THE WATCH LIST EDITION
16 AUGUST 2012
Does Your Club Use a Watch List?
In the Clubhouse, StockCentral subscriber Suzanne K. asks "Has any investment club set up a 'Stocks to Watch' List? If so, what is the criteria you use to put a stock on the list?"
StockCentral's resident investment club guru, Doug Gerlach, responded by writing: "I wish more clubs used a Stock Watch List to keep track of stocks that are possibly of interest to the club. When you research potential investments, you're apt to find lots of stocks that are great companies but are too expensive at their current prices. Since prices change, there may be opportunities in the future when the price is right for some of those stocks. Unless you have a procedure for monitoring those companies you've studied, though, you'll miss the chance to invest! So my criteria for inclusion on a watch list would be a high-quality company that's outside your buy range. There's no point in putting a lousy company on your watch list, since it would be a terrible investment no matter what the price is. You should only be tracking well-managed companies on your watch list."
In addition, Doug pointed out that he presented a webinar called "What's on Your Club's Watch List?" that discussed the idea of monitoring ideas for your investment club and offered a link to the replay of that webinar.
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