AAII Stock Screens

Most of you know that I love AAII's stock screening ideas and that I have focused on the Zweig screen since 2005. The site hasn't reported year-end numbers for the screens yet, but there are some interesting things to note for 2007.

November 2007 was one of the worst months for the AAII stock screens since they started tracking the returns in 1998. It's comforting to know that some of the difficulties we faced as traders in 2007 were felt far and wide.

Many of the screens that consistently out-perform the market struggled this year. Others that haven't really kept up over the years had banner years.

AAII provides an excellent spreadsheet that details every screen with monthly returns, turnover, average number of stock picks, and cumulative return. It is worth spending several hours on their site and soaking in some of the knowledge and experience that they offer.