http://www.profitsharing.org/taxonomy/term/2/0 en http://www.profitsharing.org/node/34 <!-- google_ad_section_start --> <br /> <script language = "JavaScript"> <!-- hide script function Start(page) { OpenWin = this.open(page, "CtrlWindow", "toolbar=no,menubar=no,location=no,scrollbars=yes,resizable=yes,width=640,height=350,titlebar=no"); } //********************************************************************************* //** ** //** Script written by sironix.com, altered by profitsharing.org ** //** ** //** July 13, 2001 ** //** ** //********************************************************************************* var a1, a2, a3, a4, a5, a6, a7, a8, a9, a10, a11, a12, a13, a14 var t1, t2, t3, t4, t5, t6, t7, t8, t9, t10, t11, t12, t13 var gain, roi, rate, longamt function currency(anynum) { //returns number as string in $xxx,xxx.xx format. anynum = "" + eval(anynum) //evaluate (in case an expression sent) intnum = parseInt(anynum,10) //isolate integer portion intnum = Math.abs(intnum) intstr = ""+intnum //add comma in thousands place. if (intnum >= 1000) { intlen = intstr.length temp1=parseInt(""+(intnum/1000),10) temp2=intstr.substring(intlen-3,intlen) intstr = temp1+","+temp2 } if (intnum >= 1000000) { intlen = intstr.length temp1=parseInt(""+(intnum/1000000),10) temp2=intstr.substring(intlen-7,intlen) intstr = temp1+","+temp2 } decnum = Math.abs(parseFloat(anynum)-parseInt(anynum,10)) //isolate decimal portion decnum = decnum * 100 // multiply decimal portion by 100. decwhl = Math.abs(Math.round(decnum)) //if (decwhl < 10) {decstr = "0" + decwhl} else {decstr = "" + decwhl} decstr = "" + decwhl while (decstr.length < 2) {decstr += "0"} retval = intstr + "." + decstr if (anynum < 0) { retval="("+retval+")" } return "$"+retval } function fixed(anynum) { //returns number as string in xxx,xxx.x format. anynum = "" + eval(anynum) //evaluate (in case an expression sent) anynum = Math.round(10 * anynum) / 10 intnum = parseInt(anynum,10) //isolate integer portion intnum = Math.abs(intnum) intstr = ""+intnum //add comma in thousands place. if (intnum >= 1000) { intlen = intstr.length temp1=parseInt(""+(intnum/1000),10) temp2=intstr.substring(intlen-3,intlen) intstr = temp1+","+temp2 } if (intnum >= 1000000) { intlen = intstr.length temp1=parseInt(""+(intnum/1000000),10) temp2=intstr.substring(intlen-7,intlen) intstr = temp1+","+temp2 } decnum = Math.abs(parseFloat(anynum)-parseInt(anynum,10)) //isolate decimal portion decnum = decnum * 10 // multiply decimal portion by 10. decwhl = Math.abs(Math.round(decnum)) //if (decwhl < 10) {decstr = "0" + decwhl} else {decstr = "" + decwhl} decstr = "" + decwhl while (decstr.length < 1) {decstr += "0"} if (anynum < 0) { intstr = "-"+intstr} return ""+intstr + "."+decstr } function displaymsg(msg) { document.calc.msg.value = msg; document.calc.gain.value = ""; document.calc.roi.value = ""; document.calc.rate.value = ""; } function dateobj(anystring) { baddate = new Date() if (anystring.length <= 0) {baddate.setTime(0);return baddate;} else {month = parseInt(anystring,10);} //find the first slash in anystring pos = 0 for (var i=0; i <= anystring.length-1; i++) { if (anystring.charAt(i) == "/") {pos = i;break;} } if (pos <= 0) {baddate.setTime(0);return baddate;} dstring = anystring.substring(pos + 