Averaging 34.1% per year since 1998 for a total return of 677.1% (including 99.6% from 2003 through 2004), the stock-picking strategy employed by this investment newsletter has beaten the S&P 500 seven out of seven years. Additionally, a newly-developed stock-selection method has returned 124.2% in 29 weeks, including the cost of commissions.
(PRWEB) April 6, 2005 -- BeatTheStockMarket.com, an online investment newsletter that guarantees to beat the stock market, released their returns through the first quarter of 2005. Since inception in 1998, the model portfolio has returned 34.1% per year (677.1% overall), has produced a gain each year, has beaten the S&P 500 seven out of seven years, and is out-performing the S&P 500 year-to-date. Sell signals for the portfolio have an average return of 88.6% and portfolio turnover is low.
Even during the three-year bear market, their model portfolio produced gains each year. While the market lost (-39%) during the bear market, BeatTheStockMarket.com's model portfolio produced a gain (+21%).
The model stock portfolio has also easily out-performed Warren Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway stock over the last seven years (677.1% versus Berkshire's 84.8%).
Following are a few of the stocks from the newsletters model portfolio and the stocks performance following the newsletter's buy signal:
- Marine Products Corp. (MPX) +539.3%
- Fording Canadian Coal Trust (FDG) +539.2%
- Gen-Probe Inc. (GPRO) +265.1%
- Altria (MO) +131.9%
- Cimarex Energy (XEC) +131.8%
- Imagistics International Inc. (IGI) +129.4%
- Ambassadors Group (EPAX) +118.8%
- Cavco Industries (CVCO) +118.3%
- SCS Transportation Inc. (SCST) +105.6%
While most of the newsletter's portfolios are designed for long-term investors, the newsletter has a Short-Term Portfolio in which individual stocks are held for only a few weeks on average. This new methodology, started late last summer, has provided subscribers with a return of 35.5%, a period in which the S&P 500 rose only 4.0%. Annualized, this portfolio's return is 85.3% per year after factoring in the cost of commissions.
For investors who don't have the funds to invest in all of the stocks of the Short-Term Portfolio, the editors of the website select a handful of stocks from the Short-Term Portfolio that they believe have the most potential for explosive growth. These stocks are labeled as "Double Allocation" stocks, and their return in 29 weeks is an astounding 124.2%. That's the annualized equivalent of 222.1% per year.
BeatTheStockMarket.com also features a model option portfolio. Thus far, in its first twenty months of existence, the portfolio has returned 50.5% per option with an average holding period of 6.3 months. This is equivalent to an annualized return of 116.4% per year. Below are a few of the call options recommended by the newsletter and the options performance following the newsletter's buy signal:
- Zimmer Holdings +697.1% in only seven and a half months
- Cimarex Energy Co. +253.2% in only seven and a half months
- Rockwell Collins +240.8% in only five and a half months
In addition to individual stock recommendations, the company also has a model portfolio for mutual funds. The return of the portfolio (+28.9% per year, +62.4% overall) easily surpasses that of the S&P 500 (+13.2% per year).
The newsletter offers a 21-day free trial that allows prospective subscribers to view all of the recommended portfolios. They also offer a guarantee that is unique in the industry: they will out-perform the stock market, or the subscription will be free.
For additional information on the stock and mutual fund picking systems and the investment newsletter that employs them, visit www.BeatTheStockMarket.com.
Contact Information:
Nancy Wagner
Media Representative
425-415-6427
http://www.BeatTheStockMarket.com
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