DARTLINE INVESTOR

date          unrealized gains       realized gains       fund value
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20090630           - 658,884           7,636,426          6,977,542
20090731           - 145,500           9,691,390          9,545,890
20090831           - 630,320        [...]

August 31, 2009, 5:00 pm … Closing Thoughts … The Standard & Poor’s 500 index was down 8.31 to 1020.62, as the index closed for the month up 14 percent since Memorial Day and up 52 percent since the March low. At first look, the performance appears eye-popping. Indeed, it seems as if [...]

August 31, 2009, 7:00 am … The Standard & Poor’s 500 index futures down 5.60 to 1021.80, as Germany’s DAX 30 blue-chip index fell 0.7 percent to 5,480.18, France’s CAC-40 was down 0.7 at 3668.34, while the London Stock Exchange was closed for a public holiday.  … In Shanghai, the main index [...]

August 28, 2009, 5:00 pm … Closing Thoughts … The Standard & Poor’s 500 index closed the week at 1,028.93, falling today 2.05, or 0.2 percent. In the last two weeks the index gained 4.87 percent on helicopter Bernanke’s upbeat assessment on the economy. Where the Fed chief gets his information from [...]

August 27, 2009, 5:00 pm … Closing Thoughts … The Standard & Poor’s 500 index closed the week at 1,028.93, falling today 2.05, or 0.2 percent. In the last two weeks the index gained 4.87 percent on helicopter Bernanke’s upbeat assessment on the economy. Where the Fed chief gets his information from [...]