The current Forbes (dated 1/25/99) features an article by Mark Hulbert presenting the Forbes/Hulbert Investment Letter Survey.
The ratings given are:
1. Performance in up and down markets.
2. Annualized gain from 8/31/87 to 11/30/98
3. Relative Sharpe ratio - a number above 1 means the portfolio beat the Wilshire, risk adjusted.
4. Risk
The ratings of Investor's World and several other of the 55 rated are:
(in 1, 2, 3, 4, order)
Investor's World B D, 11.1%, .67, high
Systems and Forecasts B A, 12.2%, 1.28, very low
OTC Insight A+ D, 22.7%, 1.00, very high
Fundline A B, 14.8%, 1.07, average
Chartist B B, 15.0%, .91, high
Brinker's Marketimer B C, 8.8%, .49, average |
