First, let's define accuracy for our context.
Accuracy: When the stock that you bought and held over at least three years is beating the market averages.
David suggests we aim for 60% of our stock picks to beat the market averages.
Assuming 60% accuracy - 12 stocks will beat the market and 8 will not.
60% is a great goal, but you don't have to hit 60% to beat the market.
8 out of 20 investments will lose to the market. Some of them will lose almost all of their value.
The beauty of Rule Breaker investing. When you find a true Rule Breaker, it can wipe out all of your losers combined.
The current performance of the Rule Breaker picks reveals their 4th best pick is up 4,266%. When you have a stock like this in your portfolio, it erases all of your losers. This is why you have to accept losing as a part of the process.
"You have to be willing to lose to win."
We intentionally take risk. That's the nature of Rule Breaker investing and how I think we maximize our returns.