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Why Profitable Growth Matters (3 of 5)

By A. Stotz Investment Research | Nov 8, 2017

How to Become Financially World Class, Part 3: Why does Profitable Growth matter? We did a study to find out! High “Profitable Growth” companies generated 10X market return over the past 20 years.

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Competing Forces: Profitability and Growth (2 of 5)

By A. Stotz Investment Research | Nov 7, 2017

How to Become Financially World Class, Part 2: What’s most important for a business, high profitability or fast growth? Extremely high Profitability reduces growth. Extremely high Growth reduces profitability.

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World Class Benchmarking Is Simple, Focused, and Team Building (1 of 5)

By A. Stotz Investment Research | Nov 6, 2017

How to Become Financially World Class, Part 1: There are three core barriers to becoming Financially World Class. World Class Benchmarking was designed to overcome these barriers and take the finances of your company from complicated to simple, from scattered to focused, and from individual to team.

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The Gray Area of Stock Market Exposure

By Become a Better Investor | Nov 3, 2017
Top 5 of the Week of October 30 - Become a #betterinvestor

In our Top 5 this week, we consider risk, return, and time, look at reducing our stock market exposure, and why active managers should be more inactive. All this and more…

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Hong Kong Has Strong Momentum but Overall Unattractive

By Become a Better Investor | Nov 2, 2017

Overall, Hong Kong is the second least attractive in Asia. EPS saw a slight recovery in 2016, but for 2017-2018CE* EPS growth is below the Asian average.

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Thailand Appears Third Most Attractive in Asia

By Become a Better Investor | Nov 1, 2017

GDP growth in Thailand is moderate, driven by investments and private consumption. Analysts’ expect 2017-2019 EPS growth to be below the Asia ex Japan benchmark, however, dividend yield is expected to stay above Asia ex Japan.

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Indian GDP Growth Beat the Philippines by a Whisker

By Become a Better Investor | Oct 31, 2017

GDP in India still grow the fastest in Asia, beat the Philippines by a whisker. Consensus estimates have India as most expensive in Asia on price-to-book, but India also had the second highest return on equity in the past 12 months.

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Korea Offers the Most ROE for the PB You Pay

By Andrew Stotz | Oct 30, 2017

Chart of the Day: India is most expensive on PB in Asia, followed by Indonesia. However, Indonesia has higher ROE. Taiwan trades below the World PB but its ROE is slightly above.

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Don’t Believe Every Market Narrative

By Become a Better Investor | Oct 27, 2017
Top 5 of the Week of October 23 - Become a #betterinvestor

In our Top 5 this week, we discuss the “market is technically overbought” narrative, examine the hedonic treadmill, and weigh up intellect over critical thinking. All this and more…

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China: Momentum Still Going Strong

By Become a Better Investor | Oct 26, 2017

Overall, China appears attractive in Asia considering Fundamentals, Valuation, Momentum, and Risk. Main attractiveness is its strong price and earnings momentum.

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