March 2, 2018

Published by henry at March 2, 2018

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The Amelia Bedelia Mutual Fund

Henry Crutcher

This how-to shows how to create a strategy in Equities Lab, and how to do some basic analysis of it. For humor value, we take the point of view of a children’s book character, named Amelia Bedelia, who has no common sense. We have all felt this way some times.

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February 13, 2018

Published by Tyler McCain at February 13, 2018

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There’s been a Market Correction, Should you be Worried?

Should you be Scared of the Dow’s 1700 point drop

On the fifth of February 2018 the Dow Jones Industrial Average saw its largest single day drop in history. This drop coming off a market sell-off at the end of January has caused many investors to call for the start of a bear market.…

January 16, 2018

Published by henry at January 16, 2018

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Can’t Compare Close or EPS to a Number

A lesson on absolute prices versus relative ones

You’ve been referred to this page by something saying “You can’t (or shouldn’t) use Close > 5.00” in a stock screener.

Imagine you are looking at a share of GoodStock (yeah, I know that’s a lame name for a fake stock!). It goes up and up, and up! …

November 9, 2017

Published by Tyler McCain at November 9, 2017

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Run Backtests in the Background with Recent Backtests

Highlighting Recent Backtests

Even with advanced caching methods and multiple speed upgrades, highly complex screeners still take some time to run over the past 20 years. To combat the wait time – and allow you more freedom to analyze strategies and their underlying companies – we built the “Recent Backtest” section.…

November 2, 2017

Published by Wumpini A at November 2, 2017

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Ranking the Growth of Free Cash Flow and Finding the Leaders

Intuitively, most investors would assume that consistent growth in free cash flow within a company, would result in a high performing stock. Well today we’re going to test out that theory with the “Free Cash Flow Growth Leaders Stock Screener”. With this screener, we’re looking for:

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Large and stable companies; companies that have a market cap over a billion dollars sectioned off into their respective sectors.…

October 26, 2017

Published by Tyler McCain at October 26, 2017

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Investment Green Flags – Decreasing Shares Outstanding

Share Buyback Programs

A company purchasing back its shares tends to increase the stock price for a couple of reasons. First, it shows that the firm and its employees are confident in the direction the company is heading, and second, it cuts down on the shares available for investors to purchase purchasing the price up through basic supply and demand.…

October 19, 2017

Published by Tyler McCain at October 19, 2017

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What is your definition of “high dividend?”

How high are “high” dividend stocks?

As the markets continue to lack volatility, a number of investors are attempting to find opportunities outside of the traditional growth stocks. This leads many of them to alternatives such as forex, options, etc. However, some investors are still attempting to find gains in the equity markets, and a number of them are doing so through looking for companies with exceptionally high dividend yields.…

September 28, 2017

Published by Tyler McCain at September 28, 2017

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Investment Red Flags – Close < 2

Sharing a lot of characteristics with the “Ultra Low Market Cap” red flag, looking for companies with a close of less than 2 gives you a number of companies whose market cap ranges from Micro to Small. These companies tend to have extremely poor fundamentals and also have a high probability of causing negative returns in your portfolio.…

September 14, 2017

Published by Tyler McCain at September 14, 2017

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Investment Green Flags – Increasing Sales and High Asset Turnover

Revenue Growth and High Asset Turnover

When it comes to finding green flags, sometimes the simplest idea is the best. In the case of our flag – Revenue Growth and High Asset Turnover – we look for just that. It’s pretty self-explanatory that if a company is bringing in more money and is selling products faster than anyone else, it will likely increase in price long-term.…

September 7, 2017

Published by Tyler McCain at September 7, 2017

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Investment Red Flags – Bad Beneish Score

How negatively does a bad Beneish score affect your portfolio?

With all of the recent articles regarding red and green flags, I realized I should begin writing articles on the flags within the score. One such flag, the bad Beneish score, is a key component of the red flags score.

The line item, “Bad Beneish Score” within the red flags score is calculated by using the above editor.…