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Strategies & Market Trends : Greenblatt's Little Book That Beats The Market
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To: JimLudlow who wrote (15)12/22/2005 1:08:55 AM
From: Paul Senior   of 218
 
Ouch that hurts. Especially since I was a math major.

So I'm going to like formulas. Especially if they work. And I'm going to like sampling from quadrants where the best results are found, if past evidence indicates that that's where they are. Now if someone believes they have to judge particular stocks within the quadrant to narrow it down for what they perceive are optimum performance - as Greenblatt seems to do - that's okay. I assume anybody who buys 30 stocks a year with Greenblatt's screen is not going to do a random sample - each of the picks will be selected with SOME care and judgment. Still, that's 30 per year - different from Mr. Buffett's 20 punches of the ticket, and different from his alleged long term buy and hold approach.

For me, I try not to take an either-or approach to investing. I'll look for Buffett type stocks, and I'll also use formulas where I believe them to be appropriate.
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