Alcosta Growth Report Ranked No. 4 on Hulbert Interactive's List of Top Performing Investment Newsletters for Year Ending August 31, 2010

SAN FRANCISCO, CA, September 17, 2010 (Press-News.org) The Alcosta Growth Report, the monthly newsletter edited and published by San Ramon, Calif.-based Alcosta Capital Management, Inc., has been ranked No. 4 on Hulbert Interactive's list of Top Performing Investment Newsletters for the year ending August 31, 2010. This marks the newsletter's second Top 10 ranking in four years. The Alcosta Growth Report, with a model portfolio of large-cap U.S.-listed growth stocks, secured the No. 4 spot posting a 26.8 percent gain for the year ending August 31, 2010* while the Wilshire 5,000 index posted a 5.75 percent gain over the same time period. Hulbert Interactive, the online database of the Hulbert Financial Digest, is an independent rating service and a division of MarketWatch, Inc.

Of 187 newsletters (176 with more than a one-year history), The Alcosta Growth Report (No. 4) outranked many other prestigious newsletters including Forbes/Lehman Income Securities Investor (No. 6), Motley Fool Rule Breakers (No. 9), Louis Navellier's Blue Chip Growth (No. 13), and Morningstar Dividend Investor (No. 15).

"We are excited to be on Hulbert's list of Top Performing Investment Newsletters," said Erick Ormsby, Alcosta Capital Management's president and chief investment officer with 20 years of experience managing investment portfolios. "This ranking is an indication that our investment philosophy is sound and has provided 'real world' gains for our growth oriented clients who, incidentally, hold the same stocks as those in the model portfolio Hulbert's ranking."

Based on clarity of information and an evaluation of investment recommendations and/or model portfolio market performance versus the Wilshire 5,000 index, Hulbert Interactive devises a ranking system that positions newsletters based on their market gain over various time periods.

The full 2010 Hulbert Interactive Report is available to subscribers by visiting http://store2.marketwatch.com/index1.htm. Information about Alcosta Capital Management, Inc., and/or the Alcosta Growth Report is available at www.AlcostaCapital.com.

* Gains include commissions normally associated with the management of an investment portfolio. Past performance is not necessarily indicative of future results.

About Erick Ormsby and Alcosta Capital Management

Erick Ormsby is founder and president of Alcosta Capital Management. Ormsby is also the author of the Alcosta Growth Report, a monthly financial newsletter focusing on growth stocks. The newsletter is tracked by the Hulbert Financial Digest, a division of MarketWatch, Inc.

Ormsby brings a life-long passion for investing and extensive investment experience to his clients. Before founding Alcosta Capital Management, Ormsby was a financial consultant at Merrill Lynch. Before joining Merrill Lynch, Ormsby was a securities analyst and member of the portfolio management team at Insight Capital Research and Management. While still a student, Ormsby finished among the top ten in the U.S. Investment Championship, which helped fund his BS in Managerial Economics from the University of California at Davis.

Alcosta Capital Management is an independent investment advisory firm dedicated to helping investors reap the rewards of strategic, long-term growth investing with an emphasis on risk management. The firm takes pride in building personal relationships with its clients, and has model portfolios for each investor's unique objectives and risk tolerance. As an independent firm, Alcosta takes a rigorous approach in its research and an objective stance when providing client advice. Ormsby's quantitative and fundamental analysis draws on the best of Wall Street and independent research, augmented by his own assessments of company managements and prospects. His goal is to help clients achieve their long-term financial objectives within comfortable risk parameters by combining a portfolio of premier growth stocks with an appropriate mix of fixed income securities. Once established, all client portfolios are closely monitored on a daily basis.

Learn more about the Alcosta Growth Composite and/or the Alcosta Growth Report at www.AlcostaCapital.com.