Investment Strategies

Investment strategies enable you to organize your approach to investing. Do you seek a regular income through dividends? Do you seek high growth companies? Or are you a bargain hunter looking for a value investment?

What is CANSLIM Investing & Does It Work? I Test It!

CANSLIM is an active investment strategy that utilizes specific screening criteria such as earnings, market leadership, product innovation, institutional ownership, and stock price trends. These key criteria play a vital role in the process of stock selection.

How to Ensure Your Portfolio is Diversified & Balanced

A well-diversified stock portfolio should have a low correlation to the broader market. This means that your portfolio won't necessarily follow suit when the broad market goes down.

How To Implement 13 Legendary Stock Portfolio Examples

Our years of performance testing reveal the world's best-performing stock portfolios are Berkshire Hathaway, CANSLIM, GreenBlatt's Magic Formula, and the FAANG portfolio. We share examples and show you how to implement them.

Are Reinvested Dividends Taxable & How To Reduce It?

Reinvested dividends are generally taxable. The tax rate usually depends on the type of dividend received and your income tax bracket. For example, qualified...

35 Best Growth Stocks To Buy Now To Beat The Market

Find the best growth stocks to buy now using a 9-year tested and proven strategy system that selects stocks that outperform the S&P 500. Instead of following stock tips from financial websites, you can adopt a structured approach to find stocks with a proven track record of beating the market.

Are Dividend Reinvestment Plans (DRIPs) Worth It?

Dividend reinvestment plans are an effective way to reinvest dividends directly with a company to accumulate more shares over time without having to pay commission fees for each transaction. This allows for a steady stream of cost-effective income for the investor and stability for the company.

Value vs. Growth Stocks: Which is Better? We Test The Data!

Our data analysis for the past decade shows that growth stocks have outperformed value stocks. Growth investing has shown a remarkable return rate of 523%, while value investing has yielded 247%.

Common vs. Preferred Stock: Strategy Differences & Examples

Common stock has voting rights and price appreciation in line with market prices, whereas preferred stock does not. However, preferred stock has higher priority dividend payments and liquidity rights in case of insolvency. The downside of preferred stock is that it has no voting rights, and they are callable.

How to Calculate Dividend Yield & Triple Your Income

To calculate dividend yield, divide the stock's annual dividend per share by the stock's current market price. The dividend yield increases as share prices drop, so to triple your yields, buy stock price panic crashes.

3 Tested Strategies To Find High-Yield Dividend Stocks:

High-yield dividend stocks are a double-edged sword. The higher the dividend yield, the harder it is for the company to keep paying the high dividend.

6 Steps to Implement 4 Dividend Stock Screening Strategies

Our research shows you how to create the best dividend stock screener; you must decide on a high-yield, safe, or dividend growth strategy. Next, choose our tested criteria for your screener, like payout ratio, yield, and coverage.

7 Strategies to Find Quality Value Stocks Paying Dividends

Our research combines criteria for selecting value stocks and dividend-paying stocks to create seven strategies for finding under-valued dividend stocks. We include the exact criteria to use and a step-by-step guide to implementing them into a stock screener.

M.O.S.E.S. Investing Strategy Training Dashboard

Welcome to MOSES I hope you see the benefit of avoiding major stock market crashes and preserving the value of your investments. By Using This...

Ordinary vs. Qualified Dividends Less Tax & More Profit

Ordinary dividends are taxed at the individual investor's marginal rate, while qualified dividends are subject to a lower tax rate. Qualified dividends must also meet certain criteria like holding period and stock ownership.

S&P 500 Companies List by Sector, Market Cap & PE Ratio...

Our regularly updated S&P 500 companies list shows you what companies are currently in the S&P 500 index and provides the ticker symbol, capitalization, and PE Ratio.

How to Calculate Intrinsic/Fair Value of Stocks + Excel Calculator

To calculate the intrinsic value of a stock, estimate a company's future cash flow, discount it by the compounded inflation rate, and divide the result by the number of shares outstanding. The result is a stock's fair value. 

S&P 500 Companies List by Market Capitalization 2024

Our regularly updated S&P 500 companies list shows you what companies are currently in the S&P 500 index and provides the ticker symbol, their industry sector, and market capitalization.

7 Best Stock Picking & Advisory Services 2024

Our stock advisor testing shows the best stock picking services are Motley Fool Stock Advisor, Morningstar, AAII, and Zacks. Stock Rover is the best stock research tool alternative to stock picking services.

7 Best Stock Portfolio Trackers for Investors 2024

Our research shows the best portfolio trackers are Stock Rover and Portfolio 123, with powerful screening, watchlists, and portfolio management features. M1 Finance and Tickeron enable the easy construction of balanced portfolios. Finally, Firstrade provides retirement portfolios and free stock trading.

A Beginner’s Guide To Investing in Money Markets

Money markets play a crucial role in greasing the wheels of economic activity, ensuring a smooth flow of funds from those who have it to those who need to borrow it. Investors can use money markets to protect capital from inflation.

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Liberated Stock Trader Pro: Learn Stock Market Investing

Learn stock market investing with the complete online stock trading course by Barry D. Moore, a certified financial analyst from the International Federation of Technical Analysts (IFTA).

ETF Investing Strategy: MOSES Improves Performance & Lowers Risk

The MOSES ETF investing strategy is a powerful suite of indicators meticulously backtested over 100 years. Designed to empower you to outperform the market, it equips you with the tools to navigate major stock market crashes and unlock greater investing performance.

LiberatedStockTrader’s Strategy Beat the Market By 102%

Decades of research and testing unveiled the Liberated Stock Trader Beat the Market System. Our 9-year, backtested, and proven strategy targets 35 financially healthy high-growth stocks, producing a track record of beating the S&P 500 by 102%.