The Mutual Fund EWS returned +24.3% for 2009 beating the S&P 500’s +23.5% return and the Dow’s 18.8% return. The ETF EWS returned an even better +33.8%. We will be posting the 1-1-2010 Funds and ETFs to the web site shortly. We will also finish the model returns. The models returned about the same as the S&P 500. 

We foresee raising the price on the EWS or Early Warning System in 2010 for $229 memberships and higher.  The performance of the Mutual Fund EWS with a very low standard deviation with returns between 12.4% to 38.4% makes the service very valuable and more than worth the higher cost. The ETF EWS has slightly higher variation, but the returns have also been a bit higher.  The EWS system was developed by Frank Lardino.

Year                                       MF EWS         ETF EWS       S&P 500

2008                                       +12.6%            +5.3%              -38.5%

2007                                       +38.4%            +37.1%            +5.49%

2006                                       +24.9%            +1.3%              +15.8%

2005                                       +23.9%            +30.2%            +4.9%

2004                                       +12.4%            +12.7%            +10.9%

2003                                       +16.5%            +43.7%            +28.7%

2003-2008**                          +21.5%            +21.7%            +2.84%

1999-2008**                          +19.6%            +10.1%            -0.3%

** annualized returns