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Barron's Picks & Pans

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  • Reviewing Barron's Picks & Pans articles written by authors, following findings arise:

  • During period between 2013 - 2015; best performers are:

    • Avi Salzman: 13.2% better performance vs. S&P 500 with his picks

    • Daniel Shane: 20.5% better performance vs. S&P 500 with his picks

    • Andrew Bary

    • Alex Eule

    • Jack Hough

    • Lawrence Strauss

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  • During period between 2016 - 2020; best performers are:

    • Avi Salzman:

      • 2.2% better performance vs. S&P 500 with his picks (12 month performance)

      • Hit rate: 65% of selections beat S&P 500, 65% with positive return (12 month performance)

      • Normally distributed results, almost no outliers.

      • If cut few losers, performance is even greater.

    • ​Lawrence Strauss:

      • One outlier position heavily distorting his results.

      • His first 6 month results are better than other authors

      • Cut losers at 10%

    • Jack Hough & Andrew Bary

      • Too many articles and positions

      • Don't have edge vs. S&P500

    • Daniel Shane & David Englander

      • Do not write since 2017​

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