Model Portfolio Performance Since Inception

2011 has been another year of incredible performance. If you are already part of our subscriber community or a client of our asset management firm you probably already know about this. And from what I hear, happy about it too! I encourage you to read more about what we do and join us.

...Rudy Martin

Latin Stock Investing is a portfolio-based Newsletter. The stocks and ETFs in this newsletter are selected for inclusion into three model portfolios. These are used for discussion purposes and to give you a context in which to evaluate a recommendation. Your actual results will vary based on when and how you execute the suggested trades.

LSI Growth Portfolio Since Inception = 95.1%*


The core portfolio contains emerging market growth stocks for longer term capital appreciation with a 12-18 month time horizon. In this newsletter we start with an equal-weighted core list and make marginal trades in and out of this set each month. To be able to do this without selling holdings, the list normally contains 10-20 stocks. This growth-focused model contains 10-15 securities from the Latin Capital Market Stock Index.

LSI Dividend Portfolio Since Inception = 100.4%*


This portfolio's primary objective is to seek total return from both dividends and capital appreciation. Though Latin American ADRs have less frequent dividends payments than U.S. stocks, they sometimes provide relatively higher dividend yields to partially offset this risk. The LSI Dividend portfolio normally consists of an equal-weighted basket of 10-15 large Latin American-based Depository Receipts. These securities are selected from the Latin Capital Market Stock Index too.

LSI ETF Portfolio Since Inception = -29.3%*


This portfolio's primary objective is to maximize the total return by investing in exchange-traded funds which are representative of the major themes discussed in LCM publication. These are normally country, currency or sector specific specialty funds. This model portfolio contains 3-5 suggested positions at all times.

These portfolios contain all current open recommendations made in the newsletter and trading alerts. During the same time period here are some other comparable index and fund returns:

  • S&P 500 Index With Dividends +38.0%
  • Latin Capital Market Stock Index +13.9%
  • iShares S&P Latin America 40 Index ETF (ILF) -13.5%
  • Vanguard MSCI Emerging Market ETF (VWO) -16.0%
The opinions and information contained herein have been obtained or derived from sources believed to be reliable, but Latin Capital Market can not guarantee its accuracy and completeness, and that of the opinions based thereon. Data is provided directly from the companies, via Infinancials, as well as other third-party data providers. The information contained in this report is for informational purposes only and does not specifically address individual investment and risk objectives. Under no circumstances is it to be construed as an offer to sell or a solicitation to buy any security. *From 10/8/2008-1/6/2012. The results in these portfolios are based on the tracking portfolio maintained at foliofn.com, an independent firm. If you would like to see the results on this platform Click here to signup for a free tracking account.