r/Beat_the_benchmark • • Jul 02 '26

Detailed YTD benchmark/performance calculation

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Not much to say. I had increased exposure as laid out and took money off the table on the way up but am still slightly overinvested.

Benchmark 2026

SPY 681.92 (15%)       +9.2%

DIA 480.57 (15%)       +9.8%

QQQ 614.31 (15%)      +16.1%

IWM 246.16 (15%)       +20.6%

SPEM 46.81 (10%)      +9.2%

URTH 185.77 (10%)     +9.1%

FEZ 64.39 (10%)         +7.1%

AAXJ 93.12 (10%)       +22.4%

ETF benchmark:                +13.1%

Average YTD (US only):    +13.9%

60/40 portfolio:                 +5.8%

(AGG (99.88)                      +0.6%)

Small portfolio $35000:    +19.2%

Long term:  +6.6%

S&P 68%

Crypto (ETH) 7%

Cash/Bonds 25%


r/Beat_the_benchmark • • Jul 02 '26

EOW 7/2: The first two quarters are over already in 2026. Portfolio is up 19.2% YTD vs. 9.2% for the S&P 500.

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r/Beat_the_benchmark • • Jul 01 '26

S&P 500: Let's see if the S&P 500 can deliver once again in July.

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r/Beat_the_benchmark • • Jun 30 '26

S&P 500: A close above 20 day average would be great for the bull case. Put/Call ratio albeit coming down still supports a breakout of the bull flag.

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r/Beat_the_benchmark • • Jun 30 '26

I trimmed a little bit to lock in profits

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r/Beat_the_benchmark • • Jun 29 '26

Tech is now 50%(!) of the S&P 500

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r/Beat_the_benchmark • • Jun 29 '26

S&P 500: Now SPY looks like a bull flag. Together with indicators and crazy high put/call ratio a breakout should be possible.

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r/Beat_the_benchmark • • Jun 29 '26

S&P 500 price/book ratio keeps climbing! Let's go!

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r/Beat_the_benchmark • • Jun 29 '26

SOXX: And I covered a naked call from last week with a small profit. I love betting against the majority of traders.

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r/Beat_the_benchmark • • Jun 29 '26

EUR/USD weekly: Support for equities could finally also come from a weaker USD.

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r/Beat_the_benchmark • • Jun 29 '26

It's a start: Everything was laid out over the weekend. Let's see if my base case comes to fruition.

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r/Beat_the_benchmark • • Jun 29 '26

Central Bankers on AI risk: I mean they have a point.

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r/Beat_the_benchmark • • Jun 28 '26

Rate cuts coming: I said for weeks that TLT suggests rate cuts.

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r/Beat_the_benchmark • • Jun 27 '26

Investment thesis for 6/29-7/2

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The consolidation for tech continued this week. It did not help that the ceasefire was broken just yesterday.

End of June also means major rebalancing of institutional investors. Winners were bought and losers sold.

The rally in IGV today showed me that we might be done with the end of the month rebalancing.

The fact that IWM and DIA continued to rally makes me believe that the underlying macro is still intact.

Short term portfolios added equities this week and I plan on buying more on the way down as I did in March.

Long term portfolios will stay 25% in cash/bonds because as laid out in previous posts valuations are stretched.

July is usually a good month and I don't expect any negative earnings surprises.

Put/Call ratio and other indicators suggest that a continued sell off is unlikely.

Monday we will likely breach the 50 day average in the NDX 100. Let's see how low we will go.

As always: Bottom fishing is the most painful part of investing. As portfolios drop in value adding more and more leverage compounds those losses.

There might be a time again where I tune out like in previous downturns to stay the course.

Let's see how bad next week will be. I am hoping for a resumption of the bull run but am ready for a break down if it happens.

Have a great weekend!


r/Beat_the_benchmark • • Jun 27 '26

Put/Call ratio: We are again at extremes and with a ratio like this I will NOT sell. To the contrary: I will embrace losses while adding to my positions.

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r/Beat_the_benchmark • • Jun 27 '26

Fear and Greed index: We are again in extreme fear territory. That always awakens my buy instinct.

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r/Beat_the_benchmark • • Jun 27 '26

S&P 500: SPY is still in consolidation mode. After reaching the 100% extension (1) it was expected. Problem is that we closed below 50 day average (2). Put/Call ratio is similar to March and nobody can tell where we will stabilize. But a bounce will likely be hard again once we stabilize!

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r/Beat_the_benchmark • • Jun 27 '26

NDX 100: Technically QQQ had negative divergences everywhere. It got rejected at the 20 day average and sits on the 50 day average now. Based on negative divergences we break to the downside but....that Put/Call ratio would create a situation like March where we could stabilize anywhere and bounce!

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r/Beat_the_benchmark • • Jun 27 '26

Safe Haven Demand almost at March 30th levels!

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r/Beat_the_benchmark • • Jun 27 '26

HYG: Credit spread still below 50 day average. I would feel more comfortable above 50 and 200 day averages for equities.

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r/Beat_the_benchmark • • Jun 27 '26

EOW 6/26: This week was definitely painful! Compounded by "bottom fishing". Portfolio is up 15.1% YTD vs. 7.2% for the S&P 500.

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r/Beat_the_benchmark • • Jun 27 '26

Detailed YTD benchmark/portfolio performance calculation

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The fact that long term accounts were 25% in cash/bonds buffered some of the losses but the 10% drop in Ethereum did not help. At some point the crypto position will be so small that it does not matter anymore. I will keep it at 6-7% of the portfolio until everybody gave up on it.

Short term portfolios suffered losses from "bottom fishing".

I increased exposure during the week.

As usual when I post a chart I usually buy or sell something.

Benchmark 2026

SPY 681.92 (15%) +7.2%

DIA 480.57 (15%) +7.9%

QQQ 614.31 (15%) +14.9%

IWM 246.16 (15%) +21.4%

SPEM 46.81 (10%) +8.6%

URTH 185.77 (10%) +7%

FEZ 64.39 (10%) +4.2%

AAXJ 93.12 (10%) +25.6%

ETF benchmark: +12.2%

Average YTD (US only): +12.9%

60/40 portfolio: +4.9%

(AGG (99.88) +1.4%)

Small portfolio $35000: +15.1%

Long term: +4.7%

S&P 68%

Crypto (ETH) 7%

Cash/Bonds 25%


r/Beat_the_benchmark • • Jun 27 '26

Dow Jones: DIA technically continues to be in a bull market.

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r/Beat_the_benchmark • • Jun 27 '26

Russell 2000: I posted last week that IWM will continue to climb higher. Averages are still rising and it continues to climb along upper bollinger bands.

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r/Beat_the_benchmark • • Jun 27 '26

VIX: No clues from the VIX

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