A lot of commentary on how difficult the sharemarket has been this year etc etc. I benchmark against the ASX300 Accumulation (i.e. inclusive of dividends) every financial year on my personal portfolio - the ASX300 Accumulation is up over 10% since 1 July. That's 37% annualised. Fair to say I'm well behind that benchmark at the moment, but I thought it was worth sharing as it's pretty surprising to me given current market conditions/commentary.