Motley Fool Performance February 2015

Motley Fool Performance February 2015 5.00 / 5 (100.00%) 2 votes

Here are the latest performance stats for all the Motley Fool services, since their inception. The returns are calculated using the official methodology of each of the services, per the Motley Fool site.

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Rising Tides Lift All Fools

February was a good month for the markets with the S&P 500 up 5.5% and the Russell 2000 up 5.8%. Not surprisingly, most of the Motley Fool services are up as well. Supernova Phoenix, the Everlasting Portfolio, and Stock Advisor are the biggest monthly gainers, with Stock Advisor closing in on the 200% outperformance mark.

On the downside, the usual suspects of Special Ops and MDP Deep Value continue their slide vs. the S&P, and even MDP is at its worst relative performance in the last year, even as it tries to relaunch itself with new advisors and a new strategy.

Income Investor, the dividend focused service, is also down significantly in the last few months, a surprising trend given its usual steady performance. But they have a lot of exposure to the energy sector and in particular the oil industry, and with the recent plunge in oil prices, stock prices for companies in that sector have been hammered. It goes to show what can happen even when taking a generally conservative investing approach, and the importance of diversifying your exposure across different industries.

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