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Jan 11, 2012

Proof Is In Performance Thru 4Q11

Most Attractive (Long) & Most Dangerous (Short) Stocks

  • The Most Attractive and Most Dangerous Stocks reports offer multiple strategies to outperform in good and bad markets.
  • Our small cap short strategy beat the short Russell 2000 by 20% YTD.
  • Our large and small cap short strategy beat the short S&P 500 and Russell 2000 by 11%.
  • Our small cap long/short strategy beat the Risk-Free Rate by 6%.
  • These strategies (and others) beat their benchmarks by much more since inception in January 2005.
  • Barron’s consistently ranks our stock-picking as amongst the best of the major research firms.
Oct 14, 2011

Proof Is In Performance Thru 3Q11

Most Attractive (Long) & Most Dangerous (Short) Stocks

  • The Most Attractive and Most Dangerous Stocks reports offer multiple strategies to outperform in good and bad markets.
  • Our small cap short strategy beat the short Russell 2000 by 19% YTD.
  • Our large and small cap short strategy beat the short S&P 500 and Russell 2000 by 13%.
  • Our large cap long/short strategy beat the Risk-Free Rate by 12%.
  • These strategies (and others) beat their benchmarks by much more since inception in January 2005.
  • Barron’s consistently ranks our stock-picking as amongst the best of the major research firms.
Jul 20, 2011

Proof Is In Performance Thru 2Q11

Most Attractive (Long) & Most Dangerous (Short) Stocks

  • The Most Attractive and Most Dangerous Stocks reports offer multiple strategies to outperform in good and bad markets.
  • Our small cap short strategy beat the short Russell 2000 by 10% YTD.
  • Our small cap long/short strategy beat the Risk-Free Rate by 4%.
  • Our large and small cap short strategy beat the short S&P 500 and Russell 2000 by 4%.
  • These strategies (and others) beat their benchmarks by much more since inception in January 2005.
  • Barron’s consistently ranks our stock-picking as amongst the best of the major research firms.
May 10, 2011

Proof Is In Performance Thru 1Q11

Most Attractive (Long) & Most Dangerous (Short) Stocks

  • The Most Attractive and Most Dangerous Stocks reports offer multiple strategies to outperform in good and bad markets.
  • Our small cap short strategy beat the short Russell 2000 by 5% in the first quarter.
  • Our large cap long strategy beat the S&P 500 by 2%.
  • These strategies (and others) beat their benchmarks by much more since inception in January 2005.
  • Barron’s consistently ranks our stock-picking as amongst the best of the major research firms.
Jan 26, 2011

Proof Is In Performance Thru 4Q10

Most Attractive (Long) & Most Dangerous (Short) Stocks

  • The Most Attractive and Most Dangerous Stocks reports offer multiple strategies to outperform in good and bad markets.
  • Our top 3 strategies in 2010 beat their benchmarks in 2010.
  • Our small cap Long strategy beat the Russell 2000 by 14%.
  • Our large & small cap Long strategy beat the combo of S&P 500 and Russell 2000 by 11%.
  • Our small cap Long/Short strategy beat the risk-free rate by 10%.
  • These strategies (and others) beat their benchmarks by much more since inception in January 2005.
  • Barron’s consistently ranks our stock-picking as amongst the best of the major research firms.
Oct 11, 2010

Proof Is In Performance Thru 3Q10

Most Attractive (Long) & Most Dangerous (Short) Stocks

  • The Most Attractive and Most Dangerous Stocks reports offer multiple strategies to outperform in good and bad markets.
  • The Long/Short strategy in Figure 1 earns 80.5% from April 2006 thru September 2010, beating the Risk-Free Rate by 70.2%.
  • Figure 1’s Long/Short strategy also outperformed the S&P 500 (down 10.5%) by 91% and the Russell 2000 (down 9.4%) by 89.9% from April 2006 thru September 2010.
  • Barron’s and Institutional Investor Magazine highlighted our stock-picking as best amongst all research firms.
Jul 26, 2010

Proof Is In Performance Thru 2Q10

Most Attractive (Long) & Most Dangerous (Short) Stocks

  • The Most Attractive and Most Dangerous Stocks reports offer multiple strategies to outperform in good and bad markets.
  • The Long/Short strategy in Figure 1 earns 81.7% from April 2006 thru June 2010, beating the Risk-Free Rate by 71.4%.
  • Figure 1’s Long/Short strategy also outperformed the S&P 500 (down 21.1%) by 102.8% and the Russell 2000 (down 20.8%) by 102.5% from April 2006 thru June 2010.
  • Barron’s and Institutional Investor Magazine highlighted our stock-picking as best amongst all research firms.
May 5, 2010

