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Investor's Business Daily has absolutely one of the best resources for a Trader.
Index Stocks has 630 stocks at your disposal however we are going to be talking
about valuation in the basis on Growth Stocks, this is where the big astronomical
surges occur or take place, and it is going to be in this valuation format. We are
going to be utilizing this method called CANSLIM, CANSLI is where I get my
fundamental level whether I am being Bullish or Bearish, and finally the last one
here is in a technical basis "M".
C: Current Earnings
Look for stocks with earnings growth of at least 25%
in their latest reported quarter. Bigger growth is even better. You would also like
to see earnings acceleration over the last three quarters. For example, one quarter
earnings may be up 25%, the next quarter up 50%, and the most recent up 90%.
A: Annual Earnings
You want to see annual earnings growth of at least 25% for each of the last 3
years. We have also
found that the greatest stocks of all time had the
best margins in their industry group and return on equity of at least 17%.
I: Institutional Sponsorship
Mutual funds, pension funds, and bank are the big
players that drive the market. They account for as
much as 80% of all trading activity. For a stock to
be a top performer, it must have institutional
support to fuel its price moves. We suggest that
you only buy stocks that have at least 10 Mutual
Funds that own it and ideally, have 2-3 quarters of
increasing institutional sponsorship. (We can get this information in the internet
by digging in and finding it or you can save time by utilizing the IBA Ranking List
provided by Investor's Business Daily. Also, look for SMT Divergence).
M: Market Direction
Our study shows 3 out of 4 stocks follow the
market's trend, so you always want to trade in sync
with the market, you should only be buying stocks in a confirmed uptrend and
protect your capital in a
correction. (When you have all of these conditions aligned, the only thing
remaining is utilizing the Dow theory and knowing when the Stock market is going to
move up as a whole).