This site exists as a free resource for people interested in equity analysis, quantitative models and automated portfolios. The analysis and results presented here are the culmination of many years (albeit by an individual) of research, observation and meditation on fundamental and technical analysis of stocks and stock markets and investment principles and trading strategies. All undertaken by an enthusiastic and dedicated, yet non-professional, market participant.
The methods employed here are not necesarily based on academically proven theories or industry accepted practices. There's no real money in the portfolios, and the ratings system is not rigorously backtested or statistically established
For now, the site, the Ratings System and the model portfolios operate as an ongoing experiment. The primary goal is that the results of this experiment are at the very least, interesting and insightful observations which are useful to traders and investors in one way or another. A secondary goal is that the Ratings System (over time and with many revisions) correlates with outperformance and alpha.
The site went live in BETA on the 12th of November 2008 at about 12:30 AM.