The Cohan Letter up 28% in 2007
My investment newsletter, The Cohan Letter, outperformed the S&P 500 in 2007. Specifically, the average stock mentioned in The Cohan Letter rose 28% in 2007. This compares favorably to the performance of the S&P 500 which rose 3.5% in 2007.
The three top performing stocks mentioned in The Cohan Letter were:
The three top performing stocks mentioned in The Cohan Letter were:
- New Oriental (EDU) which rose 84% from $43.75 in April 2007 to $80.59 at year end;
- CVRD (RIO) which climbed 77% from $18.50 in March 2007 to $32.67 at year end; and
- Transocean (RIG) increased 66% from $86.20 in April 2007 to $143.15 at year end.
Each month The Cohan Letter mentions three stocks. If a stock mentioned declines 2% after it's mentioned, the stock is "sold" from the portfolio. This 2% stop loss rule contributes to the relatively high average return of The Cohan Letter.
Now in its sixth year of publication, The Cohan Letter's average annual return of 22% since its inception compares favorably to the 11.8% average return of the S&P 500 during that period.
posted by petercohan at 3:44 PM
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Whatever happened with this matter?
Couldn't find anthing on it yesterday.
Posted Oct 15th 2008 10:20AM by Peter Cohan
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