ACE'S
TOP
10 (12-MONTH) STOCK PICKS (As of 12/31/08)
12-Mo. Mo./Year
S&P 500
Rank Stock Name (Symbol\Exch)
Gain
Picked
12-Mo. Gain
1
Titanium Metals (TIE\NYSE) 565.74% Jun 2005
5.30%
2
Hansen Natural (HANS\NASD) 380.21% Jul 2005 -42.89%
3
Carmax Grp (KMX\NYSE) 243.74% Apr 2001
-9.48%
4
Frontier Oil (FTO\NYSE) 223.56% Feb 2005
7.82%
5
Potash Corp. Sask.
(POT\NYSE) 192.65% Jun 2007 -11.28%
6
Novastar Financial
(NFI\NYSE) 182.81% Jul 2001
-29.99%
7
Southwestern Energy (SWN\NYSE) 149.83% Apr
2004 3.60%
8
John B. Sanfilippo
(JBSS\NASD) 148.15% Apr
2003 31.88%
9
Barnwell Industries (BRN\AMEX) 146.18% Mar 2004 5.91%
10
Racing Champions
(RACN\AMEX) 138.63% Oct
2001 -17.61%
Avg. gain - Top 10
12-mo. picks 237.15%
Avg. gain -
S&P 500
-5.67%
NOTE: No. of "12-month" stocks: 155
Avg. stock gain (all 12-mo. picks): 48.18%
Avg. S&P500 gain (same period):
-0.91%
No. of "12-mo." stocks
w/ plus gains: 130 (or an 83.87% success rate)
No. of "12-mo." stocks
w/ losses:
25 (or an 16.13% fail rate)
ACE'S
LOWEST
10 (12-MONTH) STOCK PICKS (As of 12/31/08)
12-Mo. Mo./Year
S&P500
Rank Stock Name (Symbol\Exch)
Gain
Picked
12-Mo. Gain
1
Mechel OAO ADR (MTL\NYSE) -92.84% Mar 2008
-41.27%
2
Bon-Ton Stores (BONT\NASD)
-90.74% Mar 2007
-7.12%
3
AMREP Corp (AXR\NYSE) -74.61% Jan 2007
2.16%
4
Cliffs Natural Rsrcs (CLF\NYSE) -73.04% Apr
2008 -38.03%
5
Mobile Telesystems (MBT\NYSE) -72.90%
Nov 2006 -44.47%
6
Hansen Natural (HANS\NASD) -68.08%
Oct 2008 -42.85%
7
Garmin Ltd. (GRMN\NASD) -67.60%
Sep 2007 -15.67%
8
Ambassadors Int'l (AMIE\NASD) -65.41% Nov 2006
4.11%
9
Comstock Resources
(CRK\NYSE) -64.24%
Jul 2008 -29.07%
10
Consol Energy
(CNX\NYSE) -63.90% Apr 2008
-35.73%
Avg. gain - Low 10 12-mo. gainers -73.34%
Avg. gain -
S&P500
-24.80%
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