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  • If you want to create a model that beat the market, just back-test the data until your computer cooperates.

    The Next Big Thing: Model ETF Portfolios 2010

  • Equally impressive is the back-test that Greenblatt ran on this strategy.

    Get Briefed: Joel Greenblatt 2010

  • Greenblatt tested the approach on a varying universe of stocks based on market capitalization, and each back-test showed significant outperformance versus the market.

    Get Briefed: Joel Greenblatt 2010

  • Kalifi went onto the forecastle dressed in light cotton pants and with no foul weather gear, unharnessed, and was trying to fit a fire hose into the shooting end of the center water cannon; I guessed to back-test the pipes.

    The Whale Warriors Peter Heller 2007

  • Kalifi went onto the forecastle dressed in light cotton pants and with no foul weather gear, unharnessed, and was trying to fit a fire hose into the shooting end of the center water cannon; I guessed to back-test the pipes.

    The Whale Warriors Peter Heller 2007

  • His back-test screen of stocks with new analyst coverage since October 2001 shows that such stocks deliver nearly a 40% annualized return.

    Love At First Rating Matthew Rand 2006

  • One may ask if a two-year test is adequate, but a back-test of performance for the period 2000 to 2005 shows that the Dow is in negative territory, while the Chartwell Global 30 is up 39%.

    Building A Better Benchmark Carl Delfeld 2006

  • A note of caution: While our back-test suggests the earnings estimates score is effective, we only have data back to February 2004.

    Improving Earnings Outlooks Richard Moroney 2006

  • Based on a back-test of stock returns in the 18 rolling 12-month periods since February 2004, the top 20% of companies in the S&P 1500 Index as measured by the earnings-estimates score outperformed the average S&P 1500 stock by an average of 4.9%.

    Improving Earnings Outlooks Richard Moroney 2006

  • Testing: 30-year back-test with commissions, no slippage or taxes

    unknown title 2011

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