MTSI Disclosures and Legal

  • Market Timing Systems, Inc. (“MTSI”) is a former California Registered Investment Advisor. MTSI can be reached at: Market Timing Systems, Inc., Telephone: (559) 440-9248 Fax: (559) 440-9348
  • This site is for informational purposes only and is not an offer to sell any security or particular investment. This page is intended to be made prominent within the website by specific distinctive link from the website's index page.
  • MTSI no longer provides a investment timing and switching service on behalf of its investors who have opened a account at Rydex, ProFunds, or Fidelity mutual fund companies, or hold accounts at other firms.
  • This web site is for personal use only and its contents and design are protected by applicable copyright, and trademark laws.
  • This web site contains links which are the property of their respective owners.
  • This web site reports certain performance statistics on accounts owned by third parties that are no longer being managed by MTSI. 
  • MTSI is not providing personalized investment advice through the website, and nor does MTSI provide personalized investment advice in general. MTSI independently manages all client accounts.
  • MTSI is not providing an endorsement or recommendation for any other manager or advisor listed in any comparative listing. We report only the information that they themselves have provided, and that we in turn have shown portions of on our own website, and MTSI does not attest to the validity of information provided by any other manager or advisor.
  • Performance statistics are provided based on real accounts traded since 1998. These performance results are actual account results from the combining in year 2000 of trading information from two customer accounts so as to show one continuous trading record.  Since 2000, this account has had only the initial deposit and no additions or withdrawals of any kind whatsoever. All dividends and interest are reinvested. It should not be assumed by the investor that he would have experienced the same performance statistics if he had been managed by MTSI during the same period, since MTSI provides different investment programs, management fees vary according to account size, and any additions or withdrawals of any kind (such as management fees) would naturally affect the comparison.
  • MTSI is not responsible nor liable for the content or any other aspect of any websites which may be accessed from this website.
  • MTSI is not responsible for any damages to your computer or software as a result of using this website.
  • MTSI has taken certain steps to provide a secure environment for your personal information on the website. However, due to the nature of the Internet, MTSI cannot guarantee the confidentiality of such information.
  • MTSI may discontinue or change, at any time, any of the services available through this website.
  • MTSI was a California registered investment advisor incorporated in Colorado.
  • MTSI and its representatives were in compliance with the current registration and/or notice filing requirements imposed upon California registered investment advisors. MTSI may only transact business in those states in which it is registered, or qualifies for an exemption or exclusion from registration requirements.
  • MTSI’s website is limited to the dissemination of general information pertaining to its investment advisory services. Accordingly, the publication of MTSI’s website on the Internet should not be construed by any consumer and/or prospective client as MTSI’s solicitation to effect, or attempt to effect transactions in securities, or the rendering of personalized investment advice for compensation, over the Internet. Furthermore, the information resulting from the use of tools or information on this Internet website should not be construed as the receipt of personalized individual advice from MTSI.
  • Any subsequent, direct communication by MTSI with a prospective client shall be conducted by a representative that is either registered or qualifies for an exemption or exclusion from registration in the state where the prospective client resides.
  • Mr. Shinnick’s fee for consultations is $800 per hour or $200 per 15 minute increments. Speaker honorarium $4,000. Arrangements and payments should be made in advance.
  • For information pertaining to the registration status of MTSI, please contact the California Department of Corporations.
  • A copy of this MTSI disclosure statement is available from MTSI upon written request. Specific topical disclosures are herein offered throughout this page and are intended to be accessed by selecting purposefully highlighted areas (i.e., Frequently Asked Questions ) from this normal text.
  • MTSI does not make any representations or warranties as to the accuracy, timeliness, suitability, completeness, or relevance of any information prepared by any third party, whether linked to MTSI’s website or incorporated herein, and MTSI takes no responsibility therefore.
  • MTSI’s current composite performance results presently reflect time-weighted rates of return of a model/actual/sample portfolio which has traded equities in real time based upon MTSI’s proprietary analysis and switching service.
