Keep in mind that the valuation model and the forecast model make radically different assumptions about the nature of the market. One looks at pure fundamentals while the other looks at how the stock has traded in the past and tries to make future predictions. More here: tinyurl.com/4ojymbr Valuation models may have a tough time in the face of big market momentum--and the market is always right. Regardless, the model is always going to rate the stocks relative to each other and in the case of oil/energy it thinks they are overrated on fundamentals--but it is a computer and cannot know how things are going with Ghaddafi or in Japan. Long term, the overall ratings system and forecast figures do tend to provide a high degree of predictability and higher rated stocks provide better results than poorly rated ones... But here we find that a stock is overvalued but it may remain so for a long time and you would have trouble shorting in a speculative bubble or oil shock anyway. and, we typically provide the top 5 lists each week based on news headlines and overall market interest.
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More here: tinyurl.com/4ojymbr
Valuation models may have a tough time in the face of big market momentum--and the market is always right. Regardless, the model is always going to rate the stocks relative to each other and in the case of oil/energy it thinks they are overrated on fundamentals--but it is a computer and cannot know how things are going with Ghaddafi or in Japan.
Long term, the overall ratings system and forecast figures do tend to provide a high degree of predictability and higher rated stocks provide better results than poorly rated ones...
But here we find that a stock is overvalued but it may remain so for a long time and you would have trouble shorting in a speculative bubble or oil shock anyway.
and, we typically provide the top 5 lists each week based on news headlines and overall market interest.