- Are Japanese Auto Stocks Set To Drive Higher?
- Take The Fear Out Of Buying Big Gaps $AAPL
- Dr. Chris Kacher Will Appear As Guest Host On CNBC Europe Today At 4pm London Time (11am New York)
- Dr. Chris Kacher Will Be Appearing On Television This Wednesday March 6 At 4:10pm London Time (11:10am New York) On CNBC Europe To Discuss How Politics Affects The U.S. Markets
- Can Google Come Up With A New 'Killer App' To Drive A Higher Stock Price?
Dr. Chris Kacher and Gil Morales
Dr. Chris Kacher and Gil Morales
Send Message
Dr. Chris Kacher and Gil Morales
Stop FollowingDr. Chris Kacher and Gil Morales
ABOUT
Dr. Chris Kacher & Gil Morales
www.VirtueofSelfishInvesting.com
Results:
March 12, 2009 (the day we started tracking 3-times ETFs TYH and TNA) to February 27, 2012 (present day), the Market Direction Model has performed as follows:
NASDAQ Composite: +97.47%
TNA (3-times Russell 1000 Technology): +528%
TYH (3-times Russell 2000): +565%
2011 market timing results: +35.0%
2010 market timing results: +83.8%
2009 market timing results: +118.3%
2008 market timing results: +38.8% using no leverage
Note, the returns shown above do not represent the performance of an actual portfolio. Any results that are not verified/audited ...More are are hypothetical based on taking a 100% position in the respective instrument whenever the model switches to a buy or a sell signal, and 100% cash when the model switches to neutral.
Dr. Chris Kacher
Managing Director
MoKa Investors, LLC
Virtue of Selfish Investing, LLC
In 1995, Dr. Kacher operated one of the first Internet-based stock advisory services. He then went on to generate triple digit percentage returns for six years in a row during the 1995-2000 period before moving to cash for most of the 2000-2002 bear market, one of the worst in history. From 1996-2001, Dr. Kacher served as chief research analyst for William O'Neil + Company, the New York Stock Exchange member firm, institutional research provider, and publisher of Investor's Business Daily newspaper. During this period, William O'Neil hand-picked Dr. Kacher to manage a portion of the firm's proprietary capital, whereupon Dr. Kacher became a top internal portfolio manager at the company.
Dr. Kacher received his B.S. in Chemistry and Ph.D. in Nuclear Physics from University of California at Berkeley, where he co-discovered Element 110 on the Periodic Table of Elements and confirmed the existence of Element 106 for which his team named Seaborgium after Dr. Glenn Seaborg, the inventor of plutonium, who supervised Dr. Kacher's work as a doctoral student at UC Berkeley.
Musically gifted, Dr. Kacher was classically trained on the piano beginning at age 3, composing his first song at age 5 which he called "Night Fog," and performing as a concert pianist from ages 5 to 12 in high-profile cities in the US and Japan. He released his debut CD comprised of 21 original piano compositions in 2009.
He, together with Gil Morales, recently co-authored the book, "Trade Like An O'Neil Disciple: How We Made 18,000% in the Stock Market", published by John Wiley & Sons in 2010. He also contributed to the book, "Wiley Trading Guide, Volume II", published in 2011.
In the 1996 to 2002 period, Dr. Kacher achieved in his personal account a total return in excess of 18,000%, as verified by KPMG, the Big Four auditor here: http://www.virtueofselfishinvesting.com/pdf/Chris-Kacher-KPMG-verification-letter.pdf
Dr. Kacher is also currently a principal and Managing Director of MoKa Investors, LLC and Virtue of Selfish Investing, LLC, www.virtueofselfishinvesting.com. He currently manages money for qualified investors through each of those firms, and is a frequent guest and commentator on MarketWatch.com, TownHall.com, CBS host Andy Giersher's Portfolio Doctor, and CNN News Radio's Wall Street Shuffle, among other venues. In 2010, Dr. Kacher published "Trade Like an O'Neil Disciple - How We Made 18,000% in the Stock Market" (John Wiley & Sons) with his colleague and former O'Neil internal portfolio manager Mr. Gil Morales. He and Mr. Morales are currently writing a second book to be published by John Wiley & Sons, Inc. in summer of 2012.
