Performance
Linde Equity Report: May 3, 2000 to February 3, 2012
Number of stock recommendations: 141
Annualized average price gain: 21.5%
Average share price gain: 20.1%
Average holding period: 11.2 months
S&P 500 on May 3, 2000: 1,415
S&P 500 on February 3, 2012: 1,345
Ranked #3 in North America for the 5 year period ending December 31, 2010
The Linde Equity Report ranked as North America's 3rd best performing stock newsletter for the 5 year period ending
December 31, 2010 with a 16.9% annualized return according to the Hulbert Financial Digest.
Ranked #1 in North America from September 30, 2007 to September 30, 2010
The Linde Equity Report ranked as North America's top performing stock newsletter for the 3 year period ending
September 30, 2010 with a 12.0% annualized return according to the Hulbert Financial Digest.
Ranked #2 in North America from 2007 to 2009
The Linde Equity Report ranked as North America's 2nd best performing stock newsletter for the 3 year period ending
December 31, 2009 with a 13.6% annualized return according to the Hulbert Financial Digest.
Ranked #5 in North America in 2007
The Linde Equity Report ranked as North America's 5th best performing stock newsletter in 2007 with a 45.4% annual return according to the Hulbert Financial Digest.
Ranked #2 in Canada in 2003
The Linde Equity Report ranked as Canada's #2 performing stock newsletter in 2003 with a 48.7% annual return according to the Hulbert Financial Digest.
CBS MarketWatch Ranking - 'Top 10'
On September 10, 2002, CBS MarketWatch ranked the Linde Equity Report as one of the 'Top 10' best performing investment newsletters in North America since September 30, 2001. As part of a one year commemoration article that recognized the best performing newsletters since the tragic events of September 11, 2001, the Linde Equity Report landed in the 'Top 10' with a 21.6% return.
Performance Verification
*The Hulbert Financial Digest is North America's authority on investment newsletter performance and evaluation. The Hulbert Financial Digest is a service of MarketWatch from Dow Jones.