Marketocracy is the stunning creation of Firsthand Funds co-founder Ken Kam, who managed the Firsthand Technology Value Fund, which rose more than 600% from 1998 to 2000 and was ranked No. 1 by Lipper for five-year performance in 1999, helped grow Firsthand to $8 billion in assets under management before he left.
He was excited by the possibility that the Internet could be used to uncover a whole class of unknown investors who could outthink, outmaneuver, and outinvest the pros. Ken and his team have recruited more than 55,000 people to manage more than 65,000 model portfolios that need to meet strict distribution and activity requirements – just like professional fund managers.
These aren’t people who have thrown darts and gotten lucky with one stock. They are real investors who have been featured in the pages of Forbes and BusinessWeek and who have worked hard over the past three years to build up a record so they can have a shot at managing a real Marketocracy fund.
Marketocracy constantly analyzes and ranks all 70,000 investors. Each month, it selects its 100 best investors, the M100. These are investors who have proven ability to generate long-term results, but who also have demonstrated consistently superior long-term stock picking skill as well as shorter-term evidence that their investing style and strategy is working in today's market.
What does this mean? Out of tens of thousands of investors of all types, from value to growth to technical, Marketoracy is able to identify the 100 most successful investors with the hottest hands and bring you their picks.
So how have the M100 done? The M100 portfolio is up 135% since its inception in November 2001 (compared to a 52% gain in the S&P 500 with dividends invested) and this year to date the M100 index is up 8.3% vs. 2.7% for the S&P index.
This index is up 9.59% vs. 8.14% for the S&P 500 Index with dividends reinvested. In 2006 the m100 returned 17.33% vs. the S&P 500 Index's 15.79% That’s almost double the profit at half the risk!
And now you can benefit from the insight and investments of the M100 with the Marketocracy Marketscope newsletter, a comprehensive insight into the M100s outlook, strategy, and strongest stock selections.
Every issue of Marketocracy’s Marketscope includes:
Market Outlook: trends and insights from the M100
Portfolio Positioning Highlights: pinpointing pockets of opportunity. No sector or investment style works all the time. Portfolio Positioning offers a closer look at the sectors and styles in which the best investors are finding the most opportunities
Stocks & Stats: What the hottest hands are buying, selling and holding.
Sector Focus: A closer look at the largest sectors in the M100 portfolio - why they’re there, what they’re doing, and stocks they like.
Focal Point: Ken Kam brings clarity to the investment puzzle with timely advice that will help you become a better investor.
With your subscription, you will also receive:
3 Strong Buys hotlines: These are the stocks the best are buying while the rest of investors sell. Every other Monday, we deliver to you 3 stocks that Marketocracy's best investors are loading up on, while the rest of the market is ignoring or selling. You can follow the trading of these stocks in every issue of Marketscope, where we update you on our Watch List of 18 Strong Buys.
Your FREE special report: "5 Oil Plays Still At Bargain Prices." This report details the 5 oil and energy stocks that the Ken and his team of 100 top investors think are still trading at bargain basement prices.