Stock Picking System Up 88.4% In Last 12 Months, Beats Market Again In First Quarter 2004

Averaging 36.1% per year since 1998 for a total return of 523.8%, the stock-picking strategy employed by this investment newsletter once again outperforms the stock market in the first quarter of 2004.

(PRWEB) April 5, 2004--BeatTheStockMarket.com, an online investment newsletter, released their returns for the first quarter of 2004. The newsletter once again outperformed the S&P 500. For the past twelve months, their model stock portfolio has returned 88.4%. Since inception in 1998, the portfolio has returned 36.1% per year (523.8% overall) and has beaten the stock market each year. Even during the three-year bear market, their model portfolio produced gains each year.

Following are a few of the stocks from the newsletter's model portfolio and the stock's performance since the newsletter released the corresponding buy signal:

Marine Products Corp. +432.2%

Gen-Probe Inc. +198.0%

Brookfield Homes +171.3%

Fording Canadian Coal Trust. +152.2%

The newsletter's recently introduced Short-Term Portfolio has achieved an annualized return of 319.6%.

BeatTheStockMarket.com also features a model options portfolio. In its first eight months of existence, the portfolio has returned 113.2% versus 16.6% for the S&P 500. Following are a few of the call options recommended by the newsletter and the option's performance since the newsletter released the corresponding buy signal:

Zimmer Holdings +697.1% in only seven and a half months

Cimarex Energy Co. +253% in only seven and a half months

In addition to stocks, the company also has model portfolios for mutual funds (up 44.9% in eleven months). The newsletter's mutual fund portfolios help investors avoid taking a performance hit caused by potential mutual fund scandals.

For additional information on the stock and mutual fund picking systems and the investment newsletter that follows them, visit www.BeatTheStockMarket.com.

Contact Information:

Nancy Wagner

Media Representative

nancy@cuttothechasemarketing.com

425-415-6427

http://www.BeatTheStockMarket.com

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