NewHiveShia LaBeouf assessing his portfolioTo some, it’s high-minded performance art. To others, it reeks of a silly attention grab by a Hollywood star yearning for the spotlight. To investors, well, there just might be a lesson in there somewhere. Shia LaBeouf is about halfway through a three-day stretch of watching his movies — all 29 of them in a row — and passing it off as art. The actor is inviting fans to come down and watch with him, for free, except for the spiritual toll taken from sitting through “Charlie’s Angels: Full Throttle.” Watch him watch himself here, where it’s being live-streamed. As you can see from this tweet, he’s not exactly loving every minute of the marathon. Earlier this morning, LaBeouf viewed “Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps,” a mostly mediocre follow-up to the all-time classic “Wall Street.” The movie was sandwiched in between a couple of “Transformers” stinkers in which the actor played a starring role. In the latest “Wall Street” film, LaBeouf played a hotshot trader navigating his way through the greed and corruption that brought the entire financial system to its knees during the 2008 crisis. He even uttered some words in his role that just may resonate in today’s market. “Bubbles are evolutionary. They kill excess, lean out the herd, but they are never completely destroyed,” he said. “They just come back in different forms.” Now, LaBeouf is unintentionally giving us another lesson in the Wall Street game. Any investor who’s been at it long enough has experienced his own personal “Fury.” And, unfortunately, there has to be a few “Dumb and Dumberers” sprinkled in there. Now, you probably don’t need to spend three straight days with a bunch of strangers reviewing your approach, but it’s not a bad idea to take a look at what has worked, what hasn’t and what hopefully will. Like Warren Buffett once said: “The rearview mirror is always clearer than the windshield.” When it comes to retirement, a close examination of your portfolio on a regular basis could make all the difference in your golden years, according to adviser Larry Frank, Sr. “An annual review is simply application of a dynamic-planning process,” he wrote in a piece he penned for MarketWatch. “Most people, when they think about it, realize that plans they made years ago, be it five years, 10 years, or more, don’t reflect the reality of their lives now. So plans need to be updated.” Of course, as a retail investor, getting bogged down in the minutiae of your approach can be detrimental to the process. And your life. That’s where a good hand-holder comes in. Josh Brown, the financial adviser behind the popular “Reformed Broker” blog, said his firm offers clients the ability to see where they stand, investment-wise, at all times. However, he encourages them to look as infrequently as possible. No need for LaBeouf binges. “Investors tend to have a tendency to extrapolate short-term results into a longer term trend that simply isn’t there,” he said. “This works against them in both bull and bear markets (ie: wanting to take more risk when things are going well, or running from the appropriate amount of risk when things look shaky.) We review this stuff constantly so that they don’t have to.” Still, even if you do manage to find someone you can really trust to watch over your portfolio, taking ownership of your own successes and missteps from time to time may help you avoid the financial equivalent of “Charlie Countryman.” More from MarketWatch