Hi, Shrewd!        Login  
Shrewd'm.com 
A merry & shrewd investing community
Best Of MIBest OfAll BoardsThe Shrewd’m WeeklyLearn to InvestHow to Become Shrewd
Search
Shrewd'm.com Merry shrewd investors
Search
Best Of MIBest OfAll BoardsThe Shrewd’m WeeklyLearn to InvestHow to Become Shrewd


The week's question
In December 2024, in the thread "Re: BRK: Why Not XOM?", BreckHutHigh asked the members: "What about the long road trips with kids?" This week it is put to everyone again. The button below opens the small thread re-asking it - read what others have said so far, then give your own answer as an ordinary reply.
Answer this questionContinue to Shrewd'mThis note won't appear again
Investment Strategies / Mechanical Investing
Unthreaded | Threaded | Whole Thread (11) |
Author: rayvt 🐝  😊 😞
Number: of 6131 
Subject: Re: Muscular Portfolios
Date: 06/20/24 9:13 AM
Post New | Post Reply | Report Post | Recommend It!
No. of Recommendations: 3
One problem with published authors' strategies is that they are talking their book.

Two. Two problems is that they are talking their book AND only talk about a screen that has worked recently. AKA cherry-picking.

Three. Three problems is that they are talking their book AND only talk about a screen that has worked recently AND they have to fulfill a weekly/monthly word quota to write.

Anyway....might as well look closer at some of the strategies that Jim has mentioned. what with him not being a published author and all. A key metric that runs throughout them is ROE.

The "one-step" paper portfolio started on 3/9/24, the 2 step has gained 11.6%, the 3 step 12.6%. Vs. S&P500 at 6.7%. The one-step is 3.6%, so boo!


Really, the best screen for the last several years is to buy the top 10 holdings of S&P500 and QQQ. That won't last forever, though.
Post New | Post Reply | Report Post | Recommend It!
Print the post
Members reply directly to rayvt here — and replies get answered. Reading is free; so is joining the conversation. Join Shrewd'm »
This community has written 6,115 posts about Mechanical Investing. The article-length ones it recommended most:
Dividend investing · 52 recs · 2025
Non-Mag7 screen · 34 recs · 2025
OT - Div yields and returns · 32 recs · 2024
Using AI to generate backtesting programs · 30 recs · 2025
Rankings for 19Dec2022 · 29 recs · 2022
Unthreaded | Threaded | Whole Thread (11) |


Announcements
Mechanical Investing FAQ
Contact Shrewd'm
Contact the developer of these message boards.

Best Of MI | Best Of | Favourites & Replies | All Boards | Followed Shrewds | Open Questions | Moving a community