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What is
Growth Investing?
The Strategic Investing philosophy relies
upon fundamental concepts of investing pioneered by Graham and Dodd in their
book, “Security Analysis” as well as the criteria developed by
Ernest Zahn, Armand Erpf, Ralph Hansmann, Malcom Smith, Bill O'Neil, Ian Woodard
and Marc Chaikin.
Our portfolio selection criteria requires companies to
have sales and earnings growth, institutional sponsorship, and meet certain
other conditions.
Stock ratings
Stock ratings enable the investor to
quickly separate stocks that might be able to show improvement in their stock
price. There are several methods available. Many use one or more of
the following:
Rating |
Description |
Range |
Accumulation/Distribution |
Uses
a price and volume formula to determine if a stock is under accumulation
(buying) or distribution (selling) in the last 13 weeks. |
A
signals heavy buying; E is heavy selling. |
Earnings per share |
Compares
a company’s last two quarters and last 3-5 years of growth and stability
with those of all other companies. |
A 90
rating means its earnings outperformed 90% of all companies’. |
Relative Strength |
Measures
a stock’s relative price change in the last 12 months vs. all other
stocks in the dataset. |
The best
companies rate 80 or more on both EPS and RS on a scale of 1 to 100.
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Overall |
Combines multiple ratings
to get an overall picture. |
EPS and
RS get the more weight; stocks’ percentage off their high price also is
considered. Ratings are from 1-99, with 99 being best. |
It is easy to buy
stocks but the most important aspect of successful investing is knowing when to
sell.
The
development of Action Points as selling criteria allows investors to concentrate on retaining
profits while reducing losses.
However, the choice of a selling trigger should be dependent upon each
individual's determination of a risk/reward ratio coupled with a GNS (good
night's sleep) factor.
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Last
updated - September 26, 2013
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