as far as joe blowouts are concerned, you can include kneiderhoffer, Soros and long term capital on that list.
as an example of what some of the active managers are doing i did a little research. here is what i found on navellier. i only picked on his fund because i got an email recently bragging about how good they are doing. doesnt look so hot to me. all these figures were pasted right from their website so if any are wrong its no my fault. Navellier Private Accounts Annualized Return Managed Trading Portfolio Since Inception (01/01/02) (12.71%) Micro-to-Small Cap Growth Portfolio Since Inception (04/01/97) 4.17% Aggressive Growth Portfolio Since Inception (12/29/95) 4.32% International Growth Portfolio Since Inception (01/01/00) (14.26%) All Cap Core Portfolio Since Inception (04/01/00) (21.30%) Top 20 Portfolio Since Inception (09/30/98) 2.18% Large Cap Growth Portfolio Since Inception (01/01/98) 1.94% Mid Cap Growth Portfolio Since Inception (01/01/97) 12.28% Small Cap Value Portfolio Since Inception (01/01/98) (1.57%) Small Cap Growth Portfolio Since Inception (04/01/94) 1.01% http://www.navellierperformancefunds.com/
The discussion regarding technical analysis is not relevant to this thread so I have split the thread and that discussion is under the following thread. Is there any reason why technical analysis would ever work http://www.elitetrader.com/vb/showthread.php?s=&postid=315277#post315277