Gil Morales
Managing Director
MoKa Investors, LLC
Virtue of Selfish Investing, LLC
Mr. Morales began his investment career in 1991 as a stockbroker in the Beverly Hills branch of Merrill Lynch. In 1994 he joined PaineWebber, Inc. where he quickly achieved Chairman's Club status as a top producer. In 1997, William O'Neil personally recruited Mr. Morales to join William O'Neil + Company, Inc. where he spent the next eight years as a Vice-President, internal Portfolio Manager responsible for managing a portion of the firm's proprietary assets, and Manager of the O'Neil Institutional Services group responsible for advising over 500 of the largest and most successful institutional investors in the world, including mutual fund, pension fund, and hedge fund clients. Mr. Morales also co-authored with William J. O'Neil a book on short-selling, "How to Make Money Selling Stocks Short," published by John Wiley & Sons in 2004. In 2004, Mr. Morales was appointed Chief Market Strategist for William O'Neil + Company, Inc.
He, together with Chris Kacher, recently co-authored the book, "Trade Like An O'Neil Disciple: How We Made 18,000% in the Stock Market", published by John Wiley & Sons in 2010. He also contributed to the book, "Wiley Trading Guide, Volume II", published in 2011.
In the period from January 1, 1998 to December 31, 2005, Mr. Morales achieved in his personal account a total return of 10,904.25% as audited by Rothstein Kass & Company, a hedge fund auditing firm <click here>. Applying a standard hedge fund 2%/20% fee structure to this return would yield a pro forma return of 5,572.04%, net of fees. Mr. Morales received his B.A. in economics from Stanford University.
Mr. Morales is also currently a principal and Managing Director of MoKa Investors, LLC and Virtue of Selfish Investing, LLC, www.virtueofselfishinvesting.com. He currently manages money for qualified investors through each of those firms, and is a frequent guest and commentator on Fox Business News, MarketWatch.com, and CNN News Radio's Wall Street Shuffle and Opening Bell shows, among other venues. In 2010, Mr. Morales published "Trade Like an O'Neil Disciple - How We Made 18,000% in the Stock Market" (John Wiley & Sons) with his colleague and former O'Neil internal portfolio manager Dr. Chris Kacher. He and Dr. Kacher are currently writing a second book to be published by John Wiley & Sons, Inc. in summer of 2012.
www.VirtueofSelfishInvesting.com
Results:
March 12, 2009 (the day we started tracking 3-times ETFs TYH and TNA) to February 27, 2012 (present day), the Market Direction Model has performed as follows:
NASDAQ Composite: +97.47%
TNA (3-times Russell 1000 Technology): +528%
TYH (3-times Russell 2000): +565%
2011 market timing results: +35.0%
2010 market timing results: +83.8%
2009 market timing results: +118.3%
2008 market timing results: +38.8% using no leverage
Note, the returns shown above do not represent the performance of an actual portfolio. Any results that are not verified/audited ...More are are hypothetical based on taking a 100% position in the respective instrument whenever the model switches to a buy or a sell signal, and 100% cash when the model switches to neutral.
Dr. Chris Kacher
Managing Director
MoKa Investors, LLC
Virtue of Selfish Investing, LLC
In 1995, Dr. Kacher operated one of the first Internet-based stock advisory services. He then went on to generate triple digit percentage returns for six years in a row during the 1995-2000 period before moving to cash for most of the 2000-2002 bear market, one of the worst in history. From 1996-2001, Dr. Kacher served as chief research analyst for William O'Neil + Company, the New York Stock Exchange member firm, institutional research provider, and publisher of Investor's Business Daily newspaper. During this period, William O'Neil hand-picked Dr. Kacher to manage a portion of the firm's proprietary capital, whereupon Dr. Kacher became a top internal portfolio manager at the company.
