By the way, I don't own a home computer, so my friend Irv takes dictation from me and sends it in to the Fools by e-mail. High-tech, I know.
Today I started my portfolio by purchasing 16 shares of S&P 500 Depositary Receipts, ticker symbol SPY (also know as "Spiders"), at $124 17/32 apiece and paid a commission of $49.50 for a grand total of $2,042.00.
The S&P 500 was down 0.09% today, and the Harry Jones Portfolio was down 3.62%.
01/04/1999
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Day Month Year History HARRY -3.62% -3.62% -3.62% -3.62% S&P: -0.09% -0.09% -0.09% -0.09% NASDAQ: +0.70% 0.70% 0.70% 0.70% # Security In At Now Change Yest. 16 S&P Depos 127.63 123.00 -3.62% 124.53 CASH $0.00 TOTAL $1968.00