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Re: Show HN: A free ESG stock screener that publishes its losses and methodology

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Post by irldexter »

Esophagus4 wrote: post #10

A question I have: do you have a background in capital markets? Because what it looks like is you asked Claude to create a stock picking newsletter based on signals that retail commonly thinks are bleeding edge but institutions have been using for two decades and probably don’t give much edge anymore (AI analysis of news sentiment…) And you backtested from 2012-2025, one of the longest bull runs in history. Of course…

No hedge fund background, fair cop. I'm a software developer who got frustrated with discretionary noise and built something rules-based.

On the bull run, alpha here is measured against SPY, which ran the same period. The claim is relative outperformance, not that we picked a rising tide. The window also includes 2020 and 2022, not great for momentum strategies. Signals that showed near-zero predictive value in statistical validation are zeroed out of the scoring.

Paper trading is already running against live signals. The daily reports are public and free, no subscription needed to check. Methodology is at https://jumpstartsignal.com/how-it-works/ if you want the detail on what's actually being validated.

Re: Show HN: A free ESG stock screener that publishes its losses and methodology

#12

Post by idreyn »

irldexter wrote: post #11
Esophagus4 wrote: post #10

A question I have: do you have a background in capital markets? Because what it looks like is you asked Claude to create a stock picking newsletter based on signals that retail commonly thinks are bleeding edge but institutions have been using for two decades and probably don’t give much edge anymore (AI analysis of news sentiment…) And you backtested from 2012-2025, one of the longest bull runs in history. Of course…

No hedge fund background, fair cop. I'm a software developer who got frustrated with discretionary noise and built something rules-based. On the bull run, alpha here is measured against SPY, which ran the same period. The claim is relative outperformance, not that we picked a rising tide. The window also includes 2020 and 2022, not great for momentum strategies. Signals that showed near-zero predictive value in stati…

Grok is that you?

Re: Show HN: A free ESG stock screener that publishes its losses and methodology

#13

Post by irldexter »

idreyn wrote: post #12
irldexter wrote: post #11

Earlier quoted context omitted.

No hedge fund background, fair cop. I'm a software developer who got frustrated with discretionary noise and built something rules-based. On the bull run, alpha here is measured against SPY, which ran the same period. The claim is relative outperformance, not that we picked a rising tide. The window also includes 2020 and 2022, not great for momentum strategies. Signals that showed near-zero predictive value in stati…

Grok is that you?

Nope.

Re: Show HN: A free ESG stock screener that publishes its losses and methodology

#14

Post by altmanaltman »

irldexter wrote: post #11
Esophagus4 wrote: post #10

A question I have: do you have a background in capital markets? Because what it looks like is you asked Claude to create a stock picking newsletter based on signals that retail commonly thinks are bleeding edge but institutions have been using for two decades and probably don’t give much edge anymore (AI analysis of news sentiment…) And you backtested from 2012-2025, one of the longest bull runs in history. Of course…

No hedge fund background, fair cop. I'm a software developer who got frustrated with discretionary noise and built something rules-based. On the bull run, alpha here is measured against SPY, which ran the same period. The claim is relative outperformance, not that we picked a rising tide. The window also includes 2020 and 2022, not great for momentum strategies. Signals that showed near-zero predictive value in stati…

Those emojis on there take away from any seriousness you are trying to project and smells of AI generated text.

Re: Show HN: A free ESG stock screener that publishes its losses and methodology

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Post by irldexter »

altmanaltman wrote: post #14
irldexter wrote: post #11

Earlier quoted context omitted.

No hedge fund background, fair cop. I'm a software developer who got frustrated with discretionary noise and built something rules-based. On the bull run, alpha here is measured against SPY, which ran the same period. The claim is relative outperformance, not that we picked a rising tide. The window also includes 2020 and 2022, not great for momentum strategies. Signals that showed near-zero predictive value in stati…

Those emojis on there take away from any seriousness you are trying to project and smells of AI generated text.

Hmmm, only did one ascii emoji in a different response. An old habit from the early days. Point noted.

Re: Show HN: A free ESG stock screener that publishes its losses and methodology

#18

Post by Esophagus4 »

irldexter wrote: post #11
Esophagus4 wrote: post #10

A question I have: do you have a background in capital markets? Because what it looks like is you asked Claude to create a stock picking newsletter based on signals that retail commonly thinks are bleeding edge but institutions have been using for two decades and probably don’t give much edge anymore (AI analysis of news sentiment…) And you backtested from 2012-2025, one of the longest bull runs in history. Of course…

No hedge fund background, fair cop. I'm a software developer who got frustrated with discretionary noise and built something rules-based. On the bull run, alpha here is measured against SPY, which ran the same period. The claim is relative outperformance, not that we picked a rising tide. The window also includes 2020 and 2022, not great for momentum strategies. Signals that showed near-zero predictive value in stati…

One last question - as a percentage of your net worth, how much of your own money have you put into the stock picks generated through this analysis?

I have a feeling I know the answer, but wanted to check.

Re: Show HN: A free ESG stock screener that publishes its losses and methodology

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Post by irldexter »

Esophagus4 wrote: post #18
irldexter wrote: post #11

Earlier quoted context omitted.

No hedge fund background, fair cop. I'm a software developer who got frustrated with discretionary noise and built something rules-based. On the bull run, alpha here is measured against SPY, which ran the same period. The claim is relative outperformance, not that we picked a rising tide. The window also includes 2020 and 2022, not great for momentum strategies. Signals that showed near-zero predictive value in stati…

One last question - as a percentage of your net worth, how much of your own money have you put into the stock picks generated through this analysis? I have a feeling I know the answer, but wanted to check.

Well, it's early, so there's only been 2 actionable signals so far; 1 unique ticker SPOTLIGHT and 1 OPPORTUNITY (MONITOR is just a watchlist flag i.e. continue to MONITOR). Am putting in 1K per SPOT/OPP so far. I also maintain ETF and ETC positions (and have good/bad performing stocks since before JSS). So yes, I am putting my money where my mouth is. I have another 10K ready to deploy specifically to this, and other underperforming sources to draw from based on performance.

Re: Show HN: A free ESG stock screener that publishes its losses and methodology

#20

Post by anonymousiam »

Why limit your investments to ESG stocks only? If the purpose of your investment is to get maximum returns, you shouldn't do that.

Is ESG Investing Losing Its Shine? ESG Stocks Continue To Underperform The S&P 500: https://finance.yahoo.com/news/esg-investing-losing-shine-es...

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