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Index
Table of Contents
Publishing details
Acknowledgements
Preface to the 1996 Edition
Preface to the 2010 Edition
1. Your Approach to Investment
Aim to beat the institutions
Investment clubs
The Zulu Principle
Reading about investment
Company REFS
Summary
2. Why Growth Shares?
The main approaches to investment
A remarkable investor
Some UK examples
The case for growth shares
The market as a whole
Selection is more important than timing
Summary
3. What is a Growth Share?
The Right Sectors
Competitive advantage
Management
Earnings per share growth
Company REFS’ definition
Summary
4. Price-Earnings Growth Factors
Compare chalk with chalk
Rolling twelve months ahead
Checking the validity of forecasts
Brokers’ consensus forecasts
Summary
5. PEGs at Work
PEG tests
Avoid shares on very high PERS
Summary
6. Cash Flow
Advantages of strong cash flow
Constructing a cash flow sieve
Capital expenditure
Summary
7. Relative Strength
The third sieve
Further proof
More on relative strength
Technical analysis
Summary
8. Management
Ways of checking management
Chief executive officer changes
Directors’ share dealings
Summary
9. Competitive Advantage
The right sector
The key statistics
Return on capital employed
Exclusion of intangibles
Return On Investment
Operating margin
Summary
10. Strong Financial Position
The gearing ratio
Four investment tools
Summary
11. Accelerating Earnings Per Share
Brokers’ consensus forecast changes
Cloning
Summary
12. Other Investment Criteria
Small market capitalisation
AIM
Fledgling index
FT-SE SmallCap index
The Mid-250 index
FT-SE 100 index
Non-index
Attractive dividend yields
A company buying in its own shares
Something new
Price-to-sales ratio
Summary
13. Your Stockbroker and You
14. Putting it All Together
A. Mandatory
B. Highly desirable
C. Bonus factors
Using the quiver full of arrows
Summary
15. Portfolio Management
How many shares?
Has the story changed?
Relative strength
Stop loss
PEPs
Files
Summary
16. Bull and Bear Markets
Signs of a bear market
Characteristics of bull and bear markets
Summary
17. Technology Stocks
Internet
Five main classifications
Different approaches to valuation
Profit margins
Essential reading
Summary
18. Cyclical Stocks
More guidelines for buying cyclicals
Summary
19. Recommended Reading
Books on investment
20. Summary
Appendix
Credits
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