That is not what I said. I said some people have had success using that strategy. There was a 10-year period when that strategy beat the Dow every year. "consistently" beating the Dow needs to be defined. I'd say in that 10-year period that was pretty consistent.
You are correct that over the long haul it hasn't consistently beaten the Dow, but again, I never said it did.
A thing to consider for all you doubters:
I am well-diversified. My stuff tends to lean on the more aggressive side of investing (no bonds, no attempts at going conservative, even though through diversification, some of my stuff is). I own a LOT of funds and have for decades. As some of you have said (and logically so), the more diversified you are, the more likely you are to adhere to the mean. So, that said, let's say the Dow went up 13% in a given year. 12.9% would lose to the Dow. 13.1% would beat the Dow. All three of those numbers are SUPER close to each other. A little luck. Some extra buying when the market is down...this could make you land on the positive side of the mean line a LOT, because even a landing just to the south of the mean line would be just as possible, but if I had told you I matched the Dow or finished JUST below it 32 of 33 years, you'd be fine with believing that when the overall net result would not be that much different. Means it's an emotional response you have when you disbelieve my claim. Fact is that sometimes I have destroyed the Dow. Sometimes I have finished a fraction of a percentage point above it, and the one year I lost to the Dow in there, I lost by a lot. This year so far, I am currently losing by a lot (which is why I brought this up to begin with...because it is rare for me).
Let's check:
Dow YTD -4.18
Flagpole YTD -9.71%
Here's to hoping some of you get your panties out of a bunch.