Morgan classifies himself as a growth investor but considers value-based opportunities as well. The current first-place manager Colin Williams has been investing since he was 10 years old. My investment decisions are usually based on my own in-depth research into a specific company. My real stock portfolio is actually currently outperforming my Marketocracy portfolio, proving that my investment strategies really are paying off. Morgan Gough, the 18 year-old student from Vancouver, has been an investor for less than a year, but his investment approach is generating solid returns.
Investors typically purchase mutual funds because of strong performance.
These members are delivering the type of fund performance that investors around the world are looking for. For this reason, we believe they should be managing mutual funds. Since the launch of Marketocracy, the Web site has fulfilled more than 313,000 orders with more than 1.5 million fills. The Marketocracy Stock Exchange is based on actual trades in the real world. Orders to buy or sell a stock on Marketocracy's virtual exchange get filled only when that stock trades at the specified price in the real world.