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Putting your money where your guru’s mouth is

by on October 1, 2009

I’ve never hid my growing admiration for investment mimicry.  While much ink is spilled daily by pundits recommending this and that, I’ve come to the realization that most of this is just emotionally-driven noise. This breakthrough in thought, that investors would be better off just aping proven investment techniques, led to my backing and promoting [...]

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Learn the basics of Screening 2.0 by book

by Zack Miller on April 30, 2009

Giving thanks Sometimes you just have to give thanks.  When you use something, it’s good practice to give credit to those behind the product’s creation. I’ve been giving a successful seminar locally for about 1 1/2 years.  It’s very user-friendly in the sense that the topics we discuss are driven by the participants.  We’ve learned [...]

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Downside of piggyback investing

by Zack Miller on December 10, 2008

After yesterday’s review of the latest entry into the piggyback investing game (read what piggyback investing is and why it’s important), alphaCLONE, I came across a chart that I felt needed to be shared. The chart below is the chart of a fabled value investor, Bill Miller, of Legg Mason. It was part of a [...]

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Investment Screening 2.0: An interview with Validea's John Reese

by Zack Miller on November 25, 2008

Institutional investors have powerful tools at their disposal to screen through reams of data.  Part of the institutional investment process entails screening through thousands of securities looking for a needle in a haystack — stocks that fit certain investment criteria.  From thousands of stocks, analysts can filter through a couple of hundred that fit these [...]

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