Dr. Kacher received his B.S. in Chemistry and Ph.D. in Nuclear Physics from University of California at Berkeley, where he co-discovered Element 110 on the Periodic Table of Elements and confirmed the existence of Element 106 for which his team named Seaborgium after Dr. Glenn Seaborg, the inventor of plutonium, who supervised Dr. Kacher's work as a doctoral student at UC Berkeley.
Musically gifted, Dr. Kacher was classically trained on the piano beginning at age 3, composing his first song at age 5 which he called "Night Fog," and performing as a concert pianist from ages 5 to 12 in high-profile cities in the US and Japan. He released his debut CD comprised of 21 original piano compositions in 2009.
He, together with Gil Morales, recently co-authored the book, "Trade Like An O'Neil Disciple: How We Made 18,000% in the Stock Market", published by John Wiley & Sons in 2010. He also contributed to the book, "Wiley Trading Guide, Volume II", published in 2011.
In the 1996 to 2002 period, Dr. Kacher achieved in his personal account a total return in excess of 18,000%, as verified by KPMG, the Big Four auditor here: http://www.virtueofselfishinvesting.com/pdf/Chris-Kacher-KPMG-verification-letter.pdf
Dr. Kacher is also currently a principal and Managing Director of MoKa Investors, LLC and Virtue of Selfish Investing, LLC, www.virtueofselfishinvesting.com. He currently manages money for qualified investors through each of those firms, and is a frequent guest and commentator on MarketWatch.com, TownHall.com, CBS host Andy Giersher's Portfolio Doctor, and CNN News Radio's Wall Street Shuffle, among other venues. In 2010, Dr. Kacher published "Trade Like an O'Neil Disciple - How We Made 18,000% in the Stock Market" (John Wiley & Sons) with his colleague and former O'Neil internal portfolio manager Mr. Gil Morales. He and Mr. Morales are currently writing a second book to be published by John Wiley & Sons, Inc. in summer of 2012.
Gil Morales
Managing Director
MoKa Investors, LLC
Virtue of Selfish Investing, LLC
Mr. Morales began his investment career in 1991 as a stockbroker in the Beverly Hills branch of Merrill Lynch. In 1994 he joined PaineWebber, Inc. where he quickly achieved Chairman's Club status as a top producer. In 1997, William O'Neil personally recruited Mr. Morales to join William O'Neil + Company, Inc. where he spent the next eight years as a Vice-President, internal Portfolio Manager responsible for managing a portion of the firm's proprietary assets, and Manager of the O'Neil Institutional Services group responsible for advising over 500 of the largest and most successful institutional investors in the world, including mutual fund, pension fund, and hedge fund clients. Mr. Morales also co-authored with William J. O'Neil a book on short-selling, "How to Make Money Selling Stocks Short," published by John Wiley & Sons in 2004. In 2004, Mr. Morales was appointed Chief Market Strategist for William O'Neil + Company, Inc.
He, together with Chris Kacher, recently co-authored the book, "Trade Like An O'Neil Disciple: How We Made 18,000% in the Stock Market", published by John Wiley & Sons in 2010. He also contributed to the book, "Wiley Trading Guide, Volume II", published in 2011.
In the period from January 1, 1998 to December 31, 2005, Mr. Morales achieved in his personal account a total return of 10,904.25% as audited by Rothstein Kass & Company, a hedge fund auditing firm <click here>. Applying a standard hedge fund 2%/20% fee structure to this return would yield a pro forma return of 5,572.04%, net of fees. Mr. Morales received his B.A. in economics from Stanford University.
Mr. Morales is also currently a principal and Managing Director of MoKa Investors, LLC and Virtue of Selfish Investing, LLC, www.virtueofselfishinvesting.com. He currently manages money for qualified investors through each of those firms, and is a frequent guest and commentator on Fox Business News, MarketWatch.com, and CNN News Radio's Wall Street Shuffle and Opening Bell shows, among other venues. In 2010, Mr. Morales published "Trade Like an O'Neil Disciple - How We Made 18,000% in the Stock Market" (John Wiley & Sons) with his colleague and former O'Neil internal portfolio manager Dr. Chris Kacher. He and Dr. Kacher are currently writing a second book to be published by John Wiley & Sons, Inc. in summer of 2012.
