Oh, and I'm continuing to bat 100%.
It seems that no matter what I buy, when I buy it, any holding I invest in immediately drops in value.
Latest example, Vanguard Real Estate ETF (VNQ).
Bought it yesterday morning, and between yesterday and today it's down almost 4%.
Over the past 10 years I'm pretty sure that every time I've picked up a holding, whether a mutual fund or an individual stock, it's immediately gone on a losing streak. Fortunately, with the exception of the Vanguard Precious Metals and Mining fund, on which I ate a ton of *expletive deleted*it even as the overall sector was outperforming, everything has pretty much risen over time.