V2 Leads Blowout of Bill Ackman's Pershing Square Hedge Fund!

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Bill Ackman, the billionaire investor, and hedge fund operator, was out this past week trumpeting his great success in 2020.

His firm, Pershing Square, scored a 70% increase in net asset value last year. It was its best annual return in 17 years. Good for him.

And, well, The Vig Company, using our V2 Model, routed his performance. V2 was up a remarkable 156% in 2020.

Bill’s firm has averaged 17.1% compounded return since inception. V2 has averaged 63.39%. The Vig Company Model is nearly 4X as good.

What about this year? Q1 2021. Pershing Square is up 7.2% through March. V2 is up 15.73% during the same time.

V2 has routed Pershing Square.

That is not even the most stunning data!

There’s this:

Fees Under Pershing Square Capital Management?

Generally, the percentage is 1.5% annually for the core funds. On top of that, the firm collects a performance-based fee, which generally starts at 20% of the increase in net asset value (after the management fee and other losses have been deducted).

Fees for The Vig Company V2 Model?

$15 per month.

Here is a link to Pershing Square so you can see it for yourself.

V2 Since 2016:

Ranked #1 vs all Long-Short ETFs (13) Morningstar

Ranked #11 vs all ETFs (2159) Morningstar

Ranked #1 vs all Mutual Funds (3458) Fidelity

The V2 Model is up over 1,200%.

We do not anticipate what is going to happen. We react to where things are. We do not forecast, we follow the math and work to get on the right side of the next extended trend.

The V2 Model has performed exactly as expected.

About the V2 Model.

We have researched and developed a pool of common and popular ETFs. We will select which ETFs to invest in based on market conditions and our short-term, medium-term, and long-term trends. We will also model asset class ratio behavior for our decision-making process. Leverage will be used when appropriate and we will short the market in a downturn. If no investments meet our rules, we will go to cash. We will change holdings at any time during the month.

The investment picks may be in large-cap growth, treasuries, leverage, derivatives. We may short the market or go to cash. Holdings may include SPXU, SDS, SH, SPY, SSO, UPRO, TLT, AGG, TQQQ, SQQQ, or CASH at any time.

We make all of our holdings and allocations available to Members in our V2 Model newsletter as as they occur.

Chris Vig is president of The Vig Company and is an investor, artist, author, business consultant and former CEO living in Monona, WI. This article is for entertainment purposes only. We may own, buy, or sell any security listed here at any time. Do your own diligence when investing your hard-earned cash. Follow The Vig Company on Facebook.

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