With over 11 portfolio recommendation services in our lineup, we
are often asked:
Which service is the best?
Meaning which service has the highest performance? And which Editor
has the hottest hand?
You would think that is a pretty straightforward question. But the
answer is not that simple. That's because it's hard to compare
services that have very different missions.
At one extreme you have the
Whisper Trader
that consistently knocks down 5-10% winners with just a few days
holding period. Then you have long term services like the
Home Run Investor
where you have several stocks up 50 to 80% over the past year.
Below I will pull back the curtain on which services are performing
the best this year for our customers. Better yet, I will also
provide a way for you to see all the best recommendations from the
past, present and future.
Top 3 Services with Top Picks
I reviewed the overall performance and top trades for each of our
11 services. Gladly each had results of merit. However, three of
them stood out above the rest. Here are the results:
Options Trader - Top 3 Picks for 2012
+644% on a KB Home (
KBH
) call option in the first 2½ months of the year
+164% on Las Vegas Sands (
LVS
) call option in just 5 weeks
+153% on IAC/InterActiveCorp (
IACI
) call option in less than 3 months
Home Run Investor - Top 3 Picks for 2012
+68% and counting on Liquidity Services (
LQDT
)
+57% and counting on Strum Ruger (
RGR
)
+54% and counting on Titan Machinery (
TITN
)
Whisper Trader - Top 3 Picks for 2012
+16% in just 2 days on US Airways (
LCC
)
+14% in just 1 day on Textron (
TXT
)
+11% in just 3 days on United Rental (
URI
)
So, Steve you are saying that these are the 3 best Zacks
services?
No.
That's because each service we create has the right ingredients to
be successful in the long run. Namely all harness the power of the
Zacks Rank, which is then married with a top Editor to hand-select
the stocks to meet the mission of the service.
What we have found over the years is that whoever has the hot hand
now often cools off and then others rotate to the head of the
class. Over time they all do well, but in the short run any one of
them can lead the pack.
Alright. Then how does a customer find the best service?
My strong belief is that the best service for you is the one that
best matches your natural investing style. Meaning that a long term
income oriented investor should not go for the
Options Trader
or
Whisper Trader
given the active trading and additional risk they take on.
And no matter how attractive the gains are from the
Home Run Investor
, you should not embark on that journey if you are a fast moving
trader. That's because the gains from those picks would seem
glacially slow given your temperament.
What is the Solution?
Like I shared at the top of the article, I am going to give you a
way to see all of our best recommendations. And in doing so, you
will be able to find the service that best meets your needs.
The solution is to see all of our services at one time. Beyond the
3 noted above, you will also see all the recommendations and
insight from our other leading portfolio services including:
Insider Trader, Tactical Trader, Value Investor, Chart Patterns
Trader, Turnaround Trader, Income Plus Investor
and even my personal service, the
Reitmeister Trading Alert
.
Many of these services are currently closed to new members. But
through Sunday May 13th you can take a trial that opens the door to
all of them. It's called our
Zacks Ultimate
program and is by far the most popular way for investors to
discover the quality of our services and if we can truly help you
outperform the market
(the answer to that question is YES!)
.
Learn all about the Zacks Ultimate Trial
All the Best,
Steve Reitmeister
Steve is the Executive VP in charge of Zacks.com and all of its
subscription services. His personal mission is to help investors
achieve life-changing investment success by harnessing the power of
earnings estimate revisions. Over the years, he has developed a
full array of services to help investors do just that. Get all of
these services now at an unprecedented savings. Entry closes end of
day Sunday, May 13th.
Learn more about the Zacks Ultimate Trial.
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