Mark Hulbert | |
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 Mark J. Hulbert in 2009 | |
| Born | 1955 (age 68–69) |
| Nationality | American |
| Alma mater | Haverford College University of Oxford |
| Occupation | Journalist for MarketWatch |
| Known for | Tracking the performance of investment newsletters |
| Website | hulbertratings |
Mark J. Hulbert (born 1955) is an American finance analyst, journalist, and author with a focus on expectations of stock market investment newsletters, contrarian investing, and quantitive or technical analysis.
Hulbert was born in Kansas in 1955. His father was a professor of botany at Kansas State University. [1] : p.57 Hulbert graduated in philosophy from Haverford College in 1977 and from the University of Oxford in 1979. [1] : p.57
In September 1980, with financing from James Davidson and William Bonner, Hulbert launched Hulbert Financial Digest, a publication that tracked the performance of investment newsletters from the perspective of actual subscribers, including the timing and specificity of the buy/sell information published in such newsletters.. It grew to 14,000 subscribers by 1985. [1] : p.58
In 1985, Hulbert won a libel suit filed by a publisher that ranked at the bottom of Hulbert's ratings. [2] [3]
By 1988, Hulbert was rating 125 newsletters based on specific, actionable buy/sell recommendations and risk-adjusted performance. He was based out of his townhouse on Capitol Hill. His digest received $600,000 in annual revenue and was spending $15,000-$20,000 on newsletter subscriptions. [4]
Hulbert also calculated how much of the newsletters' performance is due to picking stocks with good prospects and how much due to market timing. [5]
From 1998 through early 2010, Hulbert wrote a column on investment strategies published in the Sunday edition of The New York Times. [6]
In 2000, an annual subscription to Hulbert's publication cost $135. [7]
In April 2002, Hulbert sold the company that owned the digest and interactive website to MarketWatch. [8] Hulbert became an editor and writer of a column on MarketWatch. [9]
In March 2004, Hulbert launched Hulbert Interactive, a website for interactive research into investment newsletters and advisors. [10] [11]
In 2014, Hulbert announced that The Prudent Speculator, an investment newsletter edited by John Buckingham, had the best average annual return over the last 20 years of all newsletters, with an average annual return of 16.3%. [12]
In February 2016, the final issue of the newsletter was published, with Hulbert noting "In today’s world ... awash as it is in Big Data, [the newsletter] seems to be less needed. That, at least, is the judgment of the market." [13]
Hulbert continues to write columns for MarketWatch. [9]
The Hulbert Stock Newsletter Sentiment Index (HSNSI) "reflects the average recommended stock market exposure among a subset of short-term market timers tracked". HSNSI is a contrarian investing indicator: if it is high, he views the outlook for stocks as poor. Conversely, when it is low, his outlook is good. [14] The predictive power of the Index has been disputed by CXO Advisory Group. [15]
Hulbert admits that his newsletter has no value to a hypothetical emotionless investor: "Simply put, the odds are overwhelming that — over the long term — you will make more money by buying and holding an index fund." But real investors are "...unable to hold an index fund through a bear market, and by selling near the bottom they fail to realize ... [the] theoretical longterm potential." In contrast, he claims real investors are "...likely to make more money ... by following strategies that are statistically inferior ... but which are psychologically superior..." because the investor will follow their chosen advisor newsletter rigorously, which is preferable to buying an index fund but panic selling in a down market. [16] [17]
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