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Re: a map to the holy grail



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Something that works for a decade is nothing to sneeze at.  Robyn

RobertBu wrote:

> I think you are walking down a blind alley.  For any given time period,
> some system will be the best.  The problem is that systems don't
> stay the best.  Take a look at What Works on Wall Street.
> James P. O'Shaughnessy compared a lot of different stock selection
> criteria.  He found that some criteria worked very well for a decade
> or more, but lost money over the long haul.  He isolated the best
> performing strategy over the long haul, but the mutual funds
> based on this strategy have massively underperformed
> the overall market over the last few years.
>
> == Rob ==