Every other issue of The Validea Hot List newsletter examines in detail one of John Reese’s computerized Guru Strategies. This latest issue looks at the James O’Shaughnessy-inspired strategy, which has averaged 10.8% annualized returns since its inception nearly eight years ago, over a period in which the S&P 500 has returned 4% per year. Below [...]
Read moreThe Neff Approach: Boring, Dull — and Very Effective
Every other issue of The Validea Hot List newsletter examines in detail one of John Reese’s computerized Guru Strategies. This latest issue looks at the John Neff-inspired strategy, which has nearly doubled market since its inception more than seven years ago. Below is an excerpt from today’s newsletter, along with several top-scoring stock ideas based [...]
Read moreThe Buffett Approach: How to Pick Stocks Like an “Oracle”
Every other issue of The Validea Hot List newsletter examines in detail one of John Reese’s computerized Guru Strategies. This latest issue looks at the Warren Buffett-inspired strategy and portfolio, which has almost doubled the S&P 500′s returns since its inception. Below is an excerpt from today’s newsletter, along with several top-scoring stock ideas based [...]
Read moreThe Zweig Strategy: Growth With a Conservative Streak
Every other issue of The Validea Hot List newsletter examines in detail one of John Reese’s computerized Guru Strategies. This latest issue looks at the Martin Zweig-inspired strategy and portfolio, which has averaged returns of more than 7% per year since its inception while the broader market has returned less than 3% per year. Below [...]
Read moreThe Greenblatt Approach: How Simplicity and Common Sense Beat the Market
Every other issue of The Validea Hot List newsletter examines in detail one of John Reese’s computerized Guru Strategies. This latest issue looks at the Joel Greenblatt-inspired strategy and portfolio, which has averaged returns of about 8% per year since its inception while the broader market has been in the red. Below is an excerpt [...]
Read moreThe Piotroski Strategy: How an Accountant Beats the Market
Every other issue of The Validea Hot List newsletter examines in detail one of John Reese’s computerized Guru Strategies. This latest issue looks at the Joseph Piotroski-inspired strategy, which has beaten the market by more than 5 percentage points per year since its inception more than six-and-a-half years ago. Below is an excerpt from today’s [...]
Read moreThe Double-Barreled O’Shaughnessy Approach
Every other issue of The Validea Hot List newsletter examines in detail one of John Reese’s computerized Guru Strategies. This latest issue looks at the James O’Shaughnessy-inspired strategy, which has averaged more than 7% annualized returns since its inception more than seven years ago, over a period in which the S&P 500 has returned about [...]
Read moreFisher: The PSR Pioneer
Every other issue of The Validea Hot List newsletter examines in detail one of John Reese’s computerized Guru Strategies. This latest issue looks at the Kenneth Fisher-inspired strategy, which has averaged 12.1% annualized returns since its inception seven years ago, over a period in which the S&P 500 has returned just 1.3% per year. Below [...]
Read moreLynch-Inspired Model Far Outpacing Market
Every other issue of The Validea Hot List newsletter examines in detail one of John Reese’s computerized Guru Strategies. This latest issue looks at the Peter Lynch-inspired strategy, which has averaged 7.6% annualized returns since its inception nearly seven years ago, in a period in which the S&P 500 has returned just 1.0% per year. [...]
Read moreReese: Growth & Value Not an Either/Or
In the latest edition of his Hot List newsletter, Validea CEO John Reese says that investors too often fall prey to the idea that growth and value are opposing concepts. In reality, he says the best stocks include aspects of both value and growth plays. “In the dozen or so years I’ve spent studying history’s [...]
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April 29, 2011


