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Join in on the discussion with other like-minded investors in our community forums. Learn about the fundamental investing methodology and participate in educational workshops in the Investing forums, stay up-to-date on StockCentral news and make suggestions to the StockCentral team in Central Square, and discuss your favorite stock or recent market news in our A-Z ticker-based forums.
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jncraig
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| 09/15/2006 11:36 AM |
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I'd like to be among the first to welome Manifest Investing to STOCKcentral!
Welcome, Mark and Kurt.
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manifest
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| 09/15/2006 11:48 AM |
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Thanks, Joe -- we're glad to be here and look forward to contributing to the community!
Mark Robertson
Founder, www.manifestinvesting.com
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kowitz
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| 09/19/2006 8:10 AM |
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Thanks Joe. Look forward to launch. :)
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Gary Simms
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| 09/21/2006 4:00 PM |
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A manual describing the investment philosophy of Manifest Investing can be found on the Manifest home page.
www.manifestinvesting.com then look to the right side of the page and click on the Manifest User's Guide button.
In a netshell you'll have access to quality and projected returns for several thousand stocks...almost like you've done several thousand SSG's AND updated them nightly for price and quarterly for fundamentals!
You'll also have the ability to search the entire database for stock that meet your objectives like which stock have top quality and are priced attractively!
There are also great discussions of stocks lead by well known educators. Mutual funds and EFT's are also covered.
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Patricia Deane
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| 10/03/2006 1:13 PM |
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| ManifestInvesting is the first place to go when someone suggests a stock. Enter the ticker, click on the industy, sort by quality and see where it falls. It takes less time to do than for me to write this. |
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jncraig
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| 10/03/2006 6:42 PM |
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Welcome, Ken!
I tend to look at Take Stock for a quick determination of quality and a buy price. Since plugging in the Roster of Quality Companies into Take Stock, all that I really need to do is look and see if the company is on that list.
For what it's worth, though, I once tried comparing Manifest Investing's quality rating against Take Stock's quality rating. Essentially I couldn't see any correlation. My conclusion was that there are at least two ways to measure quality!
By the way, STOCKcentral is intended to be a site that is welcoming of all people, organizations, and businesses that have an interest in solid fundamental investing, investor education, investment clubs and the like. As you can tell, our forums already reflect that. Stay tuned for more.
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Charlotte Mitchell
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| 10/04/2006 2:58 PM |
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I am now using MI to manage three stock portfolios. My results in the past year have improved, the process seems logical and relatively simple to follow and I have real reason for buying, selling and holding the stocks! I would suggest to anyone looking for a clear, easy-to-understand way to manage a portfolio to check out the Manifest Investing site. I thank Mark Robertson for asking the question "Can investing really be this simple?" and then providing an answer in the affirmative!
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CELynch
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| 10/04/2006 11:45 PM |
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Joe said: For what it's worth, though, I once tried comparing Manifest Investing's quality rating against Take Stock's quality rating. Essentially I couldn't see any correlation. My conclusion was that there are at least two ways to measure quality!
It's been a while since I looked at Take Stock's quality rating, but I am not surprised at the lack of correlation between it and MANIFEST's quality rating because while there is conceptual overlap, they consider largely different data. Most significantly, MANIFEST's quality rating is primarily based on forecasts of future fundamentals (25% projected sales growth relative to the industry and 25% projected net profitability relative to the industry, plus the EPS stability rating [also 25% of the overall rating] includes EPS projections for the rest of the current FY plus the next two) while Take Stock's quality rating is entirely based on historical performance. Another significant difference between the two is that 50% of MANIFEST's quality rating is based on comparisons the company's projected sales growth and net margin to that of the the industry, corrects a shortcoming that I have long seen in the Stock Selection Guide. Take Stock, on the other hand, looks just at the company's sales growth in isolation.
