Introduction Financial metrics such as P/E ratios, price to cash flow ratios, PEG ratios, price to sales ratios, price to book value, and many others, should be thought of as tools in the investor’s toolbox. They can all be useful when appropriately utilized towards putting together a successful stock portfolio. However, just as you wouldn’t …
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7 Intriguing Healthcare Growth Stocks in the S&P 500: Part 2
Introduction The S&P 500 index is commonly used as a benchmark that investors use to measure the performance of their individual portfolios against. However, the S&P 500 is comprised of a very diverse group of companies. Just about every classification of company you can imagine can be found in the S&P 500. Furthermore, it is …
Choosing Common Stocks That Make Sense for Your Retirement Portfolio: Part 2
Introduction Choosing the most appropriate stocks for the common stock portion of your retirement portfolio is vitally important. In part 1 of this series found here I presented the 6 broad categories of stocks (businesses) that renowned mutual fund manager Peter Lynch presented in his best-selling book “One Up On Wall Street.” I contend that …
Stocks 2014: Investing for Growth – The Power and Protection of High Compounding Earnings Growth – Part 2
As I become more mature (translate: gotten older), my investment philosophy has slowly evolved into a more conservative posture. When I was a younger investor I felt I had time on my side, and therefore, was willing to take on greater risk as long as I believed that greater rewards could follow. In other words, …
Maybe Diversification Is Not All It’s Cracked Up To Be
There’s an old cliché about real estate investing that states that the three cardinal rules are: location- location- location. Clever pundits have borrowed upon this refrain and glibly state that the three most important or cardinal rules of investing are: diversify- diversify- diversify. However, careful analysis will reveal that diversification is a multifaceted concept that …
10 Super-Fast Growth Stocks With Explosive Returns
Introduction One of the things that continuously frustrates us about the investment industry is how imprecise it can be with its definitions of important terms. A second frustration that follows muddy labels is the application of statistical analysis based on faulty or inaccurate descriptions of these important terms and concepts. In our opinion, ”value investing …