George Gilder - Gilder Technology Report: $100,000 becomes $216,000 in just 12 months

» Kirk - $100,000 becomes $216,000 in just 12 months

It sounds like they are claiming George Gilder did well in the bear market!

$100,000 becomes $216,000 in just 12 months

Despite the tech-stock meltdown of April 2000, and the subsequent 3-year bear market in high tech, overall Gilder has continued to earn handsome profits for his readers.

Since its launch in 1996, the Gilder Technology Report has comfortably doubled the returns of the S&P 500--through both bull and bear years.

In 2003, the market began to come out of its 3-year bear slump into a gradual recovery, and Gilder Technology Report subscribers profited handsomely, with an annual gain of 123.5%. (as of 12/31/2003)

Had you invested a $100,000 in GTR's companies in 2003, your portfolio would have grown to $216,000 -- in just 12 months.

In 2004, George Gilder remains cautiously optimistic about the new bull market in technology.

Much the same as he did in 1999, Gilder has identified a handful of core technologies -- and within those technologies, half a dozen or so key companies poised to dominate these niches.

I’ll have to check with Mark Hulbert to see how he has done over these periods.

         PERIOD                Kirk  Wilshire5000  Delta
1 Year Return to 12-31-2003    +77%     +31%         46%  
3 Year Return to 12-31-2003    +25%      -7%         32%  
5 Year Return to 12-31-2003   +171%      +2%        169%  

 

Total Return:
                                  Kirk   S&P500+  NASDAQ 
5 Yrs 12/31/98 through 12/31/03  171.0%  ( 3.0%)  ( 8.6%)
Annualized Annual Return          22.1%  ( 0.6%)  ( 1.8%)
 
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2004 YTD: As of 1/25/04 my newsletter portfolio is up 4.7% YTD vs. 2.7% for VFINX, Vanguard's S&P500 fund. My portfolio uses asset allocation and stock selection with a current allocation roughly 70% equities and 30% fixed income.

-- posted by Kirk