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To: Wren who wrote (1977)1/11/1999 10:52:00 PM
From: Wren  Respond to of 2346
 
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