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I'm not certain it was 20 years since I was last here, but a long time anyway. I posted using the name "Dog Island Investment Co.", starting in 1999 I believe. That was quite a year to start using MI!

I took part in an MI convention around that time, in Las Vegas. I conducted some "MI Surveys" and posted the results on the motley fool MI board.

I see some names in the current posts that I remember from the past: Elann, Rayvt, and I'd probably recognize more after a bit of catching up. I'm pushing 77, so the memory may not be quite what it used to be.

What posts should I look for, as a starting point to catch up on what's going on here?

Welcome back!
Just a few days ago I was refreshing my daily-wear T-shirt stash and I came across the Dog Island Investment Co shirt that I got at the MI convention in Las Vegas.

What posts should I look for, as a starting point to catch up on what's going on here?

Go back about to about 2022 and read forward. You can skip the "what's happening now" and "portfolio/screen updates" & "Rankings" posts.

(Oh crap, I just realized that this board started in December 2022.) It'll take a while to skip 5500 posts.

The best would be the longest threads, but the thread message count doesn't show up in the board index page.

You know some of the prolific names, that might be a good place to start to get up to speed fast. Find a familiar name on a post and click on the name and peruse the titles of the posts and then read the entire thread of the ones that sound interesting.
Yeah, don't forget Mungofitch.

20 years. That takes you back to 2006. Which happens to be the year I retired from Motorola and began my post-w*rking investing. Time flies.

Welcome back. We're certainly not as prolific as we used to be. You're not the only one pushing 80.

Elan

A few random links:

Author: lizgdal
Subject: TechGrowers Redux
Date: 04/14/26
https://www.shrewdm.com/MB?pid=290092478

Author: lizgdal
Subject: Portfolio123 Testing 2026
Date: 03/05/26
https://www.shrewdm.com/MB?pid=393474281

Author: musselmant
Subject: twice the Nasda100 CAGR with simple criteria
Date: 06/16/25
https://www.shrewdm.com/MB?pid=963283071

Author: musselmant
Subject: musselmant screens
Date: 02/07/25
https://www.shrewdm.com/MB?pid=682112742

Author: rayvt
Subject: A mungofitch screen
Date: 10/27/24
https://www.shrewdm.com/MB?pid=525591828

Author: lizgdal
Subject: standard SIP screen postmortem
Date: 01/16/24
https://www.shrewdm.com/MB?pid=283511645

Author: mungofitch
Subject: Re: Simple detector `Minor Bottom`
Date: 5/10/2022
https://yorickm.com/Message.php?pid=35106847

Author: Rayvt
Subject: Synopsis of a number of mungofitch screens
Date: 11/7/2021
https://yorickm.com/Message.php?pid=34973429

Author: mungofitch
Subject: Re: changing the focus of the group
Date: 10/22/2021
https://yorickm.com/Message.php?pid=34961798

Author: RandomDoc
Subject: Mungofitch - A history of calling bottoms
Date: 11/7/2018
https://yorickm.com/Message.php?pid=34056619

Author: rgearyiii
Subject: GTR1 and Bear Catchers
Date: 9/29/2013
https://yorickm.com/Message.php?pid=30893319

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Author: lizgdal
Subject: Re: Catch up for someone who's been out of the loop
Date: 04/28/24
"... Timing methods, tactical asset allocation, options methods, and new screen ideas have been discussed here. ...
https://www.shrewdm.com/MB?pid=985385481

Hi Lizdgal,

Are you Borisnand, and Numerouos?

I am also someone who was away from MI for many years and have only recently returned. After a lot of archive reading and head scratching, I eventually decided to use the Portfolio 123 website for backtesting and running screens.

Lizgdal has done some much appreciated work comparing backtest results from P123 and GTR1, and generally finding good agreement between the two. This raised my confidence in the quality of the P123 data and the trustworthiness of their backtests.

After a free trial period, I signed up for the lowest tier membership, which gets me 5 years of backtesting.

I've been actively trading a few screens for a few months and doing pretty well, but the market has been favorable lately...

--Peter

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