When I started Diversity 2 (needs authorization), a million dollar dream portfolio on Google Finance back in April 06, 2008, I had no idea that it would be a witness of the 2008-09 financial crisis.
When I bought 160 shares of Citigroup Inc. at USD 15.22, I noted "Citigroup still has a lot of potential. I must buy now because I buy to hold, not to speculate." Silly me. This was just over three months after I bought 2076 shares of the same at USD 24.08. Since then, it has gone to an all-time low of ninety seven cents which makes the current 4.68 (as I write this) a bit easier to swallow.
Performance-wise, the portfolio which cost $979,434.26 is now worth $904,580.10 in market value. That is an overall return of -11.01%. The stock market is climbing up, for now.
(written around 10 AM Central on August 26, 2009)
