AAII Top Screens: 1-Year Update

One year ago I shared with members 7 stock screens that have posted gains for every year over the past 10 years. So, how did each of those screens hold up between January 16, 2008 and January 16, 2009 as the S&P fell -38.09% during this time frame)? Let's now take a look:

• O’Shaughnessy Small Cap Growth and Value: -45.24% (1 gainer & 18 losers)

• O’Shaughnessy Growth: -34.78% (7 gainers & 78 losers)

• Zweig: -42.22% (0 gainers & 10 losers)

• PEG With Est Growth: -41.00% (2 gainers & 37 losers)

• PEG With Hist Growth: -37.02% (7 gainers & 91 losers)

• Price-To-Sales: -41.50% (5 gainers & 52 losers)

• Graham Defensive Investor: -28.41% (0 gainers & 4 losers)

All in all, not a good showing especially for screens with such a strong and long track record of success. But, as we've seen from tracking the performance of other screens, we shouldn't be too surprised as there were few places to run and hide in 2008. In case you are curious and desire to track this year's list on your own, here are the tickers to monitor.....[READ]