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 MARKETTREND Advisors Investment Services

MARKETTREND Advisors is a full service investment advisory firm serving individual investors and Registered Investment Advisors. Clients have separately managed accounts and grant authorization to enable discretionary transactions. MARKETTREND Advisors' professional money managers will work with you to identify an appropriate asset allocation model for your portfolio and choose a set of investment strategies that best matches your financial objectives and desired risk level.

The key tenets of our investment philosophy are:

  • Seek to preserve capital and minimize risk in all strategies
  • Grow your assets long term under all market conditions
  • Keep costs low to maximize your profits and wealth

The rapid expansion of exchange-traded funds (ETFs) provides many critical advantages that we leverage in our unique strategies. ETFs greatly expand available international and sector investment choices and asset classes for investment portfolios of all sizes. ETFs enable lower costs and can be traded throughout the day the same as individual stocks. Finally, and most critical to our strategies, leveraged and inverse (short) ETFs enable us to efficiently add and subtract leverage, hedge other holdings, and make short investments, even in IRA accounts, all for the same transaction costs as individual stock trades. ETFs are the most significant addition to the investment landscape in decades and are central to our investment strategies.

We offer six primary investment strategies and will recommend a combination of strategies tailored specifically to your investment goals.

Our strategies can be combined into a customized Asset Allocation Portfolio that meets your investment objectives. Each strategy requires its own, separate account. We offer investment services to suit every need, from the most conservative strategy to the most aggressive. We look forward to working with you to meet your investment needs.

MTA Index Investment Service
Our MTA Index Investment Service employs a trend-following strategy utilizing proprietary "buy" and "sell" signals applied to broad U.S. market index ETFs. The principal goal of these signal-driven investments is to capitalize on rising markets while avoiding losses during declining markets. This investment philosophy is at the core of all client portfolios. We advocate at least 50% of your assets be placed in a trend-following strategy as a way to provide portfolio protection during declining markets.

Nasdaq Composite Index Trends, 2005-2008 (as of 2/12/2008)

As seen in the "buy" and "sell" signals depicted in the chart above, we want to participate in all meaningful market moves, in either direction. The proprietary TimingCube model, which is one of our key investment inputs, does not seek to find the absolute tops or bottoms - no one can do so reliably and consistently - but aids us to identify changes in the broad market trend. Backtested to the beginning of 1989, a 19-year period, the TimingCube model delivers a record of outstanding performance, correctly identifying the underlying trend of the market a phenomenal 72.4% of the time.

To learn more about our trend-following philosophy and investing style, please sign up to get our FREE REPORT.

To request actual performance data, please call 512-255-8722 or send an e-mail to info@markettrendadvisors.com.

Fees Schedule for the MTA Index Investing Service:

  • Fees are 1.5% per annum of the first $3 million under management, payable monthly
  • For accounts greater than $3 million, the management fee is 1.25%
  • Minimum annual fee is $1,000
  • No minimum account size

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MTA World Index Investment Service
The MTA World Index Investment Service is similar to our MTA Index strategy except that it employs country-specific investments during rising markets and shorting broad market ETFs in down markets. Over time the relative strength of world markets changes as former leaders slow down and new ones emerge.

This aggressive strategy seeks to have us invested in the 5 strongest world markets by building a diversified portfolio from the international indexes with the highest relative strength. Portfolios following this strategy are rebalanced every 4 weeks in up trends and during down trends will go to cash or short the Nasdaq 100. The MTA World Index strategy targets capital protection in down-trending markets and above-market gains in up-trending markets. The volatility of this strategy is not suitable for conservative investors. The portfolio positions as of January 2008, as an example, are shown below:

ETF Name
Region/Sector
Ticker
iShares MSCI Hong Kong Index
Asia
EWH
iShares MSCI Malaysia Index
Asia
EWM
iShares MSCI South Korea Index
Asia
EWY
iShares MSCI Brazil Index
Latin America
EWZ
iShares MSCI India Index
Asia
INP


To request actual performance data, please call 512-255-8722 or send an e-mail to info@markettrendadvisors.com.

Fees Schedule for the MTA World Index Investment Service:

  • Fees are 2% per annum of the first $3 million under management, payable monthly
  • For accounts greater than $3 million, the management fee is 1.75%
  • Minimum annual fee is $2,000
  • Minimum account size is $50,000

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MTA Momentum Investment Service
The MTA Momentum Investment Service is a long-only strategy that invests in 5 of the strongest performing geographic and sector ETFs selected on their relative strength. It is based on the premise that the relative strength of geographic markets and sectors changes as former leaders slow down and new ones emerge. Positions are rebalanced monthly to take advantage of those changes in capital flows and to focus assets on areas of market leadership. Portfolios following the MTA Momentum Investment Service may invest in defensive asset classes such as bonds, commodities or currencies in declining equity markets.