SNAPSHOT
- Description: Hedge fund manager. Trading frequency: Weekly
- Interests: ETFs, Stocks - long, Stocks - short, Tech stocks
COMPANY
BLOG
The Stock Market Blog
www.VirtueOfSelfishInvesting.com has scored these astounding returns:
2011 stock market timing results: +68.5% (as of September 6, 2011),
2010 stock market timing results: +83.8%,
2009 stock market timing results: +118.3%,
2008 stock market timing results: +38.8% using no leverage.
Run by two market ...More
timing pros.
# Dr. Chris Kacher used his stock market timing model to help generate a return of +18,241.2% in the stock market over 7 years as verified by big four auditor KPMG.
# In 2008, Dr. Kacher's stock market timing model was up +38.8% using no leverage. In 2009, Dr. Kacher's market timing model was up +118.3% using the 3x ETF TYH (see FAQs).
# Risk is limited by way of the stock market timing model's fail-safes. The worst drawdown in the model's 35+ year run was -15.7% vs. the NASDAQ Composite which was -78.4%.
Book
Trade Like an O’Neil Disciple: How We Made 18,000% in the Stock Market How is it that so many traders and investors lose money in the market, while others—like Gil Morales and Chris Kacher, authors of Trade Like an O’Neil Disciple: How We Made 18,000% in the stock market, have shown the ability to earn huge returns on investment? As Bill O’Neil himself says, “Human nature being ...More
what it is, 90% of the people in the stock market—professionals and amateurs alike—simply haven’t done enough homework.” And, if you invest in the market, you can expect that there will be a test involving your own money.
The result of years of observation and the subsequent application of the common sense rules learned, Trade Like an O’Neil Disciple details the small realities that make up the stock market, and includes the answers to the following questions:
•What makes Bill O'Neil the "world's greatest investor"?
•What have we learned from successful investing in the past, and what makes Bill O’Neill’s strategies a timeless, ongoing winning strategy?
•Why the emphasis on investor mistakes in the book?
•Do you use fundamentals or technicals in deciding what security or stock to buy?
•During the period of 2000-2002 when the NASDAQ lost nearly 80% , how did you make money?
•How can we be sure that making 18,000% over seven years is not just statistical aberration? Can two monkeys do as well at picking stocks?
•Which of your market strategies are profitable during both bull and bear markets? Is it true that trend following and price/volume action are undermined by high frequency traders and the like?
•What’s the advantage of buying stocks pivoting out of bases? How does it work?
•Are stocks too expensive to buy after they gap up?
•Is a base breakout strategy viable today, being that the bear markets of 2000-2002 made this type of strategy difficult?
•How do you overcome damaged investing psychology during challenging market environments?
Dr. Kacher, together with Gil Morales, recently launched www.VirtueOfSelfishInvesting.com, and founded MoKa Investors in 2010, a Registered Investment Adviser that manages money for wealthy individuals, trusts, and pensions.
LATEST STOCKTALK
more »
Latest Comments
more »
- Since 2001 (11 years ago), ... on Quantitative Easing Should Benefit Gold
- Optimize your trading psych... on www.VirtueOfSelfishInvesting.com LAUNCHES TODAY
- virtueofselfishinvesti... -... on www.VirtueOfSelfishInvesting.com LAUNCHES TODAY
- To imyoung, Chris Kacher he... on Interview With Dr. Christian Kacher (Part 1)
- Eighthman: go to virtueofse... on Interview With Dr. Christian Kacher (Part 1)
Latest comments on Dr. Chris Kacher and Gil Morales's Articles
LATEST ARTICLES & INSTAPOSTS
more »


