 :: Everyone dreams of beating the markets. Books have been written on the subject, movies have been made on the theme, and a plethora of newsletters and investment tip sheets are available to would-be investors.
Unfortunately, in real life very few people seem able to achieve the dream of beating the market. Instead they end up entrusting their savings to fund managers in exotic locations, bank deposit accounts that pay frighteningly low rates of interest, or traditional forms of ´safe´ investment and with paltry, if any, returns. Unfortunately, when traditional investment policies mature investors frequently receive back less than they originally put in.
All that has now changed. I recently interviewed Kevin Scott of Scott Trade Associates who has managed a trading fund for private clients over a number of years and has achieved awesome returns on a regular basis. What impressed me about Kevin was that he trades with his own money as well as his clients. He will only place a trade for clients that he has made for himself personally. In other words Kevin backs his own judgments in the market at the same time as he trades on behalf of his rapidly growing base of satisfied clients.
Many investors would love to know the same information that the City elite are privy to behind the heavy, closed mahogany doors of merchant bank boardrooms or the whiz kids trading in modern dealing rooms. The real knowledge that so few seem to have access to. What’s happening in the stock market and more importantly what’s going to happen? To help him understand short term market movements Kevin has invested in an army of useful weapons – the very latest state of the art technology is at his disposal enabling him to see at a glance who is waiting to buy or sell a stock, in which quantity and at what price on a real time.
“When I go and see a potential client for a presentation, I always take my laptop with me. I am wired in to the latest in-depth market technology, and I am always amazed to see my client’s jaw drop when they see just how much stock market information is available to me. Trying to trade these days from the morning papers with yesterday’s prices in simply won’t wash with me,” says Kevin.
This access to direct market and price information combined with his knowledge of market fundamentals and technical analysis keeps his finger on the pulse of the equity markets and allows him to make the trades that are necessary to achieve the results for his clients. And very impressive results they are too, properly audited and displayed on their website.
I recently spoke to one of Scott Trade’s growing band of clients in Spain.
Peter Lawrence has been living in Spain for many years and is captain of Mijas Golf and runs their interclub golf matches.
“I put my money to work trading with Scott Trade after having had a very disappointing time with the Premier Low Risk Fund, this gave me hardly any returns and when I wanted to remove my money I found it would be worth 35 per cent less than the original amount I paid in."
“Scott Trade has been trading for me since October 2006. I have had regular payments which although vary wildly add up to a return of around 35 per cent a year. The best thing is that you don’t have to wait till the year end to get income, as profits occur they get passed back to your account on a regular basis leaving the original investment intact.”
In the investment jungle of lack of regulation in Spain it is also very important to point out that all Scott Trade activity happens in the UK through fully FSA regulated accounts.
Trading in this style of fund is not for everyone as Kevin is at pains to point out. Obviously there is an element of risk attached. But the returns are so consistent and impressive that it is not surprising that Kevin’s client base is expanding very rapidly indeed - not just in the UK but now in Spain as well. ::
By David Wilson
Kevin Scott can be
reached in Spain
on 690026754 or in London on 0044 (0)207 610 5249.
E-Mail: ks@scotttrade.co.uk. www.scotttrade.co.uk :: |
