Keeping Up With The Joneses

[Albert Okagbue]

How do you measure your investment results?  Do you measure them against other investors?  Or do you use an absolute number for yourself e.g. % return?

So far investors I have talked to do not care what other people are doing.  They set a bar and only invest when they can jump over it, and try to get as good as possible within that framework. But none of those folks are on BP or other networking sites.  They are pretty much lone-rangers. I'm curious, since returns can be discussed here, how many people are comparing their results with those of other investors?

(If this has been discussed in another forum, please paste the link.  Thanks.)