Stock-Picking System Returned 34.1% Per Year Since 1998 - Additionally, A Newly-Developed System Has Returned 124.2% in 29 Weeks

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, 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 newsletter's model portfolio and the stock's 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 option's 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).

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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