Forget Fancy Screeners: Handwritten Ledger Keeps Hayden on Top of Funds

"Hey Vern, why don't you computerize that stuff?"

That's the reaction I get when I show people my accounting book, in which I make handwritten entries every week on 421 mutual funds. That's right -- entries by hand!

I actually write down what each fund has done year to date each Friday of the year. This is the ninth year I've done so, and I still don't have writer's cramp. ...