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In March 2025, in the thread "Re: OT, out", Umm asked the members: "Do you think it is because America is made up of magical soil that makes businesses based in America magically profitable?" This week it is put to everyone again. The button below opens the small thread re-asking it - read what others have said so far, then give your own answer as an ordinary reply.
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Author: lizgdal ✶☼  😊 😞
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Subject: Re: Examining 4 timing schemes
Date: 08/20/26 4:42 PM
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Annual returns in years with a loss:

Year  N1T  BCC0  sma200  sma325  best system
1973 -20 -22 -17 -16
1974 -23 13 8 8
1975 17 16 3 -1 BCC0

1984 -11 -5 -16 -9 BCC0

1987 13 13 9 -7 BCC0

1990 -7 -9 -17 -17 BCC0

2000 -40 -40 -13 -15
2001 -26 -22 -5 4
2002 -35 -22 -19 2 sma325

2008 -41 -17 -29 -27 BCC0

2011 2 -3 2 2
2016 7 7 -3 7
2018 0 0 -7 0 sma325

2022 -33 -27 -26 -22 sma325

2025 23 23 -2 23 not sma200


BCC0 is N1T_BCC0
sma200 is N1T_sma200_100_090
sma325 is N1T_sma325_100_090

The 3 timing systems (BCC0, sma200, and sma325) applied to N1T show BCC0 was best before 2000 and in 2008. But BCC0 did little to ease the pain of the dot com bust. Timing with sma325 was best after 2000 except for 2008.
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