Mr. Cardiff has been the editor of Sound Advice since its inception in 1988. Since the beginning of 2000 through the end of 2023, the Sound Advice Model Portfolio has produced an average annual return of 8.9 percent, which compounded to 1.9 times the return from the traditional S&P 500 Index.
This chart shows the growth Of $100,000 invested In the S&P 500 (In gray) since 2000 would have grown to $400,231, versus $772,409 if it was invested in the Sound Advice recommendations (in blue) for 2.4 times more capital.