Timothy Sykes

Produces DVDs and runs active web site and financial blog
Author of several books
Works full time on his investment activity
Personal Information
Education
Tulane University
Qualifications
BA Philosophy
Date of Birth
April 15, 1981
Job Title
CEO, Investimonials
Industry
Publishing
Investment Experience
10+ years

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Identifies price movements of small cap stocks that are susceptible to unusual short term price movements, resulting from media hype or investor exuberance. Will take a position into or against them. Short term contrarian model.

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INVESTOR
Inception date
Risk Score
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Asset class
Cap. bias
Long/Short
Current holdings 1
Avg. trades per month
Latest trade TPL
Subscribers

Performance and Risk

Performance Summary (as at end of )
Manager*
S&P 500
1M 3M YTD 1Y SI
Inception Manager* S&P 500 Avg. Sub.
Month to date (%)
1 month (%)
3 month (%)
1 year (%)
Annualized since inception (%) ? ? ?
Since inception (%) n/a
Sharpe (since inception) n/a

* Includes trades that fail Covestor Trading Rules

Past performance is not indicative of future performance

Strategy

Summary

Small cap stocks (where low volumes of the stock are available) are susceptible to unusual short term price movements, resulting from media hype or investor exuberance. By screening for tell tale chart patterns, the model identifies these price movements that have no fundamental basis, and takes a position into or against them. Short term contrarian model looking for unsubstantiated movement in low cap stocks.

Asset Allocation

Top Holdings (excluding cash) (as at end of )
Symbol Security Allocation(%)
TPL TEXAS PACIFIC LAND TRUST n/a
  Top holdings total (excluding cash) 0.00%
  Cash 100.00%
  Total number of holdings 1

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Investment Report

December 2009

The account took advantage of pricing inefficiencies created by the strong bull market, hyped up carcass company penny stocks and the multitude of gullible penny stock suckers. This will be the same exact monthly summary each and every month because this is my strategy and I don't care about BS economic guessing games or coin-toss-like stock picking games.

History

Monthly Performance (%)
Month Return Avg. Sub. Risk Performance

Transactions

Latest Transactions (as at end of )
Executed Symbol Security Type Price
August 31, 2010 TPL TEXAS PACIFIC LAND TRUST Sell short $30.10
August 24, 2010 CALL VOCALTEC COMMUNICATIONS LTD Buy to cover $34.21
August 23, 2010 CALL VOCALTEC COMMUNICATIONS LTD Sell short $35.96
August 13, 2010 VRML Vermillion, Inc. Buy to cover $7.09
August 13, 2010 VRML Vermillion, Inc. Buy to cover $7.06
August 12, 2010 VRML Vermillion, Inc. Sell short $7.43
August 10, 2010 BTN BALLANTYNE STRONG INC Sell $9.33
August 09, 2010 BTN BALLANTYNE STRONG INC Buy $8.90

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