Monthly Returns

Last 5 years Monthly Returns (Jan 2004- Nov 2009)
	Sectors
	XLB	xle	xlf	xli	xlk	xlp	xlu	xlv	xly	fsdax	fstcx	fsmex	fsngx
1	-1.16%	0.61%	-5.17%	-3.59%	-3.55%	-1.87%	-0.67%	-0.91%	-2.13%	-0.61%	-1.90%	1.87%	3.95%
2	1.31%	1.29%	-4.63%	-2.78%	-2.24%	-0.59%	-1.00%	-2.03%	-2.26%	-2.22%	0.21%	-2.04%	1.22%
3	2.67%	1.56%	1.49%	2.72%	1.85%	1.55%	0.77%	-0.72%	1.53%	1.15%	1.18%	0.55%	2.48%
4	2.37%	4.11%	5.46%	4.02%	2.13%	1.27%	1.93%	1.94%	2.86%	4.56%	2.73%	2.40%	5.24%
5	2.51%	4.26%	1.72%	2.23%	3.04%	1.89%	1.73%	1.56%	1.69%	1.76%	2.60%	1.12%	4.91%
6	-1.22%	2.22%	-3.67%	-1.72%	-0.83%	-1.16%	1.65%	-1.02%	-2.23%	-1.91%	-0.87%	0.78%	2.38%
7	1.08%	0.49%	1.39%	0.97%	0.43%	1.01%	0.31%	1.34%	0.38%	1.67%	0.83%	1.31%	-1.02%
8	0.11%	0.39%	2.89%	1.07%	1.15%	1.69%	1.48%	1.87%	1.59%	2.22%	0.36%	2.51%	-0.07%
9	0.26%	1.79%	0.35%	1.02%	0.56%	0.90%	-0.39%	-0.75%	0.45%	1.14%	0.98%	1.16%	1.77%
10	-3.02%	-3.00%	-3.94%	-3.51%	-1.00%	-1.27%	-0.96%	-2.77%	-2.00%	-3.44%	-4.87%	-4.08%	-4.22%
11	2.45%	2.27%	-2.73%	1.99%	0.61%	1.52%	2.62%	1.28%	-0.02%	1.91%	1.98%	0.15%	-0.14%
12	0.61%	-0.17%	0.32%	0.77%	0.29%	0.83%	0.14%	2.67%	1.18%	2.05%	1.49%	2.17%	-0.16%
	Allocation			Bonds
	eem	efa	ICF	fsicx	tlt	trrdx	spy	vbr
1	-0.88%	-3.27%	-2.22%	0.42%	-1.95%	-2.00%	-2.52%	-2.22%		Recommendations		try to Have 1 recommendation per month max 2
2	0.37%	-1.02%	-3.81%	0.36%	0.50%	-1.17%	-1.88%	-1.91%		1	EOM Buy Russia
3	2.21%	2.19%	2.68%	0.32%	0.08%	1.25%	1.18%	2.03%		2	EOM buy VT
4	3.99%	3.41%	4.70%	0.98%	-2.34%	3.14%	2.77%	2.54%		3	Start Buying after Jan/ Feb sale
5	2.89%	2.19%	1.56%	0.65%	-1.00%	2.35%	2.11%	2.90%		4	lots of stocks peak in April, good time to start selling
6	-0.62%	-1.24%	-2.25%	0.48%	1.07%	-0.83%	-1.27%	-0.73%		5	EOM sell performers
7	2.10%	0.66%	3.24%	1.05%	0.64%	0.68%	0.75%	1.29%		6	EOM Sell FSNGX
8	-0.02%	1.20%	5.21%	1.30%	2.86%	1.05%	1.33%	2.13%		7
9	3.63%	0.62%	2.02%	0.63%	0.45%	0.48%	0.42%	1.02%		8	Buy RMBS
10	-2.26%	-2.51%	-4.31%	-1.04%	-0.43%	-2.57%	-2.50%	-3.92%		9	good time to protect, as everything falls in Oct
11	1.85%	0.84%	-2.64%	0.48%	3.54%	0.64%	0.97%	0.33%		10
12	5.05%	3.81%	2.33%	1.18%	3.12%	1.83%	0.69%	0.56%		11
										12	EOM sell performers/internationals of year, buy FSNGX; close TLT puts
	Stocks
	goog	intc	fxi	epi	eeb	rsx	mu	rmbs	eric
1	1.26%	-11.07%	-4.37%	-6.36%	-5.55%	-13.85%	4.93%	1.42%	-0.45%
2	-9.43%	-1.02%	0.18%	-9.43%	-1.13%	6.57%	-0.80%	0.30%	1.01%
3	0.39%	2.34%	2.12%	2.81%	2.21%	8.75%	0.54%	7.56%	-0.55%
4	15.21%	5.28%	7.91%	15.78%	12.47%	16.01%	5.86%	-3.67%	7.37%
5	5.60%	2.90%	2.27%	14.95%	11.94%	26.95%	5.90%	-5.33%	2.95%
6	2.95%	1.40%	2.94%	-13.32%	-2.69%	-4.87%	-6.16%	-3.39%	-0.22%
7	-3.46%	3.63%	6.12%	7.80%	1.91%	-0.41%	1.63%	-9.73%	-2.31%
8	0.07%	4.79%	-0.71%	-0.13%	-1.89%	-4.37%	-0.71%	-3.87%	2.63%
9	7.90%	-4.09%	2.47%	-3.11%	4.18%	0.75%	3.43%	6.44%	3.06%
10	17.62%	-2.71%	-1.77%	-18.80%	-0.36%	-7.60%	-4.04%	-3.91%	-9.07%
11	-1.05%	0.15%	3.40%	-0.01%	0.14%	-5.84%	-8.89%	20.09%	-0.96%
12	1.63%	-0.82%	4.33%	12.19%	5.68%	-2.36%	-3.22%	8.65%	1.76%

Strategies:
* For TLT, I studied 6month rolling returns, between Oct-Jan highest average perf over last 8 years, peaking in Dec. So it might be good to sell put calls expiring in December. Or sell Jan puts & close them in December.