Stock Investor Insights: Five Top Reasons to Buy Stocks

You are receiving this email because you signed up to receive our free e-letters, or you purchased a product or service from its publisher, Eagle Financial Publications. Five Top Reasons to Buy Stocks 09/19/2023 [[Have You Seen This $11 Trillion 'Tech Strip?'](]( While many folks today are wondering what to do with their money… a revolutionary “sheet” of new technology has quietly sparked an $11 trillion tech revolution. Investors who get in FIRST have a rare chance to position themselves in front of a tsunami of profits. [Click here to see how anyone can profit fast.]( [Click Here...]( Five top reasons to buy stocks are validated frequently in my work life. I use those five top reasons to buy stocks about once a month when I weed out the ones that do not meet those exacting standards of the [Five Star Trader]( advisory service. I provide the names and the rankings of the surviving stocks to Mark Skousen, PhD, who heads [Five Star Trader]( when he is not serving as an economics professor and presidential fellow at Chapman University. Mark Skousen, head of [Five Star Trader]( and scion of Ben Franklin, talks to Paul Dykewicz. Five Top Reasons to Buy Stocks: Chose Screen Survivors The latest screen produced just 25 stocks that met the strict requirements to be worthy of the seasoned stock forecaster's attention as possible picks in [Five Star Trader](. I often find more than 50 stocks that make the cut, but the most recent [Five Star Trader]( screen was thin on total numbers amid many reasons for uncertainty. "Wall Street has continued to struggle in September, especially technology stocks, in the face of stubborn price inflation and the United Autoworkers (UAW) strike," Skousen wrote to his [Forecasts & Strategies]( investment newsletter subscribers on Monday, Sept. 18. "The Austrian economist Ludwig von Mises was right when he said, 'Inflation is never neutral.' When inflation surges, real wages fall behind, and worker strikes are common." Skousen questioned whether an economic ‘soft landing" and no recession could be achieved in 2024. Given the Fed’s tight-money policy, new opportunities may not be as plentiful, but they still can be found in the latest [Five Star Trader]( screen, he added. Five Top Reasons to Buy Stocks: Sales Growth of More than 10% In the latest screen for the [Five Star Trader]( a modestly valued and promising educational stock emerged that Skousen quickly recommended within hours of receiving the findings. Skousen’s track record in that service has been strong. How? The screen's first requirement is that a stock's achieve sales growth of at least 10% in the last year. Sales growth is important to attain profit gains. Indeed, sales provide the fuel to rev up a company’s earnings engine. The best companies usually grow strongly. This part of the [Five Star Trader]( screening process ensures stocks that survive the cut are growing more than 10% annually. Five Top Reasons to Buy Stocks: Net Profit Margins Top 12% In the second step of the [Five Star Trader]( screening process, the profit margin requirement is to exceed 12%. That's not easily accomplished, especially with a recession reportedly brewing. The companies need to have strong earnings and the 12% threshold eliminates many pretenders from joining the true contenders. Only the strong survive this rigorous raking regimen. Plus, earnings support share prices. Without potent profits, a stock can fizzle even if it has risen above the rest in the past. Five Top Reasons to Buy Stocks: Cannot Trade Above 30 Times Earnings The valuation of a stock is important to avoid overpaying. To avert that risk, no stock survives the [Five Star Trader]( screening process if it trades above 30 times earnings. For example, if a stock trades at six times earnings, it only needs to go to 12 times earnings to double in value. I don't know anyone who wants to overpay, especially when buying investments. Faddish “momentum” stocks can stumble in trying to meet this standard. Five Top Reasons to Buy Stocks: Earnings Per Share Growth Must Top 25% Earnings per share growth is an important metric in valuation. The higher the earnings per share (EPS) growth, the better the prospects for a stock to boost its share price. Investors naturally want to produce a profit on investments, so buying stocks with such a high earnings per share growth rate in the past year positions a company to deliver strong results. This metric further rewards companies that repurchase shares to boost their EPS growth rate. Just as with net profit margins, earnings per share growth is a key driver of future success. 