Sneak Peek: The Top 5 Portfolio

allocating equal portions of the portfolio to the Top 5 positions. Returns after 1/1/2008 through 9/30/2008 are hypothetical implementation of trading alerts based on actual transactions made by the editor in other live newsletter portfolios and are before commission costs. The results after 9/30/08 are hypothetical implementation of portfolio strategy based on the editor's published trading alerts. Hypothetical returns do not reflect actual trading. Please note that hypothetical test results do not take into account market conditions which could adversely affect management decisions.

Investments in equities carry an inherent element of risk including the potential for significant loss of principal. Past performance is not an indication of future results.

Index returns are price only and do not include the reinvestment of dividends. The S&P 500 is a stock market index containing the stocks of 500 large-cap corporations, most of which are US companies. The index is the most notable of the many indices owned and maintained by Standard & Poor's, a division of McGraw-Hill. S&P 500 is used in reference not only to the index but also to the 500 companies that have their common stock included in the index.