At age 77, he is anything but a stereotypical Wall Street trader. He lives in Ohio and prefers casual "retiree clothing. But his returns would make many top investors salivate.

He participated in an investing competition in where you had to buy five stocks on January 1 and hold them through the end of the year. Four of his picks -- LinkedIn LNKD , Tech30 , 3D Systems DDD , Fidelity National FNF and Valeant Pharmaceuticals VRX -- did extremely well.

Learning to invest in retirement: For much of his life, Glandorf didn't have time to think about the stock market. He was a pipe fitter who went on to start his own successful construction business in Cincinnati, Ohio. But the closer he edged to retirement, the more he took an interest in how his funds were invested.

He started to wonder if he could do better than some of the folks managing his money. In his early 60s, Glandorf started a stock club. Fifteen people showed up to the first meeting at the pipe fitters' training school in Cincinnati. The investing club is still going, although it now meets at Sycamore Senior Center. Glandorf has become something of a local stock prodigy. Calling him the "Oracle of Ohio" -- a nod to famed investor Warren Buffett, the Oracle of Omaha -- might not be far off.

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Investors LOVE Warren Buffett. Since he took over managing and trading his own funds in , he is clearly doing something right. I just know them by symbol. His investing philosophy harkens back to his days as a small business owner.

He knew he would have to investigate the competition.

The online stock research program MarketSmith is his bedrock. He prefers to buy stocks and hold them for awhile, but he logs on to the site every day to run several screens that generate about a dozen stocks that look good based on the various financial criteria he has developed.

Paul's list of stocks: The stocks that pop up on the screen make it into "Paul's list," an email that now goes out to many friends, family and past and current members of the Stock Wizards. The Wizards invest in many different ways.

I only invest in one way: I invest in aggressive growth type stocks," he says. That's been a pretty constant over time, except at the end of Predicting the Great Recession: Perhaps his biggest accomplishment as an investor was recognizing America's great financial crisis. Glandorf stays pretty humble about his good fortune, noting that while he timed it right getting out of the market, it's tough to know when to jump back in.

See the economy recovery in 17 charts. Some of the stocks he likes now include: Illumina ILMN , Alexion Pharmaceuticals ALXN , Actavis ACT , and United Rentals URI. He rattles off the tickers on the phone and conceded that he's not even sure what some of these companies do. But he knows their earnings history and forecasts and things like their price-to-earnings ratios.

The joy of his life these days -- besides his grandchildren -- is teaching others how to invest. While he tries to give advice, he lets people do what they think is best. Start your day right with the latest news driving global markets, from major stock movers and key economic headlines to important events on the calendar. Daily newsletter, Sunday through Friday. Most stock quote data provided by BATS. Market indices are shown in real time, except for the DJIA, which is delayed by two minutes.

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