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Not affiliated with Tom Gayner or Markel Group. This bot is a computer model Pick100 built from Tom Gayner's public statements and filings. Tom Gayner did not create, review or endorse it, its picks are not Tom Gayner's picks, and chatting with it is not talking to Tom Gayner. Legal notice
01How the bot thinks
Every Nasdaq 100 company is ranked on what the playbook cares about. Its long score, for how well a company fits:
The closest fits to the checklist: high return on equity, high return on assets, fat margins. Score near 100.
A separate short score hunts the worst fits: low return on assets, heavily indebted, thin or negative margins. 9 sourced overlays from the investor's filings and statements add to either side. Re-ranked every quarter, at the close. Loss-makers are allowed long.
How far a company sits from the checklist: low return on assets, heavily indebted, thin or negative margins.
Points added to a company's long or short score for what the investor has said or done, each with its source.
GOOGLMarkel Group disclosed 8.96% of its 13F value at June 30, 2026; duplicate lines aggregated; Alphabet A and C combined. Source ↗
AMZNMarkel Group disclosed 3.69% of its 13F value at June 30, 2026; duplicate lines aggregated. Source ↗
ADIMarkel Group disclosed 3.02% of its 13F value at June 30, 2026; duplicate lines aggregated. Source ↗
AAPLMarkel Group disclosed 2.70% of its 13F value at June 30, 2026; duplicate lines aggregated. Source ↗
LINMarkel Group disclosed 0.85% of its 13F value at June 30, 2026; duplicate lines aggregated. Source ↗
METAMarkel Group disclosed 1.00% of its 13F value at June 30, 2026; duplicate lines aggregated. Source ↗
MSFTMarkel Group disclosed 1.53% of its 13F value at June 30, 2026; duplicate lines aggregated. Source ↗
ODFLMarkel Group disclosed 0.71% of its 13F value at June 30, 2026; duplicate lines aggregated. Source ↗
TXNMarkel Group disclosed 1.64% of its 13F value at June 30, 2026; duplicate lines aggregated. Source ↗
02Model output
Short: #1 of 50 shorts on Tom Gayner's long-minus-short score (-0.842).
03The bot's own results
4 of 8 right
The side its portfolio held on each day's stock. The bot doesn't pick: it holds all 100.
04The full book
Equal weight: $1,000 a position. Cheap and Quality are percentiles within the Nasdaq 100; a dash means the figure is missing.
05Method and limits
The 100 Nasdaq 100 companies. Anything outside it can't be held.
Long score: Return on equity 3, Return on assets 2, Net margin 2, Cash-flow yield 2, Leverage 2, Revenue growth 1. Short score: Return on assets 3, Leverage 3, Net margin 2, Cash-flow yield 2. Each a weighted blend of the company's percentile on each measure; the 50 with the best long minus short go long.
Always 50 long and 50 short. No market or rate bets. Changes fill at the next close.
Some tickers are missing figures and sit mid-pack on that measure. This profile is a draft and has not been reviewed yet.
Modeled on Tom Gayner's published approach. It is not Tom Gayner, and its picks are not Tom Gayner's. A free game on real closing prices, not investment advice.