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Investorside Research Association Announces 2008 Leadership Awards |
10/28/2008 |
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INVESTORSIDE EXCELLENCE AWARD |
10/15/2008 |
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On October 21st 2008, the investment Research Industry gathered at the annual Investorside Research Association Member Conference (www.investorside.org).
For the first time TRADING CENTRAL received an Industry Award, the INVESTORSIDE EXCELLENCE AWARD, voted by the Executive Board of the Association.
The award was granted in recognition for TRADING CENTRAL ’s profitable and consistent PERFORMANCE - in particular for having achieved the number 1 spot on one of the INVESTARS list repeatedly over the last 12 months.*
We are very proud of this recognition which further validates the strength of TRADING CENTRAL‘s proprietary models. TRADING CENTRAL once again confirms its status as the leading force in the field of Behavioral, Statistical and Technical Research.
* In October 2008 TRADING CENTRAL ranks Number 2 Best Performing Research, measured by Long and Short Positions, over a 1 year trailing period (October 12, 2007 - October 11, 2008), amongst 46 research brokers covering 100-499 US stocks (all data available on www.investars.com). TRADING CENTRAL reached number 1 during a few weeks late 2007 and early 2008 on a 2 year portfolio measured by long only positions.
To view this ranking please click on the link below: Investars.com
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NUMBER 2 INVESTARS RANKING |
10/15/2008 |
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In October 2008 TRADING CENTRAL ranks Number 2 Best Performing Research, measured by Long and Short Positions, over a 1 year trailing period (October 12, 2007 - October 11, 2008), amongst 46 research brokers covering 100-499 US stocks (all data available on www.investars.com).
To view the ranking please click on the link below:
Investars.com
INVESTARS is the leading research performance rating agency. INVESTARS identifies the best research firms based on analysis of buy, sell and hold recommendations.
A total 146 firms participate in the INVESTARS rankings including Top Fundamental Research firms like Merrill Lynch, JP Morgan and Goldman Sachs and top quantitative firms like TheStreet.com Ratings, Columbine Capital and Ford Equity Research.
INVESTARS reports lets you see how each firm stacks up against the others according to the spread between their buy and sell ratings for all stocks covered by each firm across a selected date range.
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NUMBER 1 INTEGRITY RESEARCH RANKING |
10/15/2008 |
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In October 2008 TRADING CENTRAL is the BEST Performing Research Firm in terms of “Batting Average” amongst US research brokers and alternative providers. A batting average indicates the percentage of times a research providers’ recommendations resulted in the stock moving in the intended direction.
TRADING CENTRAL overall Batting Average (success rate) is 58% measured by both Long and Short positions on US equities over a 1 year trailing period (October 12, 2007 - October 11, 2008).
The Short positions Batting Average reached 89% over the last 12 months’ bear market; further confirming the strength of TRADING CENTRAL‘s proprietary models.
To view the ranking please click on the link below:
Batting Averages
Perhaps somewhat indicative of the current market environment, only 19 firms out of 146 had batting averages above 50%.
Integrity Research Associates is the only firm which tracks the entire research industry, including non-traditional research, boutiques and research-related data, software and analytics.
Integrity Research Associates cover primary research firms and other alternative research firms which offer the most unique investment insights. Every quarter Integrity Research Associates compiles and interprets performance data from Investars.com.
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