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Many prominent short sellers publicize their negative views on certain companies to push their share prices down further. A company that has more than 10% short interest could be facing danger. To avoid short selling fallout, the [Five Star Trader]( screen rejects any stocks that do not have short selling interest below that mark. As Musk has proven, the presence of short sellers is not necessarily a death knell for a stock. I invested in Arbor Realty Trust (NYSE: ABR), of Uniondale, New York, when certain short sellers were criticizing the company and claiming it was vulnerable to the commercial real estate market softening amid the pandemic-related work-from-home trend. Since I took the short selling noise in stride and stuck with traditional valuation and analysis as my guide, the stock has rewarded me. It has risen 4.78% in the past month, 16.8% in the past three months and 29.04% so far this year through Sept. 19. I need to credit Bryan Perry, who heads the [Cash Machine]( high-income investment newsletter, for his recommendation of ABR. He urged investors to buy the stock while it was on sale due to the short sellers trying to drive the share price down. I paid attention and the returns I cited show that I reaped the rewards. Bryan Perry heads the [Cash Machine]( investment newsletter. [[A.I. Is Reshaping Investing: Are You Prepared?](]( Traditional investing is out the window – A.I. investing has arrived. This dual-patented generative A.I. can predict market trends 1–3 days in advance. [Join this FREE online A.I. training class to learn more>>Â]( [Click Here...]( Five Ways to Choose Dividend Stocks: Professor Skousen Shows Success Skousen uses further personal screening tools to choose his recommendations from the stocks that survive the screen each month. One of those techniques is to check a stock's price/earnings to growth (PEG) ratio, as he did to choose his latest recommendation. The PEG ratio is calculated by using a stock's price-to-earnings (P/E) ratio divided by the growth rate of its earnings for a specified time. Skousen writes that any PEG ratio under 1 is a “screaming buy.” His latest recommendation showed a PEG ratio of only 0.56. Income lovers will like that the stock also pays a dividend. Dividend stocks that have been recommended profitably in [Five Star Trader]( include Apollo Real Estate Finance Income (NYSE: ARI), a New York-based real estate investment trust that primarily originates and invests in senior mortgages, mezzanine loans and other commercial real estate-related debt investments. The recommendation led to a 10.62% in less than three months. Chart courtesy of [www.stockcharts.com]( Another example of a successful dividend stock transaction in [Five Star Trader]( involved United States Lime & Minerals, Inc. (NASDAQ: USLM), of Dallas, Texas. Its business has lime and limestone operations and natural gas interests. USLM turned a profit of nearly 4.5% in only 44 days as a pick in [Five Star Trader](. Chart courtesy of [www.stockcharts.com]( Another winning trade featured Albemarle Corporation (NYSE; ALB), a specialty chemicals company in Charlotte, North Carolina. The stock gained 13.23% in just 45 days before it was sold on June 23. Related options recommendations averaged a gain of 78.99%. Chart courtesy of [www.stockcharts.com]( Amid Russia's continuing war in Ukraine and the defending nation's recent gains during its counteroffensive, political risk is significant right now. Investors seeking to shift the odds in their favor may appreciate the merit of the [Five Star Trader]( screening process. The [Five Star Trader]( screen could be especially useful if the economy slides into a recession in 2024, even a mild one. At such times, a successful formula for picking stocks and options, particularly those that are not well known, could reward investors even if other equities fade. Sincerely, Paul Dykewicz, Editor [StockInvestor.com]( About Paul Dykewicz: Paul Dykewicz is an accomplished, award-winning journalist who has written for Dow Jones, the Wall Street Journal, Investor’s Business Daily, USA Today, Seeking Alpha, GuruFocus and other publications and websites. Paul is the editor of [StockInvestor.com]( and [DividendInvestor.com]( a writer for both websites and a columnist. He further is the editorial director of Eagle Financial Publications in Washington, D.C., where he edits monthly investment newsletters, time-sensitive trading alerts, free e-letters and other investment reports. Paul also is the author of an inspirational book, "[Holy Smokes! Golden Guidance from Notre Dame's Championship Chaplain](", with a foreword by former national championship-winning football coach Lou Holtz. 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