Performance Summary
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As of market close
February 22, 2012
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NorthStar StockCompass
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S&P 500 with dividends
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Russell 2000
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Total Return
since July 3, 2006
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+48.0%
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+19.4%
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+11.7%
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Annualized Return
since July 3, 2006
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+7.2%
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+3.2%
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+2.0%
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Year-to-Date
2012 Return
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+13.2%
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+8.1%
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+10.2%
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Weekly Market Review 
2006-2011 Performance
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NorthStar StockCompass
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S&P 500 with dividends
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Russell 2000
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2011 Total Return
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-15.1%
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+1.8%
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-5.5%
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2010 Total Return
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+23.9%
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+15.1%
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+25.3%
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2009 Total Return
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+14.1%
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+26.5%
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+25.2%
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2008 Total Return
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-18.0%
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-37.0%
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-34.8%
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2007 Total Return
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+11.7%
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+5.5%
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-2.8%
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2006 Total Return*
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+18.8%
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+11.9%
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+7.8%
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* Return based on the six-month period from live portfolio inception on 07/03/2006 through 12/31/2006.
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Figure Description:
The figure above presents our live-trading performance, as of February 22, 2012, relative to key market indices since inception (July 3, 2006). The vertical axes reflect the value of an initial investment of $10,000 in terms of dollars and percentage change. The chart is logarithmic, with vertical scale compressed to show changes in percentage terms. A rise from $5,000 to $6,000 takes the same space as a rise from $10,000 to $12,000, since both are 20% changes.
Additional Notes:
The NorthStar StockCompass performance reported here is based on an actual portfolio started on July 3, 2006. The portfolio is managed as if traded by a subscriber. Actual purchases and sells of stocks are made on Monday morning on the same day as the release of the weekly buy/sell/hold recommendations. The performance figures include bid-ask spreads and the re-investment of dividends and capital gains. These figures do not include the NorthStar StockCompass subscription fee ($499/yr) and trading fee ($290/yr at the brokerage FOLIOfn).
As the NorthStar StockCompass performance includes the re-investment of dividends, the fairest comparison to external benchmarks should also include dividends. The fundamental indices do not include the impact of dividends generated by component stocks; however, investors holding index-tracking instruments in mutual funds or ETFs do receive these dividends as mandated by the SEC. Dividend-adjusted index data are rarely reported due, in part, to the difficulty of obtaining these data. The S&P 500 index reported here includes the re-investment of dividends, whereas the Russell 2000 index does not due to the lack of available data.
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