By now, I am sure most of us would have finished taking stock of Year 2009. I am also sure that many of us would be happy with our portfolio performance with 25%+ returns in single year. Many of us don’t lose an opportunity to say I made such-n-such in 2009. On a personal note, I also discussed the results of my own portfolio and showed 115% increase in market value. It would be very easy for me to brag that I did much better than market, which was 72%. However, that’s not what this is about. I do not know about others, but when I put my 2009 portfolio performance in the context of my long term vision, in the context of overall objectives, in context of my journey to build wealth, then I know getting 100%+ returns is nothing special. Let me discuss what I mean.
One of my objectives is to continue to have yearly returns in the range of 12% to 18%. And I have said on many occasions, for me, consistency and sustainability is very important. For ease of calculation, let us say, I am looking for 15% of consistent return year after year. Continue reading rest of this article…

What a year 2009 was? At the beginning of the year, the stock market was trying to find how deep the abyss was. Every other participant in the equity market was trying to run away like there was no tomorrow. Fast forward to second half of the year. The story changed and now the stock market is trying to find its peak. It was in true sense a roller coaster ride.
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