Navlio

Finance and crypto

stock recommendation

SHOW HN2015

134points
103comments
#161of 2,565 in 2015
Top 7%of 2015 by points

How HN took it

RoastedHalf or more of the comments are critical

2 positive, 4 neutral or asking, 1 mixed, 11 critical, out of 18 comments about the project. Thread score -0.39.

Idea: 1 for, 7 againstDesign: 1 for, 2 againstPerformance: 0 for, 2 against

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What HN said

What people liked

  • Theme search feature is useful for finding new stocks

    From 1 comment
    • I like its ability to list stock symbols based on themes. As a long term investor who invests in specific industries, I have established fundamental and technical criterion I use…
      ashwinl on HN

Objections

  • Relies on long 13F positions and misses short sales and derivatives

    From 2 comments
    • This is a neat idea, but it has a flaw. The flaw is that Navlio is basing the recommendations on long equity positions (as well as other securities reported in HFs' 13F filings).…
      vonnik on HN
    • Thanks for this feedback-- It's very accurate that 13Fs do not pick up hedge fund activity such as short sales and derivatives. 13Fs are not necessarily comprehensive of all of a…
      navlio on HN
  • Following hedge fund data blindly can lose money

    From 1 comment
    • Blindly following hedge fund data is a sure fire way too lose money. A lot of these hedge funds are using more complicated strategies such as premium selling and hedging using…
      fuddle on HN
  • Financial advice site should not move fast and break things

    From 1 comment
    • It should be that financial advice is one of the fields where it's really not a good idea to "move fast and break things."
      minimaxir on HN
  • Recommending stocks is discomforting and may mislead users

    From 1 comment
    • Diclosure: I work at a company https://www.tipranks.com and we collect all sorts of hedge fund, analyst, blogger and insider data. I don't understand how any of the suggestions…
      inglor on HN

Requests

  • Backtest the algorithm and track performance against other strategies

    From 2 comments
    • Cool project, have you tried backtesting your algorithm? You will probably get quite a bit of negativity if your plan is to make money off this by recommending stocks as is. I…
      Everhusk on HN
    • Nice work! It would be interesting to write a bot that tracks a portfolio based on the recommendations from this to see how it performs against other strategies.
      fru2013 on HN
  • Support ETFs such as SPY and GLD

    From 1 comment
    • Looks like ETFs like SPY, GLD, OIL etc doesn't work. The interface could be less jumping from page to page. I would prefer something more simpler and straight forward: -Enter few…
      sytelus on HN
  • Simpler interface with fewer page jumps and clearer predictions

    From 1 comment
    • Looks like ETFs like SPY, GLD, OIL etc doesn't work. The interface could be less jumping from page to page. I would prefer something more simpler and straight forward: -Enter few…
      sytelus on HN

Questions

  • How are stocks ranked in smart money manager results

    From 1 comment
    • How do you rank the list of stocks in the "smart money manager" results? Typically rankings for this type of search are done by percentage of portfolio, but that definitely does…
      Thorman on HN

Alternatives named

  • Index funds such as Vanguard ETFs

    From 2 comments
    • For anyone who comes into this thread looking for long-term stock advice: put your money in some ETF (like vanguard) and call it a day. Look at previous rates of return if you're…
      hardwaresofton on HN
    • Before anyone critiques this site, I'd urge them to read the entire front page of their site. In particular: Tell navlio the companies you like and it will apply machine learning…
      JesperRavn on HN
  • Quantopian for backtesting

    From 1 comment
    • Cool project, have you tried backtesting your algorithm? You will probably get quite a bit of negativity if your plan is to make money off this by recommending stocks as is. I…
      Everhusk on HN
  • TipRanks hedge fund and analyst data

    From 1 comment
    • Diclosure: I work at a company https://www.tipranks.com and we collect all sorts of hedge fund, analyst, blogger and insider data. I don't understand how any of the suggestions…
      inglor on HN

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