Proof Is In Performance Thru 1Q10

Most Attractive (Long) & Most Dangerous (Short) Stocks

  • The Most Attractive and Most Dangerous Stocks reports offer multiple strategies to outperform in good and bad markets.
  • The Long/Short strategy in Figure 1 earns 57.1% from April 2006 thru Mar 2010, beating the Risk-Free Rate by 46.9%.
  • Figure 1’s Long/Short strategy also outperformed the S&P 500 (down 8.3%) by 65.4% and the Russell 2000 (down 7.7%) by 64.8% from April 2006 thru March 2010.
  • Barron’s and Institutional Investor Magazine highlighted our stock-picking as best amongst all research firms.
Jan 27, 2010

Proof Is In Performance Thru 4Q09

Most Attractive (Long) & Most Dangerous (Short) Stocks

  • The Most Attractive and Most Dangerous Stocks reports offer multiple strategies to outperform in good and bad markets.
  • The Long/Short strategy in Figure 1 earns 61.1% from April 2006 thru Dec 2009, beating the Risk-Free Rate by 50.9%.
  • Figure 1’s Long/Short strategy also outperformed the S&P 500 (down 12.5%) by 73.6% and the Russell 2000 (down 15.3%) by 76.4% from April 2006 thru December 2009.
  • Barron’s and Institutional Investor Magazine highlighted our stock-picking as best amongst all research firms.
  • Detailed explanations of our Most Attractive and Most Dangerous Stock selection methodologies are included.
Oct 22, 2009

Proof Is In Performance Thru 3Q09

Most Attractive (Long) & Most Dangerous (Short) Stocks

  • The Most Attractive and Most Dangerous Stocks reports offer multiple strategies to outperform in good and bad markets.
  • Both our Long and our Short strategies contribute to the excess returns. These strategies also work for both Large and Small Cap stocks. See Appendix 4 for details.
  • The Long/Short strategy in Figure 1 earns 63.2% from April 2006 thru Sept 2009, beating the Risk-Free Rate by 53.0%.
  • Figure 1's Long/Short strategy also outperformed the S&P 500 (down 20.5%) by 83.7% and the Russell 3000 (down 22.8%) by 86.0% from April 2006 thru September 2009.
  • Institutional Investor Magazine highlighted our stock-picking ability as #1 amongst all research firms.
  • Detailed explanations of our Most Attractive and Most Dangerous Stock selection methodologies are included.
Jul 21, 2009

Proof Is In Performance Thru 2Q09

Most Attractive (Long) & Most Dangerous (Short) Stocks

  • The Most Attractive and Most Dangerous Stocks reports offer multiple strategies to outperform in good and bad markets.
  • Both our Long and our Short strategies contribute to the excess returns. These strategies also work for both Large and Small Cap stocks. See Appendix 4 for details.
  • The Long/Short strategy in Figure 1 earns 51.7% from April 2006 thru June 2009, beating the Risk-Free Rate by 41.6%.
  • Figure 1's Long/Short strategy also outperformed the S&P 500 (down 28.7%) by 80.4% and the Russell 3000 (down 31.6%) by 83.3% from April 2006 thru June 2009.
  • Institutional Investor Magazine highlighted our stock-picking ability as #1 amongst all research firms.
  • Detailed explanations of our Most Attractive and Most Dangerous Stock selection methodologies are included.
May 7, 2009

Proof Is In Performance Thru 1Q09

Most Attractive (Long) & Most Dangerous (Short) Stocks

  • The Most Attractive and Most Dangerous Stocks reports offer multiple strategies to outperform in good and bad markets.
  • Both our Long and our Short strategies contribute to the excess returns. These strategies also work for both Large and Small Cap stocks. See Appendix 4 for details.
  • The Long/Short strategy in Figure 1 earns 43.5% from April 2006 thru March 2009, beating the Risk-Free Rate by 32.4%.
  • Figure 1's Long/Short strategy has also outperformed the relevant market index by approx. 83.7% in a challenging period despite being dollar neutral.
  • Institutional Investor Magazine highlighted our stock-picking ability as #1 amongst all research firms.
  • Detailed explanations of our Most Attractive and Most Dangerous Stock selection methodologies are included.
Jan 15, 2009

Proof Is In Performance Thru 4Q08

Most Attractive (Long) & Most Dangerous (Short) Stocks

  • The Most Attractive and Most Dangerous Stocks reports offer multiple strategies to outperform in good and bad markets.
  • Both our Long and our Short strategies contribute to the excess returns. These strategies also work for both Large and Small Cap stocks. See Appendix 4 for details.
  • The Long/Short strategy in Figure 1 earns 38.3% from April 2006 thru Dec 2008, beating the Risk-Free Rate by 28.3%.
  • Figure 1's Long/Short strategy has also outperformed the relevant market index by approximately 70.3% in a challenging period despite being dollar neutral.
  • Institutional Investor Magazine highlighted our stock-picking ability as #1 amongst all research firms.
  • Detailed explanations of our Most Attractive and Most Dangerous Stock selection methodologies are included.
Oct 27, 2008

