They say “If you can’t celebrate your success, then what can you celebrate?” Right? Surely this has been said by good ol’ “they”?
Well, it’s happy days around Fool HQ these days and even though the .ca site is based north of the border, this joy has managed to permeate the 49th parallel.
We’ll keep it brief but, the reason for the elevated level of happiness is that the Hulbert Financial Digest recently ranked the performance of 200-plus investment-advisory services over the last five years (ending June 30).
Topping those 200-plus, Motley Fool services ranked 1, 2, and 3:
Sorry, proponents of technical analysis, market timing, and day trading… this is one more bit of evidence favoring long-term, fundamentals-based, buy-to-hold investing. That’s the kind of investing the masters of investing use (see Warren Buffett, Peter Lynch, Philip Fisher, and Ben Graham) and it’s the kind of investing we do here at the Motley Fool.
To read Mark Hulbert’s full write-up, click either of these links:
The Wall Street Journal (may require subscription)
Thanks for reading, and Fool on!
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