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[JT47319]

So here's a question, should one just be satisified with meeting the YTD of an index (ie Dow/S&P500), beating it, or trouncing the percentage points silly? If so, by how much before you declare victory? In my case, I have a 3-year 401K that beat the Dow (which was in the red) in 2002, almost but not quite beat the market (off by 1%) in 2003, and is looking to once again beat the Dow this year. Very little to no drawdown in each of those years. Admittedly it's perhaps not a long enough timeframe to extrapolate future returns, but each year that I beat the Dow it was by at least 10%. Do you consider these good returns? or should I concentrate on making even bigger returns?