Harmoney

[alistar_mid]

I don't fully disagree, but the compounding effect is very different. In 'lean' years you don't get dividends, typically dividends run at only 2 - 3%. When shares drop significantly, which they do, it can take a very long time to claw back those losses. Neither of these occur with P2P Lending. However you do get share value growth in good years, but to offset that you get share value loss in bad years (usually quite significant).

My return is currently running at just under 18% (after tax and fees), but I view my predicted actual return based on deducting all loans in arrears over 30 days, which gives me a current return of just over 15%. The total number of loans in arrears over 30 days appears to be fairly stable for me now, but perhaps this will change? Interestingly if I use Harmoney figures of expected defaults I get a predicted return of 15.47% (seems to be a reasonable value). My actual over 30 days arrears rate is 1.23%, Harmoney predicted figure 1.58%, however the loans in arrears returned in the exported report from Harmoney do seem to have major issues i.e. loans in arrears are not reported as being in arrears...

With over 1000 loans I don't think 'luck' has all that much to do with it?

so your'e reinvesting?

Can you do a graph of your outstanding principle over time? - just out of interest to see what it would look like, it should kinda be a compounding growth right?

I have just done my first month of re investing, but also got hammered by writeoffs at the same time so made like $200 on a $70k outstanding principle.