1,anystring.length) if (dstring.length <= 0) {baddate.setTime(0);return baddate;} else {day = parseInt(dstring,10)} //find the second slash in anystring pos = 0 for (var i=0; i <= dstring.length-1; i++) { if (dstring.charAt(i) == "/") {pos = i;break;} } if (pos <= 0) {baddate.setTime(0);return baddate;} ystring = dstring.substring(pos + 1,dstring.length) if (ystring.length <= 0) {baddate.setTime(0);return baddate;} else {year = parseInt(ystring,10)} if (year < 70) {year += 2000} else {year += 1900} if ((month <= 0) || (day <= 0) || (month > 12) || (day > 31) || (year < 0)) {baddate.setTime(0);return baddate;} if (((month == 4) || (month == 6) || (month == 9) || (month == 11)) && (day > 30)) {baddate.setTime(0);return baddate;} rem4 = year % 4 if ((month == 2) && (rem4 != 0) && (day > 28)) {baddate.setTime(0);return baddate;} if ((month == 2) && (rem4 == 0) && (day > 29)) {baddate.setTime(0);return baddate;} outdate = new Date(year,month - 1,day) return outdate } function calcterm(date1, date2) { //returns the term in years between 2 dates millisecs = date2.getTime() - date1.getTime(); return (millisecs/(1000*60*60*24*365)) } function calculate() { gain = 0; roi = 0; rate = 0; longamt = 0; a1 = 0; a2 = 0; a3 = 0; a4 = 0; a5 = 0; a6 = 0; a7 = 0; a8 = 0; a9 = 0; a10 = 0; a11 = 0; a12 = 0; a13 = 0; a14 = 0; t1 = 0; t2 = 0; t3 = 0; t4 = 0; t5 = 0; t6 = 0; t7 = 0; t8 = 0; t9 = 0; t10 = 0; t11 = 0; t12 = 0; t13 = 0; document.calc.msg.value = "Validating..." d1 = new Date(); d2 = new Date(); d3 = new Date(); d4 = new Date(); d5 = new Date(); d6 = new Date(); d7 = new Date(); d8 = new Date(); d9 = new Date(); d10 = new Date(); d11 = new Date(); d12 = new Date(); d13 = new Date(); d14 = new Date(); // get dates if (document.calc.datestart.value == "") {d1.setTime(0)} else {d1 = dateobj(document.calc.datestart.value);} if (document.calc.date1.value == "") {d2.setTime(0)} else {d2 = dateobj(document.calc.date1.value);} if (document.calc.date2.value == "") {d3.setTime(0)} else {d3 = dateobj(document.calc.date2.value);} if (document.calc.date3.value == "") {d4.setTime(0)} else {d4 = dateobj(document.calc.date3.value);} if (document.calc.date4.value == "") {d5.setTime(0)} else {d5 = dateobj(document.calc.date4.value);} if (document.calc.date5.value == "") {d6.setTime(0)} else {d6 = dateobj(document.calc.date5.value);} if (document.calc.date6.value == "") {d7.setTime(0)} else {d7 = dateobj(document.calc.date6.value);} if (document.calc.date7.value == "") {d8.setTime(0)} else {d8 = dateobj(document.calc.date7.value);} if (document.calc.date8.value == "") {d9.setTime(0)} else {d9 = dateobj(document.calc.date8.value);} if (document.calc.date9.value == "") {d10.setTime(0)} else {d10 = dateobj(document.calc.date9.value);} if (document.calc.date10.value == "") {d11.setTime(0)} else {d11 = dateobj(document.calc.date10.value);} if (document.calc.date11.value == "") {d12.setTime(0)} else {d12 = dateobj(document.calc.date11.value);} if (document.calc.date12.value == "") {d13.setTime(0)} else {d13 = dateobj(document.calc.date12.value);} if (document.calc.dateend.value == "") {displaymsg("Please enter an end date");return;} if (document.calc.dateend.value == "") {d14.setTime(0)} else {d14 = dateobj(document.calc.dateend.value);} if ((d1.getTime() == 0) && (document.calc.datestart.value != "")) {displaymsg("The start date is invalid");return;} if ((d2.getTime() == 0) && (document.calc.date1.value != "")) {displaymsg("The first transaction date is invalid");return;} if ((d3.getTime() == 0) && (document.calc.date2.value != "")) {displaymsg("The second transaction date is invalid");return;} if ((d4.getTime() == 0) && (document.calc.date3.value != "")) {displaymsg("The third transaction date is invalid");return;} if ((d5.getTime() == 0) && (document.calc.date4.value != "")) {displaymsg("The fourth transaction date is invalid");return;} if ((d6.getTime() == 0) && (document.calc.date5.value != "")) {displaymsg("The fifth transaction date is invalid");return;} if ((d7.getTime() == 0) && (document.calc.date6.value != "")) {displaymsg("The sixth transaction date is invalid");return;} if ((d8.getTime() == 0) && (document.calc.date7.value != "")) {displaymsg("The seventh transaction date is invalid");return;} if ((d9.getTime() == 0) && (document.calc.date8.value != "")) {displaymsg("The eigth transaction date is invalid");return;} if ((d10.getTime() == 0) && (document.calc.date9.value != "")) {displaymsg("The ninth transaction date is invalid");return;} if ((d11.getTime() == 0) && (document.calc.date10.value != "")) {displaymsg("The tenth transaction date is invalid");return;} if ((d12.getTime() == 0) && (document.calc.date11.value != "")) {displaymsg("The eleventh transaction date is invalid");return;} if ((d13.getTime() == 0) && (document.calc.date12.value != "")) {displaymsg("The twelveth transaction date is invalid");return;} if (d14.getTime() == 0) {displaymsg("The end date is invalid");return;} // calc terms if (d1.getTime() == 0) {t1 = 0} else {t1 = calcterm(d1,d14);} if (t1 < 0) {displaymsg("Start date must be earlier than end date");return;} if (d2.getTime() == 0) {t2 = 0} else {t2 = calcterm(d2,d14);} if (t2 < 0) {displaymsg("Transaction date (1st) must be earlier than end date");return;} if (d3.getTime() == 0) {t3 = 0} else {t3 = calcterm(d3,d14);} if (t3 < 0) {displaymsg("Transaction date (2nd) must be earlier than end date");return;} if (d4.getTime() == 0) {t4 = 0} else {t4 = calcterm(d4,d14);} if (t4 < 0) {displaymsg("Transaction date (3rd) must be earlier than end date");return;} if (d5.getTime() == 0) {t5 = 0} else {t5 = calcterm(d5,d14);} if (t5 < 0) {displaymsg("Transaction date (4th) must be earlier than end date");return;} if (d6.getTime() == 0) {t6 = 0} else {t6 = calcterm(d6,d14);} if (t6 < 0) {displaymsg("Transaction date (5th) must be earlier than end date");return;} if (d7.getTime() == 0) {t7 = 0} else {t7 = calcterm(d7,d14);} if (t7 < 0) {displaymsg("Transaction date (6th) must be earlier than end date");return;} if (d8.getTime() == 0) {t8 = 0} else {t8 = calcterm(d8,d14);} if (t8 < 0) {displaymsg("Transaction date (7th) must be earlier than end date");return;} if (d9.getTime() == 0) {t9 = 0} else {t9 = calcterm(d9,d14);} if (t9 < 0) {displaymsg("Transaction date (8th) must be earlier than end date");return;} if (d10.getTime() == 0) {t10 = 0} else {t10 = calcterm(d10,d14);} if (t10 < 0) {displaymsg("Transaction date (9th) must be earlier than end date");return;} if (d11.getTime() == 0) {t11 = 0} else {t11 = calcterm(d11,d14);} if (t11 < 0) {displaymsg("Transaction date (10th) must be earlier than