Yes, I removed “1st New Liquid Estimators designer model” It had a subscriber for years and I tried to convice the subscriber to leave it, with no success. It was one of my earliest work and it did not reflect what I am doing now, so when the finally sub left, I killed it
And yes, I am concentrating on AI Factor models, I am simply much more successfull with it than with trad. models, it seems to fit me well.
Thank you for the hint with CFM Hedge fund.
I am working with two allocators (100% AI Based) and do not want to expand it right now, rather grow my own portfolio, work for P123 and do research.
One other note: I sometimes sense that comments about survivorship bias get subtly directed at Andreas. That wasn’t my intent at all in my comment.
For context, one of my favorite models is from Victor. As far as I know, he has only had one designer model so far, and it may have been more of a proof-of-concept or high-conviction experiment than anything else when it was created. I really respect that—one focused idea, clearly expressed. There’s no reasonable way to frame that as survivorship bias.
I’m also a big fan of Yuval, particularly for his clarity around rankings and his conviction in his methods. Regardless of any recent underperformance in some models, or the fact that not all of them reflect his most recent learnings, I personally owe a lot to Yuval’s disciplined commitment to this process and wouldn’t be here if not for him.
Andreas is a very different case in terms of quantity of models—but I have a ton of respect for him and for the research he so willingly shares. As an entrepreneur, the mindset of “try many things and keep what works” strongly resonates with me. If I had to guess whose thinking here is most likely to influence my strategy and style five to ten years from now, Andreas would be very near the top of that list.
