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                                     Initial Investment          Ending Value

                                        October 9, 2009      December 31, 2019

                 Rydex Fund (RYURX)        $500,000             $107,000

                 The S&P 500               $500,000             $1,864,000


                                                Di erence: $1,757,000


                $1,864,000 Growing at 5% per Year Over 20 Years

                            End of year Value  End of year Value
                             1   $1,844.850.00  11   $3,005,066.25
                             2   $1,937,092.50  12   $3,155,319.56
           PLEASE REPLACE THIS WITH CHART #119 GROWTH OF
                             3   $2,033,947.13  13   $3,313,085.54
           DIFFERENCE OVER 20 YEARS. IT'S IN OUR SHARED
                             4   $2,135,644.48
                                              14   $3,478,739.82
           DROPBOX FOLDER
                             5   $2,242,426.71  15   $3,652,676.81
                             6   $2,354,548.04  16   $3,835,310.65
                             7   $2,472,275.44  17   $4,027,076.18
                             8   $2,595,889.21  18   $4,228,429.99
                             9   $2,725,683.68  19   $4,439,851.49
                            10   $2,861,967.86  20   $4,661,844.07





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            My clients, people who attend my seminars, friends, and family

            frequently ask me what I think the stock market will do over the
            next year or so. My answer is always the same: “I have no idea.”
            As Warren Buffett said about economic  forecasting,  “I  can’t





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