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crossy's Public Page
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February 13, 2012
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top ranked funds managed by crossy |
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Forum Topics created by crossy |
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Current rank: m100  |
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manager profile
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| ABOUT
crossy |
| Age:
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41 |
Occupation:
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IT consultant, student (biz) |
| Other
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economy, politics, technology, cycling |
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| HOW
THE MANAGER INVESTS |
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IS YOUR INVESTING STRATEGY? (GROWTH, VALUE, TECHNICAL ANALYSIS, ETC.) |
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Primarily group analysis (Industry analysis), similar to the techniques applied by the followers of strategic management methods. In addition I'm applying a lot of financial ratios to all members of the group (even OTC/BB) and then looking at the individual profiles on many dimensions (growth, gross margins, gross margin development, price/sales, Price/Cashflow, Price/Book). I usually shun Price/Earnings ratios because PE are a residual value. I also try to preempt significant developments - which is of course highly speculative, but not pure guessing - I would call it "educated" guess. Very often from moves firms in an industry have made, you might be able to infer their next moves. Often you can talk to CFO/IR on hypothetical future scenarios. This fills out the empty spots in your puzzle and you can invest accordingly. I would call this "soft" data - which I consider very important - almost on par with the hard facts commonly used almost exclusively (financial ratios, industry growth etc.)
Goal is to find outperformance candidates, thus I'm usually not investing in leaders. I like to find those companies that either become challengers or those that might likely be acquired by leading firms in an industry
I use some TA concepts but not very strict. Tom de Mark's indicators I consider quite able to detect bottoms, not so much tops. Candlestick chart patterns are another interesting methodology to find good selling points IMHO..
Regarding my investment "style" in the growth vs. value domain, I would not like to tie my hands. In a diversified fund, I usually would pursue both goals, if possible simultanously. Also, the attractivity of VALUE or GROWTH stocks per se seems to be highly dependant on the broader (macro)economic environment. The slump in 2001-2002 for example prompted me to move a good deal of my real life $$$ into more defensive stocks such as consumer non cylcical (VALUE, but basic growth appeal may also be found there), medical devices (GROWTH, value criteria difficult to satisfy for valuation ratios of this group is one of the highest currently on the market, stability of demand), and drugs & biotech stocks (Growth, decoupling from economic climate, etc..)
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according to fund strategy (may vary according to respective fund). Generally I apply some microeconomic inferences to select sectors then turn to FA to provide valuation gauges. TA I may use to time entry but not it's not an omnipresent weapon in my toolchest
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when target "valuation range" is reached or on a clear-cut TA divergence (like new high on low volume) or gravestone doji at toppish range..
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about this manager profile |
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This is a profile for
crossy, a member at Marketocracy's website www.marketocracy.com. Each of the funds listed here began with $1 million in cash and a Net Asset Value (NAV) of $10 per share.
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