couldashoulda

38 Companies with Top Financial Strength

Thanks for the analysis you did here and have done
in the past. I enjoy your work.

Some thoughts for whatever its worth
Per my math these stocks( equally weighted) have gained (excluding dividends) about 12% YTD and 31% since March 1. S&P 500 has gained 5% and 29% over the same periods. S&P equal weighted (more comparative) has gained 17% and 43%

If these stocks are , say, twice as valuable fundamentally as the other 460 or so stocks in the S&P 500, then the market really doesn't reward fundamentals. If this analysis was true, say, 1/1/2008. The results would be better. They would have lost 22% vs 40% or so for the S&P 500. Of course you cant use the criteria for this list as valid necessarily retroactive for 2008.

This and other analyses has led me to some rules for my own investing.
1. Don’t invest in individual stocks usually. Use aggregates such as ETF's or mutual funds.
2. Success is dependent on the following general scale:
What you buy 10%
When you buy 25%
When you sell 65%
Which leads me to a requirement to have some form of a technical analysis game plan vs fundamental.

Just for fun and hopefully learning, I am selecting
the best 6 or so of these per my technical criteria
and I will track them over coming months