  •  MTSI simulated results advertising before November 1999:  In July 2000, Gregory Meadors resigned from his trading duties at MTSI. Mr. Meadors was subsequently terminated for failing to disclose to MTSI a 1990 order against him, and for other cause, in late 2000. Mark Shinnick accepted responsibility for the payment of the fine associated with Gregory Meadors.
  • Each version of the Mastertimer model has always been used as the initial basis for each MTSI trade consideration by its managers. Moreover, Mastertimer model signals have always been subject to the use of manager discretion, which can, and does sometimes negate the net position of the Mastertimer model. Management discretion most frequently affects the percentage of net capital which is placed at risk.
  • Due to on-going evolution and refinements of the Mastertimer model, the most recent of Mr. Shinnick's market and modeling research and development may not yet be encoded within, and reflected by, the current capabilities of Mastertimer, or any of MTSI's recent trading results.
  • Where shown and indicated as a typical investor's account managed by MTSI, performance results reflect the re-investment of dividends and other earnings, and include deductions for normal management fees. Results of these accounts should generally reflect the deduction of MTSI’s investment management fee, the payment of which has the effect of decreasing the net composite performance to that which is indicated as the net performance result. Investment management fees vary by individual client account depending upon the market value of assets under management, but generally range between 1.50% and 3.0% per year of the market value of assets under management. Since market volatility often ranges in the 2% to 5% area per day, MTSI believes that its management fee represents one of the best pro-investor values to be found anywhere in the investment business.
  • MTSI believes the annual management fee it charges is inconsequential compared to the volatility of any given investors account, which can and does frequently easily exceed 2% to 5% during the course of any given trading day, and/or spans of only a few days. Please see MTSI's Frequently Asked Questions page for a further description of the nature of investment volatility and equity drawdown.
  • Investment management fees and practices are set forth in MTSI’s written disclosure statement as same is on file with the State of California, and is available from MTSI upon written request.
  • Past performance may not be indicative of future results and the performance of a specific individual client account may vary substantially from the composite performance results for reasons unrelated to MTSI's acts, such as withdrawals a investor may make from his account. Therefore, no current or prospective client should assume that future performance will be profitable or equal to the composite performance results reflected herein, or to that any other historical period of MTSI performance results.
  • Those composite performance results indicated from third-party tabulated results of different Investment Advisors tracked have been compiled solely by third party firms in accordance with their own methods and standards, and have not been independently verified. In calculating account performance, these third party's manager rely upon information provided by various sources, primarily the account's custodian(s), and MTSI in turn has relied upon such third party sources for that performance data. The MTSI Internet website is also periodically updated from information obtained from various sources, and at various times.
  • The data presented on one page may be different from that on any other page simply because one page has been updated before the other in the course and available time of MTSI's ordinary business. The information of each page is usually uniquely identified with a date range as to when its relevant data was last posted. For the most current posting of information periodically provided by MTSI, please examine MTSI's entire Internet website. MTSI's clients should contact their custodian to obtain the most current information about their account(s).
  • Different types of investments involve varying degrees of risk, and there can be no assurance that any specific investment will be profitable. MTSI's investment strategies involve the use of leveraged instruments and may involve above-average portfolio turnover which could negatively impact upon the net after-tax gain experienced by an individual client. There can be no assurance that any specific investment will be either suitable or profitable for a client's investment portfolio.
  • Specific Securities, Recommendations, or Timely Commentary
    As with the rest of this website, the above information is only updated periodically. Due to various factors, including rapidly changing market conditions, none of the website information may any longer be reflective of     MTSI’s current position(s) or performance results. No client or prospective client should assume that an investment in the securities or sectors mentioned within any of MTSI's materials will be presently suitable or profitable, nor that the above information in any materials serves as a substitute for personalized investment management services from MTSI, which MTSI does not provide. Moreover, it is incumbent upon the client, or prospective client to take diligent care in the periodic determination of his individual account's suitability for the MTSI investment timing and switching service.
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