Table 1. Performance of Stock Screens on AAII's Web Site
  Price Change (%) Monthly Variability (%) Monthly Holdings
YTD* 2003 2002 2001 2000 1999 1998 Cum'l* Std Dev High Low Avg Turnover %
Value Strategies
Piotroski 48.7 154.6 (15.9) 100.2 (0.9) 27.1 17.9 846.7 9.4 34.3 (17.2) 7 21.2
Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow 12.7 61.7 13.6 63.8 17.8 10.0 2.6 350.5 6.3 25.1 (14.4) 30 24.0
Dreman With Est Revisions 9.9 69.2 16.6 (29.9) 38.7 6.7 10.7 148.9 6.8 11.4 (25.8) 10 79.6
P/E Relative 7.3 51.1 11.1 16.1 20.3 (6.0) 26.5 199.1 4.9 14.9 (12.4) 32 79.1
Dividend Screen—DRPs 7.0 28.3 (1.2) 38.9 27.7 (1.1) (4.1) 128.1 5.0 15.6 (14.2) 30 25.7
Neff 6.9 85.1 15.0 65.2 37.3 17.4 9.3 562.5 7.6 26.8 (20.2) 18 35.9
Weiss Blue Chip Div Yield 6.4 48.9 (14.1) 25.6 18.8 3.9 3.3 118.0 6.7 14.3 (14.8) 10 28.3
Lakonishok 5.6 39.9 (5.2) (3.5) 36.7 14.8 7.3 127.6 6.0 16.6 (13.7) 22 90.8
Dividend (High Relative Yield) 5.0 27.9 0.4 24.1 23.3 (2.1) 6.3 114.8 4.7 12.5 (12.0) 38 21.0
Dreman 2.6 37.7 8.3 26.4 38.0 (3.0) (1.5) 154.9 4.9 12.6 (15.4) 21 30.7
Cash Rich Firms 2.4 64.0 (9.4) 20.1 40.5 37.1 (3.8) 238.7 7.2 17.6 (20.7) 32 24.6
O'Shaughnessy—Value 2.2 47.2 (12.1) 10.6 22.3 (3.9) 7.2 84.3 6.0 15.5 (14.0) 50 20.2
Dividend Screen--Non-DRPs 1.8 40.5 28.6 54.7 16.5 (3.6) 0.6 221.2 4.1 10.5 (13.6) 30 28.6
Graham--Defensive Investor (Non-Utility) (0.3) 32.7 3.1 61.5 12.0 3.6 9.6 180.0 6.2 15.7 (14.6) 19 20.8
Dogs of the Dow--Low Priced 5 (0.4) 17.6 (6.5) 7.2 3.2 (2.0) 24.6 48.0 7.0 19.4 (15.8) 5 16.9
Fundamental Rule of Thumb (0.5) 83.3 4.7 42.3 28.7 11.7 (9.4) 253.9 7.9 33.8 (19.2) 50 23.0
Dogs of the Dow (3.1) 20.4 (9.8) (1.2) 4.1 5.7 9.8 25.5 5.9 16.1 (15.5) 10 8.1
Graham--Enterprising Investor (8.3) 25.9 43.5 55.3 24.2 (5.0) (7.3) 181.4 7.7 23.4 (18.7) 6 31.7
Growth & Value Strategies
Value on the Move--PEG With Est Growth 22.5 87.0 7.9 34.8 22.9 11.0 2.1 364.4 6.4 15.7 (23.1) 49 47.0
Lynch 14.0 59.0 (7.2) 39.3 3.2 8.9 1.3 166.5 5.2 18.9 (17.4) 24 22.5
Zweig 12.1 88.8 16.9 57.9 46.2 17.1 54.5 932.0 9.0 32.7 (24.2) 13 44.4
O'Shaughnessy--Growth 8.7 90.3 10.1 19.2 11.5 19.5 19.4 332.1 6.8 18.6 (17.9) 50 39.1
Templeton 8.3 46.8 (32.6) 22.0 20.3 8.1 16.2 97.7 6.4 14.3 (18.2) 27 26.5
Value on the Move--PEG With Hist Growth 8.2 50.1 12.1 22.4 19.4 18.0 1.5 218.6 4.8 12.7 (19.1) 102 37.6
Buffett--Hagstrom 6.9 35.2 (8.7) 13.9 11.4 31.4 27.5 180.5 5.6 13.2 (15.5) 30 23.0
Buffettology--Sustainable Growth 6.3 37.6 (11.9) 29.7 3.3 14.6 7.4 112.5 6.6 16.5 (18.0) 28 15.2
Buffettology--EPS Growth 5.9 32.8 (10.9) 25.7 5.9 17.7 4.0 104.4 6.1 15.0 (20.4) 40 11.9
Oberweis Octagon 5.6 67.8 (17.5) 20.2 18.4 33.4 15.6 221.1 9.2 23.3 (23.2) 17 42.6
T. Rowe Price 5.5 39.2 (15.1) 8.4 35.2 (4.5) 1.8 77.9 6.8 17.0 (18.0) 15 34.0
Wanger (Revised) 0.2 53.2 (13.1) 21.1 (2.8) 3.2 (2.4) 58.3 7.3 22.8 (19.8) 28 27.1
Muhlenkamp (0.6) 41.2 5.9 43.5 22.2 12.8 (6.6) 174.3 5.6 15.1 (17.6) 23 25.8
Price-to-Sales (3.3) 69.8 1.3 43.3 23.3 21.1 13.2 302.7 6.3 14.8 (17.8) 46 42.2
