Bloodhound works by helping you select an investment system with rules that we apply consistently for you; we have also described the Bloodhound Model Strategies, 5 groups of strategies that reflect different levels of conservatism. Our blogs summarize the rules that they are based on, most of which are related to comparison with the SP500 index; they also show their average performance over 23 years, the compounded value of an initial $50,000 investment, and how they performed in 2008, 2009, and to date this year.
The question remains, how do I decide which would be right for me? Benjamin Graham said “the investors biggest problem is himself”; by which we believe he meant that investors find it very difficult to be consistent, and tend to become emotionally involved with the stocks they buy, which means they sell them are the wrong time. That is exactly why we devised Bloodhound as a system that would remove temptation from you, with a computer system that would give you all the decisions you need, when you need them.
So the decision which strategy is right for you comes down to the familiar choice between “fear” and “greed”. Our conservative strategies are less volatile than the SP500 index but still ourperform it; our SuperAggressive strategies are more volatile but far outperform the index, although you have to be prepared to trust the strategy based on its consistent performance even when all the pundits are calling for doom and gloom. If they really knew what the market was going to do, they would not have to make a living by selling their opinions!
We have lots of information about the model strategies that you can see if you become a subscriber; that includes their results every year for 23 years, which stocks they held each year, how profitable each trade was, what were the win/loss ratios on their trades, etc., etc.. We are just a phone call or email away if you want any more information about them.
The model strategies are intended to make your investment life as simple as possible and many of them are one year buy and hold investment strategies with exceptional investment results. Here is how it works:
1) Select a strategy that you like
2) Portfolio Builder lets you build a portfolio from the strategy; all you need is the amount you want to invest and the size of portfolio you want
3) Within 10 seconds, you will get the list of stocks, and how many of each to buy. Go call your broker because we don’t handle your money.
4) Every day thereafter you can see the value of your portfolio, and if your strategy calls for any trades, we tell you which they are and how many to trade
Couldn’t be simpler to implement, and you get the reassurance that you are following investment rules whose performance you could examine for 23 years. Bit more substantial than the latest buy recommendation for the talking heads!
Give it a try.
By the way, here are some more statistics to think about. These show performance over different periods compared with the SP500 index. 