end date");return;} if (d12.getTime() == 0) {t12 = 0} else {t12 = calcterm(d12,d14);} if (t12 < 0) {displaymsg("Transaction date (11th) must be earlier than end date");return;} if (d13.getTime() == 0) {t13 = 0} else {t13 = calcterm(d13,d14);} if (t13 < 0) {displaymsg("Transaction date (12th) must be earlier than end date");return;} if ((t1 > 0) && (t2 > 0) && (t1 < t2)) {displaymsg("Start date must be earlier than transaction date (1st)");return;} if ((t1 > 0) && (t3 > 0) && (t1 < t3)) {displaymsg("Start date must be earlier than transaction date (2nd)");return;} if ((t1 > 0) && (t4 > 0) && (t1 < t4)) {displaymsg("Start date must be earlier than transaction date (3rd)");return;} if ((t1 > 0) && (t5 > 0) && (t1 < t5)) {displaymsg("Start date must be earlier than transaction date (4th)");return;} if ((t1 > 0) && (t6 > 0) && (t1 < t6)) {displaymsg("Start date must be earlier than transaction date (5th)");return;} if ((t1 > 0) && (t7 > 0) && (t1 < t7)) {displaymsg("Start date must be earlier than transaction date (6th)");return;} if ((t1 > 0) && (t8 > 0) && (t1 < t8)) {displaymsg("Start date must be earlier than transaction date (7th)");return;} if ((t1 > 0) && (t9 > 0) && (t1 < t9)) {displaymsg("Start date must be earlier than transaction date (8th)");return;} if ((t1 > 0) && (t10 > 0) && (t1 < t10)) {displaymsg("Start date must be earlier than transaction date (9th)");return;} if ((t1 > 0) && (t11 > 0) && (t1 < t11)) {displaymsg("Start date must be earlier than transaction date (10th)");return;} if ((t1 > 0) && (t12 > 0) && (t1 < t12)) {displaymsg("Start date must be earlier than transaction date (11th)");return;} if ((t1 > 0) && (t13 > 0) && (t1 < t13)) {displaymsg("Start date must be earlier than transaction date (12th)");return;} // get amounts a1 = parseFloat(document.calc.amountstart.value); if (isNaN(a1)) {a1 = 0;} if (a1 < 0) {displaymsg("Start amount may not be negative");return;} a2 = parseFloat(document.calc.amount1.value); if (isNaN(a2)) {a2 = 0;} if (a2 < 0) {displaymsg("Transaction amount (1st) may not be negative");return;} a3 = parseFloat(document.calc.amount2.value); if (isNaN(a3)) {a3 = 0;} if (a3 < 0) {displaymsg("Transaction amount (2nd) may not be negative");return;} a4 = parseFloat(document.calc.amount3.value); if (isNaN(a4)) {a4 = 0;} if (a4 < 0) {displaymsg("Transaction amount (3rd) may not be negative");return;} a5 = parseFloat(document.calc.amount4.value); if (isNaN(a5)) {a5 = 0;} if (a5 < 0) {displaymsg("Transaction amount (4th) may not be negative");return;} a6 = parseFloat(document.calc.amount5.value); if (isNaN(a6)) {a6 = 0;} if (a6 < 0) {displaymsg("Transaction amount (5th) may not be negative");return;} a7 = parseFloat(document.calc.amount6.value); if (isNaN(a7)) {a7 = 0;} if (a7 < 0) {displaymsg("Transaction amount (6th) may not be negative");return;} a8 = parseFloat(document.calc.amount7.value); if (isNaN(a8)) {a8 = 0;} if (a8 < 0) {displaymsg("Transaction amount (7th) may not be negative");return;} a9 = parseFloat(document.calc.amount8.value); if (isNaN(a9)) {a9 = 0;} if (a9 < 0) {displaymsg("Transaction amount (8th) may not be negative");return;} a10 = parseFloat(document.calc.amount9.value); if (isNaN(a10)) {a10 = 0;} if (a10 < 0) {displaymsg("Transaction amount (9th) may not be negative");return;} a11 = parseFloat(document.calc.amount10.value); if (isNaN(a11)) {a11 = 0;} if (a11 < 0) {displaymsg("Transaction amount (10th) may not be negative");return;} a12 = parseFloat(document.calc.amount11.value); if (isNaN(a12)) {a12 = 0;} if (a12 < 0) {displaymsg("Transaction amount (11th) may not be negative");return;} a13 = parseFloat(document.calc.amount12.value); if (isNaN(a13)) {a13 = 0;} if (a13 < 0) {displaymsg("Transaction amount (12th) may not be negative");return;} a14 = parseFloat(document.calc.amountend.value); if (isNaN(a14)) {a14 = 0;} if (a14 < 0) {displaymsg("End amount may not be negative");return;} //if (a1 > 0) {document.calc.amountstart.value = currency(a1)} //if (a2 > 0) {document.calc.amount1.value = currency(a2)} //if (a3 > 0) {document.calc.amount2.value = currency(a3)} //if (a4 > 0) {document.calc.amount3.value = currency(a4)} //if (a5 > 0) {document.calc.amountend.value = currency(a5)} if ((t1 == 0) && (a1 != 0)) {displaymsg("Start date must be entered as well as amount");return;} if ((t2 == 0) && (a2 != 0)) {displaymsg("Transaction date (1st) must be entered as well as amount");return;} if ((t3 == 0) && (a3 != 0)) {displaymsg("Transaction date (2nd) must be entered as well as amount");return;} if ((t4 == 0) && (a4 != 0)) {displaymsg("Transaction date (3rd) must be entered as well as amount");return;} if ((t5 == 0) && (a5 != 0)) {displaymsg("Transaction date (4th) must be entered as well as amount");return;} if ((t6 == 0) && (a6 != 0)) {displaymsg("Transaction date (5th) must be entered as well as amount");return;} if ((t7 == 0) && (a7 != 0)) {displaymsg("Transaction date (6th) must be entered as well as amount");return;} if ((t8 == 0) && (a8 != 0)) {displaymsg("Transaction date (7th) must be entered as well as amount");return;} if ((t9 == 0) && (a9 != 0)) {displaymsg("Transaction date (8th) must be entered as well as amount");return;} if ((t10 == 0) && (a10 != 0)) {displaymsg("Transaction date (9th) must be entered as well as amount");return;} if ((t11 == 0) && (a11 != 0)) {displaymsg("Transaction date (10th) must be entered as well as amount");return;} if ((t12 == 0) && (a12 != 0)) {displaymsg("Transaction date (11th) must be entered as well as amount");return;} if ((t13 == 0) && (a13 != 0)) {displaymsg("Transaction date (12th) must be entered as well as amount");return;} // default the transactions to buys if ((!document.calc.buysell1[0].checked) && (!document.calc.buysell1[1].checked) && (a2 != 0)) document.calc.buysell1[0].checked = true; if ((!document.calc.buysell2[0].checked) && (!document.calc.buysell2[1].checked) && (a3 != 0)) document.calc.buysell2[0].checked = true; if ((!document.calc.buysell3[0].checked) && (!document.calc.buysell3[1].checked) && (a4 != 0)) document.calc.buysell3[0].checked = true; if ((!document.calc.buysell4[0].checked) && (!document.calc.buysell4[1].checked) && (a5 != 0)) document.calc.buysell4[0].checked = true; if ((!document.calc.buysell5[0].checked) && (!document.calc.buysell5[1].checked) && (a6 != 0)) document.calc.buysell5[0].checked = true; if ((!document.calc.buysell6[0].checked) && (!document.calc.buysell6[1].checked) && (a7 != 0)) document.calc.buysell6[0].checked = true; if ((!document.calc.buysell7[0].checked) && (!document.calc.buysell7[1].checked) && (a8 != 0)) document.calc.buysell7[0].checked = true; if ((!document.calc.buysell8[0].checked) && (!document.calc.buysell8[1].checked) && (a9 != 0)) document.calc.buysell8[0].checked = true; if ((!document.calc.buysell9[0].checked) && (!document.calc.buysell9[1].checked) && (a10 != 0)) document.calc.buysell9[0].checked = true; if ((!document.calc.buysell10[0].checked) && (!document.calc.buysell10[1].checked) && (a11 != 0)) document.calc.buysell10[0].checked = true; if ((!document.calc.buysell11[0].checked) && (!document.calc.buysell11[1].checked) && (a12 != 0)) document.calc.buysell11[0].checked = true; if ((!document.calc.buysell12[0].checked) && (!document.calc.buysell12[1].checked) && (a13 != 0)) document.calc.buysell12[0].checked = true; // switch amounts for sells if (document.calc.buysell1[1].checked == true) a2 = 0 - a2; if (document.calc.buysell2[1].checked == true) a3 = 0 - a3; if (document.calc.buysell3[1].checked == true) a4 = 0 - a4; if (document.calc.buysell4[1].checked == true) a5 = 0 - a5; if (document.calc.buysell5[1].checked == true) a6 = 0 - a6; if (document.calc.buysell6[1].checked == true) a7 = 0 - a7; if (document.calc.buysell7[1].checked == true) a8 = 0 - a8; if (document.calc.buysell8[1].checked == true) a9 = 0 - a9; if (document.calc.buysell9[1].checked == true) a10 = 0 - a10; if (document.calc.buysell10[1].checked == true) a11 = 0 - a11; if (document.calc.buysell11[1].checked == true) a12 = 0 - a12; if (document.calc.buysell12[1].checked == true) a13 = 0 - a13; document.calc.msg.value = "Looking good so far..." // calculate dollar gain gain = a14 - a2 - a3 - a4 - a5 - a6 - a7 - a8 - a9 - a10 - a11 - a12 - a13 - a1; // calculate roi if (a1 > 0) longamt+=a1; if (a2 > 0) longamt+=a2; if (a3 > 0) longamt+=a3; if (a4 > 0) longamt+=a4; if (a5 > 0) longamt+=a5; if (a6 > 0) longamt+=a6; if (a7 > 0) longamt+=a7; if (a8 > 0) longamt+=a8; if (a9 > 0) longamt+=a9; if (a10 > 0) longamt+=a10; if (a11 > 0) longamt+=a11; if (a12 > 0) longamt+=a12; if (a13 > 0) longamt+=a13; if (longamt <= 0) { document.calc.gain.value = currency(gain) document.calc.roi.value = "Error" document.calc.rate.value = "Error" document.calc.msg.value = "No positive transactions" return; } roi = 100 * gain / longamt; //format results document.calc.gain.value = currency(gain) document.calc.roi.value = fixed(roi) + "%" //document.calc.gain.value = gain //document.calc.roi.value = roi + "%" // solve for rate pass_count = 0; pct_tolerance = .0000001; abs_tolerance = .1; max_passes = 32; close_enough = 0; try_rate = .05; guess = .05; while (1) { pass_count++; accum_val = 0; accum_deriv = 0; accum_val += a1 * Math.pow(1.0 + try_rate, t1); accum_val += a2 * Math.pow(1.0 + try_rate, t2); accum_val += a3 * Math.pow(1.0 + try_rate, t3); accum_val += a4 * Math.pow(1.0 + try_rate, t4); accum_val += a5 * Math.pow(1.0 + try_rate, t5); accum_val += a6 * Math.pow(1.0 + try_rate, t6); accum_val += a7 * Math.pow(1.0 + try_rate, t7); accum_val += a8 * Math.pow(1.0 + try_rate, t8); accum_val += a9 * Math.pow(1.0 + try_rate, t9); accum_val += a10 * Math.pow(1.0 + try_rate, t10); accum_val += a11 * Math.pow(1.0 + try_rate, t11); accum_val += a12 * Math.pow(1.0 + try_rate, t12); accum_val += a13 * Math.pow(1.0 + try_rate, t13); accum_deriv += a1 * t1 * Math.pow(1.0 + try_rate, t1 - 1) / 100.0; accum_deriv += a2 * t2 * Math.pow(1.0 + try_rate, t2 - 1) / 100.0; accum_deriv += a3 * t3 * Math.pow(1.0 + try_rate, t3 - 1) / 100.0; accum_deriv += a4 * t4 * Math.pow(1.0 + try_rate, t4 - 1) / 100.0; accum_deriv += a5 * t5 * Math.pow(1.0 + try_rate, t5 - 1) / 100.0; accum_deriv += a6 * t6 * Math.pow(1.0 + try_rate, t6 - 1) / 100.0; accum_deriv += a7 * t7 * Math.pow(1.0 + try_rate, t7 - 1) / 100.0; accum_deriv += a8 * t8 * Math.pow(1.0 + try_rate, t8 - 1) / 100.0; accum_deriv += a9 * t9 * Math.pow(1.0 + try_rate, t9 - 1) / 100.0; accum_deriv += a10 * t10 * Math.pow(1.0 + try_rate, t10 - 1) / 100.0; accum_deriv += a11 * t11 * Math.pow(1.0 + try_rate, t11 - 1) / 100.0; accum_deriv += a12 * t12 * Math.pow(1.0 + try_rate, t12 - 1) / 100.0; accum_deriv += a13 * t13 * Math.pow(1.0 + try_rate, t13 - 1) / 100.0; document.calc.msg.value = try_rate off_by = a14 - accum_val; if (a14 > 0) { pct_off_by = Math.abs(accum_val - a14) / a14; if (pct_off_by <= pct_tolerance) {close_enough = 1;break;} } else { if (Math.abs(off_by) <= abs_tolerance) {close_enough = 1;break;} } if (pass_count >= max_passes) {break;} if (accum_deriv > 0) { try_delta = (off_by / accum_deriv) / 100.0; if (try_delta > -1) { try_rate = try_rate + try_delta; } else { try_rate = try_rate + try_delta; if (try_rate < 0){ try_rate = try_rate - try_delta; if (try_rate <= -.99) {try_rate = -1.0;close_enough = 1;break;} else {try_rate = -.99;} } } } else { if (try_rate <= 0) {try_rate = guess;} else {try_rate = 2 * try_rate;} } } // trace code //document.calc.amount1.value = pass_count //document.calc.amount2.value = accum_val //document.calc.amount3.value = try_rate if (close_enough) { if (try_rate <= -.99) {try_rate = -1.0;} try_rate *= 100.0 document.calc.rate.value = fixed(try_rate) + "%" document.calc.msg.value = "Calculation successful..." } else { document.calc.rate.value = "Error" document.calc.msg.value = "Calculation failed, unable to converge..." } return; } // unhide script --> </script><h2>Real rate of return Calculator</h2> <p>Use this calculator to determine a 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If you were going to buy the best 20 funds this week, this is the list you would buy.</p> <p>You can view the full list <a href="http://www.profitsharing.org/node/30">here</a>.</p> <!-- google_ad_section_end --> http://www.profitsharing.org/node/31#comment Performance rating relative strength top 20 Thu, 14 Sep 2006 08:54:17 -0500 rgbaird 31 at http://www.profitsharing.org http://www.profitsharing.org/node/30 <!-- google_ad_section_start --> <p>Here is the full listing of funds ranked by relative strength.</p> <table border="1"> <tr> <td><b><i>Security Name</i></b></td> <td><b><i>Close</i></b></td> <td><b><i>Index</i></b></td> <td><b><i>Rel Strn</i></b></td> <td><b><i>Ticker Symbol</i></b></td> </tr> <tr> <td>ML Regional Bank Hldrs</td> <td>152.52</td> <td>1298.92</td> <td>0.1174</td> <td>RKH</td> </tr> <tr> <td>iSHRS SP LATIN AM 40 INDEX</td> <td>138.64</td> <td>1298.92</td> <td>0.1067</td> <td>ILF</td> </tr> <tr> <td>SPDR MID CAP</td> <!-- google_ad_section_end --> <p><a href="http://www.profitsharing.org/node/30">read more</a></p> http://www.profitsharing.org/node/30#comment Performance rating relaticve strength Tue, 12 Sep 2006 08:24:29 -0500 rgbaird 30 at http://www.profitsharing.org