I get a lot of e-mail from people who, after reading all the stuff on my website, think that I must surely have a terrific, personal investing strategy and ..

>Ha! Little do they know!
Well ... yes, I have to respond and admit that I'm the world's worst investor. However, I now have proof:

A month ago an investing contest was begun on Morningstar.
Each participant began with $100K on Jan 1, 2005.
The participants trade throughout the year and, by Dec 31, 2005 we'll see who's the best investor.
I volunteered to keep the score.

A few days ago I collected the end-of-January results and they're here.

>So you're the world's second worst.
Uh ... wait until Dec 31.