Probably the main factor leading to the lack of correlation is that as I recall, Take Stock utilizes a series of what I would call "pass/fail" evaluations of historical fundamental sales growth, EPS growth, PTP margin trends and ROE trends. High margins wouldn't necessarily counteract relatively low sales growth or inconsistency. In the MANIFEST quality rating an extremely high ranking in one of the four categories (Financial Strength plus the three referred to above, Relative Projected Sales Growth, Relative Projected Net Margin and EPS Stability) can offset a less favorable ranking in another category.
Both have appeal and can be used successfully, though I tend to prefer the expanded breadth and future-looking nature of the MANIFEST quality rating. How's that for a long way of saying, "I agree that there are at least two ways to measure, or more appropriately in this context, to quantify, quality?" 
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jncraig
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| 10/05/2006 3:27 PM |
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| Thanks for the contribution, Cy! |
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Kenneth Peters
Merritt Island
www.naicspace.org
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| 10/11/2006 9:55 PM |
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| To hear and see a video featuring ManifestInvesting go to http://www.naicspace.org/Movies/MI/MI.html. |
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Nancy Isaacs
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| 10/11/2006 11:59 PM |
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Cy,
I'm doing some real money automated investing in two separate portfolios, (1) stocks meeting Manifest blue/green criteria (with at least A for FS) and (2) stocks that meet both MFI blue green + TS three green criteria (HRV 80-110). When the portfolios are in existence for a full year I will begin posting returns vs the S&P total market index and the S&P 500. Should be interesting.
Nancy Isaacs
Long term investing made simple
http://community.compuserve.com/naic
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Danny Matthews
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| 10/14/2006 1:08 PM |
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This will become a very powerful educational and informative site with all that I have seen just in the last hour of going over and getting lost on the beta site. Good luck to all
Danny Matthews
Manifest subscriber
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Danny Matthews
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Mark Robertson
Rochester Hills, Michigan
www.manifestinvesting.com
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| 10/24/2006 4:02 PM |
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Ken,
As always ... THANKS for the effort and super summary on MANIFEST.
We tend to think of the StockSearch [screening tool] as "simple, but
focused, and fairly powerful." Yes, it won't stack up for the
enthusiasts who want to write a pile of query strings -- but we think
it dramatically seeks and displays what "average investors" are looking
for: certain characteristics of forecasted returns, quality, financial
strength, growth or overall predictability/stability.
That's about all that I'd add to your fantastic tour.
Thanks, Ken Peters.
Best regards,
Mark Robertson
Founder, www.manifestinvesting.com
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Kenneth Peters
Merritt Island
www.naicspace.org
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| 10/24/2006 5:18 PM |
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Great products get and deserve great words!
Ken
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Sunil Veluvali
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| 12/05/2006 2:36 PM |
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| It is great to see so many people who I have come to admire settle on this site and begin to contribute towards investor education. I wish both MI and stockcentral.com the best of success. |
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Joe Craig
Ellicott City, MD
StockCentral Administrator
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| 12/05/2006 2:40 PM |
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Hi, Sunil!
We have great hopes for this site, and some other projects that you'll be hearing about.
In the meantime, I hope that you'll enjoy Mark's presentation over in The Classroom!
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Karen Phillips
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| 12/05/2006 8:10 PM |
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A big HI to all those whom I have not seen in quite awhile! I have not heard of this until I received notice today of Manifest Investing joining this site, I guess because I have been a subscriber to manifest since it started. I am thrilled to once again have a place to go and "see" some of the people who have taught me so much about investing since I beagn this journey. I still have my family club, although the online club I was a member of has disbanded. I hope to continue my education and am thrilled to see a positive move for a change  .
Karen Phillips
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Joe Craig
Ellicott City, MD
StockCentral Administrator
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| 12/05/2006 8:33 PM |
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It is an absolute pleasure to see you here, Karen! Don't be a stranger ...
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John Kronenberg
Cranston, RI
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| 12/06/2006 10:09 PM |
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| Seems like a BI reunion, "off campus". Great to see all the MI folks and the rest of you. This should be informative, profitable, and....fun! |
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