Van Meerten Stock Picks

About the Van Meerten New High Fund:
Jim Van Meerten is the carpenter and Barchart is the tool.  As of 8/1/2016 a slight change was made to this portfolio.  I will now sort the New High stocks first for the most frequent number of new hihgs in the last month, then again for technical buy signals of 80% or more.  I'll use the Flipchart feature to review the charts to eliminate outliers.  Stocks will stay in the portfolio as long as they have positive momentum.

Marketocracy Honors -- Marketocracy evaluates over 100,000 model portfolios.

Honor #1 -They evaluated the top 50 mutual funds for the period ended 12/31/2011 and determined that the Barchart - Jim Van Meerten New High portfolio (VMNHI) actually beat all but 3 of the top 50 mutual funds for that period.  The portfolio would have been ranked #4 just ahead of the Delaware Pooled Trust Focus Small Mid Cap Growth Equity Fund (DCGTX) a fund ranked as a 5 star 5 year fund by Morningstar.

Honor #2 - Marketocracy evaluated over 100,000 portfolios and determined that for the 5 year period ending 12/30/2011 the Barchart - Jim Van Meerten New High Portfolio was ranked #39 for total return.

About the Van Meerten Special Fund:
Jim Van Meerten shows you how to use Barchart to improve your portfolio's performance.   This fund will hold 12-20 stocks from the Russell 1000 Index that have had the most frequent number of new highs in the last month and technical buy signlas of 80% or more.  The fund tests the theory that in the long run large cap, high quality stocks have the best total return.

Marketocracy Honors - After evaluating over 100,000 model portfolios Marketocracy has added the Barchart Van Meerten Speculatrive Fund to their M100 Funds.  Per their press release: " m100 members have proven long term track records, and serve as the ambassadors of our top performing members. We have thousands of excellent investors who are beating the market, but only 100 make this list at any given time."

Daily Stock Picks will contain added content beyond just our 2 model portfolios.  We will have articles about additional stocks you might want to consider for your portfolio, editorials about current events and stock market commentary.

In addition, there will be a listing of the Value Line Arithmetic Index. Russell 3000 Index, and various indexed ETF's  You can use that list to see where you money should be positioned