Through September 30, 2020, subscribers who bought 10 bonds of each BondSavvy corporate bond recommendation made $65 in investment returns for each dollar paid in BondSavvy investment fees (1). Individual investor subscribers pay a flat fee regardless of how much they invest, and they buy bonds online through their own brokerage. Subscribers who bought 25 bonds of each BondSavvy recommendation made $162 for each dollar paid in BondSavvy fees, and the current BondSavvy fee represents 0.05% of what they invested. Here’s how it has worked:
TABLE REPRESENTS PERFORMANCE FROM SEPTEMBER 26, 2017 THROUGH SEPTEMBER 30, 2020. PAST PERFORMANCE DOES NOT GUARANTEE FUTURE RESULTS. ACTUAL RESULTS MAY VARY BASED ON WHEN SUBSCRIBERS BOUGHT AND SOLD BONDS WE RECOMMENDED BUYING AND SELLING, THE BROKERAGE FIRMS THROUGH WHICH SUBSCRIBERS TRANSACT, BROKERAGE COMMISSIONS PAID, AND MARKET VOLATILITY.
* Assumes purchases made across sets of BondSavvy recommendations made from September 26, 2017 (our premier of The Bondcast, a subscriber-only webcast where we present new corporate bond recommendations) through June 5, 2020. Does not assume purchases made during September 23, 2020 edition of The Bondcast.
(1) Based
on the current BondSavvy two-year subscription fee, which we introduced July 1, 2020. This fee is slightly higher than the subscription
plan that was in place between October 2018 and June 30, 2020. From September 26, 2017 through March 2018, our monthly fee was $75
and, from April 2018 through September 2018, our implied monthly fee under our two-year subscription plan was $29. The implied monthly
fee of our current two-year subscription is $28.13. Please click here to view our subscription plans.
(2) Assumes subscriber invested in each BondSavvy recommendation made during the above period. Assumes proceeds from the sale of bonds through September 30, 2020 were reinvested in purchases of other BondSavvy bond recommendations or netted against the total investment amount. Amount invested reflects the offer-side quoted price for the purchased bonds and assumes a 0.1-point markup from the quoted price. Please click here to see investment return details for each recommended corporate bond.
(3) Total investment returns include interest income and capital appreciation or losses for each corporate bond investment. We calculate investment returns from the day prior to the recommendation date until (i) September 30, 2020 for bonds that have yet to be sold or (ii) until the sell date for bonds that have been sold. Please click here for details on investment returns for each corporate bond investment recommendation and to see which recommendations have been sold.
(4) Assumes annualized subscription fee of $375 based on our current $750 two-year subscription plan. Per footnote 1, BondSavvy has had higher and lower fees during the course of its history.
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