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IWF and VRGWX Performance Comparison

This artical is about comparing performance between IWF and VRGWX. The VRGWX's inception date is 2010/9/23

The "Run 100 Comparisons" button is for running randomly select dates and compare 100 times. The result is how many of the 100 times does IWF beat VRGWX. My conclusion is that VRGWX and IWF yield the similar returns.

Note that the Run 100 Comparison simulator takes about 10 seconds for the computer to run, so please be patient and check the result in the 3rd bullet point.

Start Date:
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This button is for running 100 comparions with a set of investment span.
  • VRGWX Return: %
  • IWF Return: %

Simulate Randomly 100 Times

  • In 100 times of comparisons, there are times that IWF has better retruns than VRGWX.

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