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
- What is a growth stock?
- Comparison with value investing
- Traditional characteristics of a growth stock
- Anatomy of a growth stock - Peter Lynch
- Ten dos and don'ts from Peter Lynch
- Jim Slater - The Zulu Principle
- Earnings growth
- The PEG factor
- Competitive advantage
- Do growth stocks have to be small?
- A short diversion into internet stocks
- When to sell a growth stock
- Other factors
- Case study of a growth stock - Sage
- Conclusion