2013: Our Silver Anniversary
Come January 1, 2013, VectorVest will be embarking upon its twenty fifth year in business, and we look forward to all the challenges and opportunities it will bring.
The Secret to Making Money in the Stock Market
There’s a battle raging on Wall Street. The Bulls are looking for a market bottom and the Bears are saying the selling will continue. Both camps are making their point with a plethora of facts, fiction and fluff. How can we cut through the flack and focus on what’s really going to happen?
The WatchDog
Every now and then a new tool is created that simply blows your mind. Well, it blew mine anyway. This tool is so good, I can’t leave it alone. I love it and I think you will too. So what is it? Before getting ahead of myself, I’d like to give you a little background. On October 8, 2010, I [...]
The Comeback Kids
I introduced the subject of Net Profit Margin, NPM, two weeks ago because first quarter earnings reports were quite good, but that wasn’t good enough for many analysts…they were looking for signs of better sales growth. Everyone knows that sales growth is vital to a company’s long-term viability. Increased sales normally lead to rising earnings which, in turn, drive a [...]
A Whole New Dimension
Net Profit Margin, NPM, which I introduced last week, shows the after tax profit that a company makes, in percent, for each dollar of sales it receives. It directly relates bottom line and top line performance in one simple figure and, therefore, is a wonderful measure of profitability. Take La-Z-Boy, Inc., LZB, yesterday’s top stock ranked by VST, for example. [...]
Romancing the NPM
About 30 years ago, I was in charge of a billion dollar business that was largely involved with a commodity, plastic. We were the world’s leading producer of this plastic, making over two billion pounds a year. In order to cut costs, the business was integrated back to its basic raw materials that came right out of the ground. In [...]