Growth investing

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Introduction

Context

Growth investing is a particular type of approach to stock market investing. It is well-established and there are methods which have proven effective over many years.

Prior knowledge required

You don't need any specific knowledge, but the tutorial will be easier for those who have some grasp of company accounts and the ratios used to interpret them. If you don't, we suggest you take 'Using Ratios to Analyse Companies' and 'Interpreting a Set of Reports and Accounts' first.

Contents

1. What is a growth stock?
2. Comparison with value investing
3. Traditional characteristics of a growth stock
4. Anatomy of a growth stock - Peter Lynch
5. Ten dos and don'ts from Peter Lynch
6. Jim Slater - The Zulu Principle
7. Earnings growth
8. The PEG factor
9. Competitive advantage
10. Do growth stocks have to be small?
11. A short diversion into internet stocks
12. When to sell a growth stock
13. Other factors
14. Case study of a growth stock - Sage
15. Conclusion

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