Stock-picking System Returns 59.3 Percent in Last 18 Months, 33.7 Percent Per Year Since 1998

Averaging 33.7% per year since 1998 for a total return of 554.2% (including 55.8% in 2003), the stock-picking strategy employed by this investment newsletter once again outperformed the S&P 500 through the first ten months of 2004.

(PRWEB) November 9, 2004 -- BeatTheStockMarket.com, an online investment newsletter, released their returns for the first ten months of 2004. The newsletter once again outperformed the S&P 500 through November 1 (a gain of 13.51% versus 1.6% for the S&P 500). For the past twelve months, their model stock portfolio returned 29.8%.

Since inception in 1998, the model portfolio has returned 33.7% per year (554.2% overall), has produced a gain each year, and has beaten the S&P 500 six out of six years. Sell signals for the portfolio have an average return of 85.7% 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 outperformed Warren Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway stock over the last six and a half years (554.2% versus Berkshire's 83.2%).

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% (sold on 6/1/2004)
Fording Canadian Coal Trust (FDG) 277.3%
Gen-Probe Inc. (GPRO) 191.4%
Rockwell Collins Inc. (COL) 150.2% (sold on 10/28/2004)
Zimmer Holdings (ZMH) 144.2%
Imagistics International Inc. (IGI) 128.6%
Cimarex Energy (XEC) 108.5%
Ambassadors Group (EPAX) 104.8%

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. This new methodology, started in August, has provided subscribers with a return of 16.3% in nine weeks, a period in which the S&P 500 rose only 2.9%. Annualized, this portfolio's return is 117.4% per year.

BeatTheStockMarket.com also features a model option portfolio. Thus far, in its first fourteen months of existence, the portfolio has returned 84.1%. 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 (29.1% per year) easily surpasses that of the S&P 500 (14.3%).

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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