How We Build Our Weekly Focus List

Every week, more than 5,000 stocks trade across U.S. markets.

Most investors spend their time searching through as many names as possible.

We do the opposite.

Our goal is not to find more stocks.

Our goal is to find the best opportunities.

The average investor is overwhelmed.

Financial television broadcasts opinions all day.

Social media promotes the latest hot stock.

Every headline creates a new distraction.

The result is usually the same:

Too many ideas.

Too little conviction.

At our research desk, we believe simplicity creates better decisions.

That starts with narrowing our universe.

We primarily monitor large-cap growth companies.

Companies with:

Examples include:

These companies attract the majority of institutional capital and often produce the strongest trends.

We are not interested in chasing stocks after major advances.

Instead, we look for orderly pullbacks within established uptrends.

The strongest stocks rarely move higher in a straight line.

They advance.

They consolidate.

They pull back.

Then they continue higher.

These pullbacks often create the best risk-adjusted opportunities.

Before considering any position, we answer four questions:

If we cannot answer these questions clearly, the stock does not make the Focus List.

Discipline always comes before prediction.

Every stock on our Focus List has earned its place.

We are looking for:

Most stocks are rejected.

Only a handful remain.

Each week, subscribers receive:

The objective is simple.

Reduce noise.

Increase focus.

Identify opportunities before they become obvious.

Because successful investing is rarely about finding more ideas.

It is about finding better ones.