It’s your money and nobody cares more about it than you. By now you know that most investment professionals will not tell you when to get out of the stock market.
Never again ride out a Bear Market because someone tells you to stay in the market. This last Bear Market should have convinced you that “Buy and Hold Is Dead.”
Summary of our 43 Year Real-time Buy and Sell Signals
Value of One-time $10,000 Investment July 20,1970
Assuming Taxes Paid From Another Source
Pennsylvania Mutual Fund $9,233,423
Nicholas Fund $1,418,919
| Year | Buys | Sells | Days In | Days Out | Pa. Mutual % Gain | Nicholas % Gain |
| 1970 | 2 | 1 | 79 | 85 | +23.9 | +20.1 |
| 1971 | 2 | 2 | 184 | 181 | +45.3 | +68.1 |
| 1972 | 2 | 3 | 167 | 198 | +27.7 | +42.5 |
| 1973 | 2 | 2 | 76 | 289 | +17.5 | +16.8 |
| 1974 | 3 | 3 | 108 | 257 | -5.9 | +7.2 |
| 1975 | 4 | 3 | 239 | 126 | +89.4 | +46.9 |
| 1976 | 3 | 3 | 206 | 159 | +37.6 | +12.7 |
| 1977 | 4 | 5 | 157 | 208 | +25.7 | +17.5 |
| 1978 | 4 | 4 | 162 | 203 | +20.8 | +21.4 |
| 1979 | 5 | 4 | 216 | 149 | +21.6 | +17.9 |
| 1980 | 2 | 3 | 142 | 223 | +60.9 | +47.0 |
| 1981 | 4 | 4 | 165 | 200 | +4.9 | +8.2 |
| 1982 | 2 | 2 | 189 | 176 | +46.9 | +38.8 |
| 1983 | 3 | 3 | 255 | 110 | +34.8 | +27.4 |
| 1984 | 3 | 3 | 109 | 256 | +2.5 | -1.2 |
| 1985 | 3 | 2 | 192 | 173 | +24.8 | +18.2 |
| 1986 | 2 | 3 | 203 | 162 | +11.3 | +15.3 |
| 1987 | 3 | 2 | 177 | 188 | +18.6 | +15.8 |
| 1988 | 2 | 3 | 168 | 196 | +13.6 | +4.0 |
| 1989 | 3 | 3 | 206 | 159 | +13.8 | +13.6 |
| 1990 | 3 | 2 | 83 | 282 | +5.6 | +.3 |
| 1991 | 4 | 4 | 90 | 275 | +11.7 | +5.6 |
| 1992 | 2 | 2 | 204 | 161 | +12.6 | +7.4 |
| 1993 | 0 | 1 | 309 | 56 | +11.4 | +3.3 |
| 1994 | 2 | 2 | 66 | 299 | +5.1 | +2.2 |
| 1995 | 2 | 1 | 295 | 70 | +18.4 | +25.5 |
| 1996 | 2 | 3 | 237 | 128 | +9.8 | +16.4 |
| 1997 | 4 | 3 | 248 | 117 | +21.0 | +19.9 |
| 1998 | 3 | 4 | 164 | 201 | +13.2 | +14.6 |
| 1999 |
2
|
2
|
45
|
320
|
+10.4
|
-0.2
|
| 2000 |
2
|
1
|
108
|
257
|
+12.2
|
+2.4
|
| 2001 |
2
|
2
|
278
|
87
|
+32.6
|
-10.2
|
| 2002 |
2
|
2
|
215
|
150
|
+7.1
|
-6.5
|
| 2003 |
2
|
2
|
325
|
40
|
+34.9
|
+30.7
|
| 2004 |
3
|
3
|
291
|
74
|
+17.2
|
+8.8
|
| 2005 |
2
|
2
|
270
|
95
|
+17.3
|
+1.9
|
| 2006 |
2
|
2
|
288
|
77
|
+16.2
|
+10.5
|
| 2007 |
4
|
5
|
234
|
131
|
+1.2
|
-8.5
|
| 2008 | 6 | 5 | 176 | 189 | -11.7 | -16.7 |
| 2009 | 5 | 5 | 279 | 86 | +20.7 |
+15.7
|
| 2010 | 5 | 5 | 254 | 111 | +7.8 |
+5.1
|
| 2011 | 6 | 6 | 249 | 116 | -17.7 | -13.6 |
| 2012 | 4 | 4 | 292 | 73 | +3 | +3.5 |
| Annual Compounded Rate | +17.4% | +12.0% | ||||
Future Results may not equal Past Results.
The power of compounding takes over if you have enough time on your side.
We traded these funds until they decided to discontinue telephone transfers. They are, however, representative of the growth funds that were available, and similar results should have been attained using our program with any good growth stock fund. During this time period we avoided every Major Drop in the stock market and we stayed in every Major Up move. Years 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, and 2009 are perfect examples of how the RIX Index keeps us in an up market. It is the power of compounding that will make you wealthy.
2008 was a very difficult year and many investors lost 40-50% of their life savings.
My newsletter was ranked 7th in the country for the year 2008 by the Hulbert Financial Digest.
Notice how good timing has kept us in Major up markets and out of Major declines.
2011 was the worst year we have experienced…