How To Boost Your Stock Market Investing Today

Part 2 of An Investment Club History – Episode 428

This week, John describes how the lessons of his 32-year-old investment club can boost your stock market investing.

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He breaks down performance, member dynamics, and the practical rules that guide buy/sell decisions.

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Inside the Club Structure

We began in 1993 with seven members, including hospital doctors, VPs, an attorney, and an accountant. We established a $100 monthly contribution and officer roles from the outset. Over time, membership ebbed and flowed to a current 12; meetings moved from the hospital to an original member’s office; and technology (remote attendance, myICLUB accounting software, and Better Investing’s Stock Selection Guide) modernized operations.

The partnership agreement standardizes things like withdrawal timing and ownership percentages, so transitions and payouts are handled cleanly when people join, leave, or request cash.

Stock Market Investing Today as a Club

The Club’s edge has been methodical research and repeatable rules: use the Stock Selection Guide (SSG) and Value Line to screen for companies whose revenues and earnings have grown ~10% or more for 5 to 10 years and whose current P/E looks favorable versus historical/industry norms. We target meaningful position sizes (roughly 3–5% per new buy in a ~20-stock portfolio), keep holdings that meet the criteria, and sell only when an updated SSG or a better buy appears.

That discipline helped the club average roughly 10.5% annualized over ~32 years versus ~8.6% for the total market in the same period. That small outperformance compounds into large dollar differences over decades.