Proof Is In Performance Thru 3Q08

Most Attractive (Long) & Most Dangerous (Short) Stocks

  • The Most Attractive and Most Dangerous Stocks reports offer multiple strategies to outperform in good and bad markets.
  • Both our Long and our Short strategies contribute to the excess returns. These strategies also work for both Large and Small Cap stocks. See Appendix 4 for details.
  • The Long/Short strategy in Figure 1 earns 27.1% from April 2006 thru Sept 2008, beating the Risk-Free Rate by 17.2%.
  • Figure 1's Long/Short strategy has also outperformed the relevant market index by approx. 37.5% in a challenging period despite being dollar neutral.
  • Institutional Investor Magazine highlighted our stock-picking ability as #1 amongst all research firms.
  • Detailed explanations of our Most Attractive and Most Dangerous Stock selection methodologies are included in report.
Aug 28, 2008

Proof Is In Performance Thru 2Q08

Most Attractive (Long) & Most Dangerous (Short) Stocks

  • The Most Attractive and Most Dangerous Stocks reports offer multiple strategies to outperform in good and bad markets.
  • Both our Long and our Short strategies contribute to the excess returns. These strategies also work for both Large and Small Cap stocks. See Appendix 4 for details.
  • The Long/Short strategy in Figure 1 earns 19.2% from April 2006 thru June 2008, beating the Risk-Free Rate by 9.7%.
  • Figure 1's Long/Short strategy has also outperformed the relevant market index by approx. 24.8% in a challenging period despite being net dollar neutral.
  • Institutional Investor Magazine highlighted our stock-picking ability as #1 amongst all research firms.
  • Detailed explanations of our Most Attractive and Most Dangerous Stock selection methodologies are included.
Mar 11, 2008

Proof Is In Performance Thru December 2007

Most Attractive (Long) & Most Dangerous (Short) Stocks

  • The Most Attractive and Most Dangerous Stocks reports offer multiple strategies to outperform in good and bad markets.
  • Both our Long and our Short strategies contribute to the excess returns. These strategies also work for both Large and Small Cap stocks. See Appendix 4 for details.
  • The Long/Short strategy in Figure 1 earns 17.8% from April,2006 through December, 2007, beating the risk-free rate by 9.3%.
  • Figure 1 shows that Long/Short strategy has outperformed the relevant market index by approx (17.7% in a turbulent period).
  • Institutional Investor Magazine highlighted our stock-picking ability as #1 amongst all research firms.
  • Detailed explanations of our Most Attractive and Most Dangerous Stock selection methodologies are included.
Sep 25, 2007

Proof Is In Performance Thru August 2007

Most Attractive (Long) & Most Dangerous (Short) Stocks

  • The Most Attractive and Most Dangerous Stocks reports offer multiple strategies to outperform in good and bad markets.
  • Both our Long and our Short strategies contribute to the excess returns. These strategies also work for both Large and Small Cap stocks. See Appendix 4 for details.
  • The Long/Short strategy in Figure 1 earns 22.7% from April, 2006 thru August, 2007, beating the risk-free rate by 15.5%.
  • Figure 1s Long/Short strategy has also outperformed the relevant market index by approx. 13.6% in an appreciating (and turbulent) period despite being net dollar neutral.
  • Institutional Investor Magazine highlighted our stock-picking ability as #1 amongst all research firms.
  • Detailed explanations of our Most Attractive and Most Dangerous Stock selection methodologies are included.
May 10, 2005

Proof Is In Performance Thru April 2005

Methodology for Measuring the Portfolios' Performances

  • This note outlines how we track performance of our Most Attractive and Dangerous stocks portfolios.
  • Our April reports represent the beginning of the 2005 Attractive and Dangerous portfolios and will include stocks from reports published through March 2006.
  • The 2004 portfolios include stocks from prior reports.
  • Cumulative performance of the portfolios assumes Most Attractive and Most Dangerous portfolios are updated monthly when a new report is published.
  • Our first Most Attractive (+19%) and Dangerous (+1%) reports from September continue to perform very well versus the S&P 500 (+4%). See Figure 1. Past performance is not indicative of future performance.
  • The cumulative performance is strong for Attractive stocks (+10%), but weaker for the Dangerous (+10%) versus the S&P 500 (+4%). See Figure 2.
  • The April and May Attractive and Dangerous Stocks reflect the most recent (FYE 2004) corporate financial data for our 3000-company coverage universe.