Comments on: Lazy Portfolios Q3 Update http://MadMoneyMachine.com/2007/09/28/lazyportfolios2007q3/ BEST BUSINESS PODCAST NOMINEE 2006 and 2007. Paul Douglas Boyer takes on Wall Street with complete laziness and reviews the Mad Money recommendations of Jim Cramer. Plus: Money-making idea segments like Guru Roulette, Tools in the Crib, and Portfolio Smackdown. Subscribe to get the lastest episodes! More info at MadMoneyMachine.com. Fri, 20 Jun 2008 20:44:25 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: Paul Douglas Boyer http://MadMoneyMachine.com/2007/09/28/lazyportfolios2007q3/comment-page-1/#comment-13848 Paul Douglas Boyer Sat, 29 Sep 2007 04:43:35 +0000 http://MadMoneyMachine.com/2007/09/28/lazyportfolios2007q3/#comment-13848 The MarketWatch Virtual Stock Exchange is what I used to simulate the IndexFolio 100 by buying each of the funds on the first day. As we have come to find out, the VSE system is not all that reliable: it doesn't reinvest dividends, do splits, do spin offs, etc. I really should have just relied on IFA's numbers and not tried to simulated it. You get what you pay for, I guess. The MarketWatch Virtual Stock Exchange is what I used to simulate the IndexFolio 100 by buying each of the funds on the first day.

As we have come to find out, the VSE system is not all that reliable: it doesn’t reinvest dividends, do splits, do spin offs, etc.

I really should have just relied on IFA’s numbers and not tried to simulated it. You get what you pay for, I guess.

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Why is there a difference between your counting and IFA’s counting regarding the portfolio 100 return?

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