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Blending value and growth has proved to be a winning formula for our Neff screen

After a good run last year, producing a 17 per cent total return versus 11 per cent from the market, my Inflation Beaters screen may ironically have something to fear from the potential impact of inflation on so-called 'bond proxies'.

It's been a tough year for my Piotroski deep value screen, and its cumulative total return of 96 per cent since I started running it six years ago is now shy of the 99 per cent generated by the indices the stocks are picked from. Nevertheless, there are strong grounds to think this methodology can come good.

Eight new shares have been selected by the Have-it-All stock screen following a good 2017 in which the shares picked by the screen produced a total return of 20 per cent compared with 13 per cent from the FTSE All-Share.

My top-performing Great Expectations stock screen, which has produced a four-fold return over the past six years, has found three new shares that pass all its tests.

Which screens smashed it in 2017, and which floundered?

An analysis of the performance of my blue-chip momentum screen over the past three years could lead one to some topsy-turvy conclusions

This year's sector screen sees tempting value and momentum in pubs and restaurants, along with a number of other domestically focused plays.

My high-yield small-cap screen has outperformed in each of the five years I’ve run it and boasts a threefold total return. Find out the screen’s latest seven share picks

The genuine growth screen has served up a 118 per cent total return over the past five years, compared with 61 per cent from the FTSE All-Share, but a bit of tinkering may improve its results.