This aggressive strategy seeks to deliver above-market returns over multi-year time frames in all market conditions. Due to the concentrated portfolio structure and frequency of trading, this strategy can be volatile and is not suitable for conservative investors. The portfolio positions as of January 2008, as an example, are shown below:

ETF Name
Region/Sector
Ticker
PowerShares DB Commodity Index
Commodities
DBC
iShares MSCI Brazil Index
Latin America
EWZ
iShares FTSE/Xinhua China
Asia
FXI
StreetTracks Gold Trust Gold Shares
Precious Metals
GLD
iShares MSCI Latin America Index
Latin America
ILF


To request actual performance data, please call 512-255-8722 or send an e-mail to info@markettrendadvisors.com.

Fees Schedule for the MTA Momentum Investment Service:

  • Fees are 2% per annum of the first $3 million under management, payable monthly
  • For accounts greater than $3 million, the management fee is 1.75%
  • Minimum annual fee is $2,000
  • Minimum account size is $50,000

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MTA Sector Investment Service
The MTA Sector Investment Service is similar to our MTA Momentum strategy in that it uses industry sector and geographic ETFs. However, this is a moderate strategy building a diversified portfolio through investment in 10 of the strongest performing geographic and industry sector ETFs. The portfolio positions are rebalanced quarterly and reviewed monthly for potential changes and to identify sectors that are emerging as strong performers. Portfolios following the MTA Sector Investment Service may hold bond funds, cash, or short positions in declining markets.

The MTA Sector Investment Service is a moderate risk strategy and seeks a favorable risk/reward balance under all market conditions.

To request actual performance data, please call 512-255-8722 or send an e-mail to info@markettrendadvisors.com.

Fees Schedule for the MTA Sector Investment Service:
  • Fees are 1.5% per annum of the first $3 million under management, payable monthly
  • For accounts greater than $3 million, the management fee is 1.25%
  • Minimum annual fee is $1,000
  • No minimum account size

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MTA Guru Portfolio Investment Service
Our MTA Guru Portfolio Investment Service is an aggressive strategy that uses a series of proprietary models to identify the best value and growth stocks. We build a portfolio of 10 outstanding stocks identified by these models. We review and rebalance this portfolio each month to make sure we are capturing the "best of the best" - the stocks with the greatest fundamentals and near-term upside potential. The MTA Guru Portfolio will typically include 10 equal-weighted positions.

This is a great strategy for investors who like to own individual stocks, and want the action and performance that comes with frequently rotating through some of the best stocks the market has to offer. It is a pure stock-picking strategy that remains fully invested almost all of the time. This is a volatile strategy and is only suitable for aggressive investors.

Fees Schedule for the MTA Guru Portfolio Investment Service:

  • Fees are 2% per annum of the first $3 million under management, payable monthly
  • For accounts greater than $3 million, the management fee is 1.75%
  • Minimum annual fee is $2,000
  • Minimum account size is $50,000

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MTA Blend Investment Service
The MTA Blend Investment Service offers one-stop shopping for a moderate mixture of all of our strategies and then some. MTA Blend seeks to build a portfolio that offers above-market returns with contained long-term risk. This strategy focuses on core long positions but may hold short positions for protection of capital in down-trending markets. This strategy is actively managed by our Chief Investment Officer, Don Lansing, who exercises full portfolio discretion. There is no mechanical model, no set rebalance period, just an effort to provide solid, consistent returns while keeping long-term market risks in check. The total portfolio typically carries 5-10 positions.

The MTA Blend Investment Service is a dynamic portfolio that can be altered depending on your investment objectives.

To request actual performance data, please call 512-255-8722 or send an e-mail to info@markettrendadvisors.com.

Fees Schedule for the MTA Blend Investment Service:
  • Fees are 1.5% per annum of the first $3 million under management, payable monthly
  • For accounts greater than $3 million, the management fee is 1.25%
  • Minimum annual fee is $1,000
  • No minimum account size

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Recommended reading:
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MTA Investment Services Investment Services
  A 2-page summary of our services, fees and contact information.

MTA SEC Form ADV S.E.C. Form ADV, Part II, Disclosure
  This document, required by the SEC, outlines our firm, its strategies, and related pertinent information.

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