A 10.7% gain in two months is a nice way to start the year. Of course it’s not sustainable but getting ahead of the market by over 4% so early in the year makes beating the market for the year that much easier. We’re also looking at an 18.6% gain for the trailing 12 months, […]

Marketwatch’s Mark Hulbert tracks hundreds of investment newsletters and, in this January’s year end “Long Term Performance Ratings”, confirms 2 for 1’s 13% annualized return over the last ten years. This puts 2 for 1 ahead of the vast majority of newsletter portfolios and mutual funds. Hulbert also gives 2 for 1 and “A” for

At the urging of David Ikenberry, the econ professor who inspired the 2 for 1 Stock Split Newsletter, results for the 2 for 1 portfolio were compared with the results of 3950 U.S. stock mutual funds tracked by Morningstar for the ten years between 12/31/2002 through 12/31/2012. Of those 3950 funds, only nine had a

The end of 2012 posted a +14.1% return for the 2 for 1 model portfolio, a real IRA account in the editor’s name at E*Trade Securities. This was better than our 10.1% annualized return over the last 16 years, but only just about even with the overall market for the year. No complaints, but we

December’s 2 for 1 is coming out on Friday afternoon. There were four splits announced in November. From those choices, this month’s recommendation will be added to the 2 for 1 portfolio when the market opens on Monday. The portfolio is hanging on to a slim lead over the market; up 15.1% year-to-date with the

The 2 for 1 portfolio beat the market in October even though both were in the red. 2 for 1 is now at +13.8% for the year to date and +17.2% for the trailing 12 months. That compares to +12.3% for the market, depending on which index you use, for both the YTD and the