InvestorsFriend.com Newsletter January 25, 2003
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Market Outlook
The market in general is still relatively expensive. My focus is always on finding individual under-valued stocks. A stock is under-valued when it is pricing in a lower level of growth compared to a conservative outlook for its actual growth. My formulas allow me to analyze how much growth is priced-in to each stock.
Since there is no certainty that stocks will rise this year, it does make sense for most investors to have a portion of their money in bonds.
While short-term rates are at record lows, long term rates are far above their record lows. This means that there is room for longer term bonds to perform well in the next few years.
Some analysts believe that there is a significant risk of deflation. If that happens, long term rates will decline and government bonds will end up being an excellent investment. Under deflation, stocks will not do well, due to low profits and corporate bonds would likely experience higher defaults. Government bonds would do very well in this scenario.
Even if there is no deflation but if inflation remains low, then long term rates will likely decline and medium to long term bonds will do well.
Performance
Performance of my stock research in 2003 to data has been very good. I have been conservative in my valuations and this has paid off. Six out of seven stocks in the model portfolio are up and the seventh is down only 0.3%. The strong buys are up 4% while the TSX is only up 0.8%. The model portfolio is also up about 4%.
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Goofy Award
To Air Canada for starting a new price war with West Jet. The courts recently ruled that it was not illegal for Air Canada to aggressively cut prices and try to under-cut competitors. The problem is that West Jet clearly has lower costs and Air Canada cannot win this game. In the past both parties to this game have lost. This court ruling hands a loaded gun to Air Canada’s Robert Milton. He is already using it to try and blow the company’s brains out!
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