Stock-picking System Returns 50.6% in Last 12 Months, 35.4% Per Year Since 1998

Averaging 35.4% per year since 1998 for a total return of 559.7% (including 50.6% over the last 12 months), the stock-picking strategy employed by this investment newsletter once again outperformed the stock market in the first half of 2004.

(PRWEB) July 7, 2004 --BeatTheStockMarket.com, an online investment newsletter, released their returns for the first half of 2004. The newsletter once again outperformed the S&P 500 through June (a gain of 14.3% versus 1.2% for the S&P 500).

For the past twelve months, their model stock portfolio returned 50.5%. Since inception in 1998, the portfolio has returned 35.4% per year (559.7% overall), has produced a gain each year, and has beaten the stock market six out of six years. Stock sell signals for the portfolio have averaged a 92.4% return.

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 gained 21%.

The model stock portfolio has also easily outperformed Warren Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway stock over the last six and a half years.

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. +539.3% (recently sold)
Gen-Probe Inc. +293.5%
SCS Transportation Inc. +190.1%
Zimmer Holdings Inc. +177.6%
Fording Canadian Coal Trust 162.9%
Imagistics Int'l +156.8%

BeatTheStockMarket.com also features a model options portfolio. In its first eleven months of existence, the portfolio has returned 91.3%. Following 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 (37.4% per year) easily surpasses that of the S&P 500.

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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