 11 percent. With dividends, its total return rose to 13.99 percent.

The S&P 500 index gained 142.54 points, or 12.8 percent. Including dividends, its total return came to 15.1 percent.

The Nasdaq index gained 383.72, or 16.9 percent, to close at 2,652.87. After dividends, its total return came to 18 percent.

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IMHO, it's always a good idea to compare your personal performance against performance of the major US stock indexes. Your "value added" can be estimated based on how much the performance of your portfolio (including all cash, not just the stocks you played with) exceeded the performance of the major indexes.