How many of you beat 15% this year?
 

My Vanguard 500 Index Fund was up 15.8%.

Every year the number of mutual funds that beat the S&P 500 gets smaller and smaller.

Put your money in an index fund and forget about it.

23.32% return with my diversified 401k holdings: 5/18/2006 to 5/18/2007

GS. I have almost doubled my money in the last year.

Me too. $1 + $1 = $2

I've averaged about 8% / month over the past 6 (since I got into options trading). We'll see if I can maintaint that over the long haul.

If you could maintain that over the long haul, everyone would be doing options trading.

26.38% for my 401K between 6/3/06 - 6/3/07

It helps that my employers stock has risen over 45% in that time period :)

Options and day trading: the pro's take from the rookies and give to the brokers.

Yes and no. Most people can't stomach the risk with options and/or aren't willing to invest the time to learn the correct strategies. The lion's share of $ in the market is in mutual funds / 401k / passive investments.

So most people aren't willing to invest the time to learn the correct investing strategies in order to double their money every 9 months? Sign me up. Is there some kind of newsletter I should subscribe to?