Stock Market Winners (12.7) 131.5 32.1 41.6 27.6 21.7 (12.0) 416.5 7.4 22.0 (23.4) 19 61.4
Fisher (Philip) (27.3) 78.1 (10.7) 70.7 (16.7) 5.4 2.6 77.9 11.2 27.1 (27.9) 30 35.3
Growth Strategies
Return on Equity 7.4 46.9 (3.8) 18.1 31.4 1.0 18.8 182.8 6.1 13.0 (22.2) 33 19.7
IBD Stable 70 4.5 51.1 (11.0) 9.5 23.9 3.6 21.9 140.6 5.4 12.0 (18.9) 59 10.9
Inve$tWare Quality Growth 4.2 33.3 (25.0) 8.0 18.5 (3.0) 14.5 48.2 5.9 18.2 (22.0) 30 11.6
Foolish Small Cap 8 Revised (3.5) 67.8 22.2 29.5 51.5 36.5 12.4 495.9 9.6 26.6 (24.2) 8 29.8
Foolish Small Cap 8 (9.9) 107.7 (19.4) (8.6) 24.2 80.9 17.7 264.4 10.1 38.8 (22.5) 26 34.8
O'Neil's CAN SLIM (10.4) 79.0 20.5 54.4 38.0 36.6 28.2 620.8 7.2 23.6 (23.1) 11 54.3
O'Neil's CAN SLIM Revised 3rd Edition (12.2) 74.7 (10.3) 33.4 96.3 59.0 7.8 517.6 10.1 52.7 (26.7) 8 63.9
Driehaus (15.8) 87.8 (42.6) (27.4) (8.3) 107.4 nmf 25.3 12.8 51.3 (25.7) 12 66.0
Sector/Specialty Strategies
Murphy Technology 76.8 (33.7) (79.6) 26.7 (52.1) 139.7 29.7 (55.0) 17.3 58.5 (44.9) 13 23.0
Insider Net Purchases 18.4 86.8 (20.9) 21.8 (38.3) 7.5 nmf 41.4 9.3 26.7 (19.0) 26 30.6
Dual Cash Flow 6.9 66.9 (13.9) 24.6 5.7 114.3 0.9 337.4 7.7 34.7 (16.2) 57 31.1
Est Rev Up 5% 5.9 75.0 12.9 (8.1) 3.6 107.1 43.3 491.0 10.1 30.8 (21.7) 41 93.0
Est Rev Up 3.4 57.3 0.8 (3.5) 2.2 38.2 29.9 189.9 6.5 12.2 (18.6) 163 81.7
Graham--Defensive Investor (Utility) 1.0 16.6 (15.9) 5.2 51.4 (8.4) 14.6 65.4 4.9 12.0 (11.0) 18 15.2
Est Rev Down (0.2) 51.8 (43.8) 26.7 (7.1) 21.9 (15.0) 3.8 8.1 17.6 (23.3) 198 79.0
Short Ratio (4.8) 52.1 (30.7) 18.3 (40.9) 2.2 nmf (28.4) 10.1 37.8 (24.5) 25 48.7
ADRs (6.4) 82.3 (4.4) (5.3) 9.9 4.0 2.3 80.6 7.0 31.1 (17.7) 17 42.4
Est Rev Down 5% (7.4) 70.9 (61.5) 28.3 (4.2) 27.8 (3.9) (8.0) 9.9 23.6 (23.2) 70 89.5
Short Interest Change (9.4) 120.5 (34.9) 11.6 (51.8) 111.1 nmf 47.6 12.1 34.1 (27.4) 25 81.5
Short % Outstanding (12.3) 88.5 (35.6) 8.3 (31.7) (26.9) nmf (42.4) 12.2 33.3 (26.2) 25 17.9
Indexes
All Exchange-Listed Stocks 5.9 81.1 (13.3) 21.2 (14.2) 35.1 5.9 147.5 7.1 23.9 (20.2)  
Dow Jones 30 (0.4) 25.3 (16.8) (7.1) (6.2) 25.2 16.1 31.7 5.1 11.8 (15.1)
Nasdaq 100 (0.2) 49.1 (37.6) (32.7) (36.8) 102.0 85.5 47.9 11.4 25.0 (27.5)
S&P 500 2.1 26.4 (23.4) (13.0) (10.1) 19.5 26.7 17.0 5.0 9.7 (14.6)
S&P/Barra 500 Growth (incl dividends) 2.1 25.7 (23.6) (12.7) (22.1) 28.2 42.2 21.6 5.5 9.2 (13.0)
S&P/Barra 500 Value (incl dividends) 3.4 31.8 (20.9) (11.7) 6.1 12.7 14.7 30.6 5.1 10.4 (16.1)
S&P MidCap 400 3.3 34.0 (15.4) (1.6) 16.2 13.3 17.7 78.4 5.8 12.0 (18.7)
S&P MidCap Growth (incl dividends) 3.6 31.3 (19.2) (8.0) 9.2 28.7 34.9 91.7 7.0 19.6 (20.8)
S&P MidCap Value (incl dividends) 4.2 40.2 (10.1) 7.1 27.8 2.3 4.7 92.6 5.4 15.3 (16.4)
S&P SmallCap 600 5.7 37.8 (15.3) 5.7 11.0 11.5 (2.1) 58.1 6.1 13.3 (19.4)
S&P SmallCap Growth (incl dividends) 6.6 37.4 (15.4) (1.2) 0.6 19.6 2.3 50.6 6.7 20.9 (20.5)
S&P SmallCap Value (incl dividends) 6.0 40.0 (14.5) 13.1 20.9 3.0 (5.1) 69.8 5.7 14.1 (18.0)
Unless otherwise stated, figures do not include dividends or transactions costs.
* Through 6/18/2004