This came to me from a master yogi and  longtime pal who does the stock thing, so I consider its source to be responsible. " I just finished reading a book "Growing Rich with Growth Stocks" by Kirk Kazanjian, NY Institute of Finance, 2000. I’ll share with you some of the highlights …. Find companies with lasting staying power (the genuine growers, not one-hit wonders). That was T. Rowe Price’s philosophy. Top 9 Growth Stocks for 21st century:     Bristol – Myers, Squibb, First Data General Electric, United Asset Management, Merck, First Health, Medtronic, American Power Conversion, Intel Identify long-term trends early on; and focus on high quality companies. Get to know the management, do research. Be a long-term owner. Buy shares of good businesses, at relatively low prices -- regardless of where the Dow and S&P are. Warren Buffett ignores the Dow, S&P, and focuses on individual company selection. Even if the herd panics, the outlook for quality companies remains very good, if you’ll invest for the long-term. Get rich slowly. Only invest a minor portion of your portfolio in bonds and convertible securities, for cushioning, to reduce volatility.

Seek to buy a good business, with shareholder –oriented management, at a low purchase price. One of the best investments is to plough money back into your own business. Buy quality businesses when they are under temporary market pressures. Watch out about highly volatile stocks. They can fall very far very fast. Quaker Oats purchased Snapple in 1995 for $1.7 billion, when Snapple was at its peak. Sold it 2 years later for $300 million!

Continuous risk management is the key to superior long-term investment results. In considering each potential investment, you should ask "How much can I lose here?" before you even dream about asking "How much can I make?" Buy US companies that earn a substantial amount of their revenue overseas. Here’s a long-term theme that will make investors rich: Drug companies, especially those in gene research and cell-based research. They will be major beneficiaries of the aging population.

There are many reasons to stick with US investments. Here’s one: Indian Institute of Technology accepts 2,000 students out of 100,000 applicants each year. After graduation, most go overseas for graduate school, mostly to the USA. After grad school, they stay on in the USA. The world’s brain drain is the USA’s brain gain. As a result, USA research and development is by far the best in the world.

Here are a few further points I have gleaned from an investment newsletter written by John Mauldin: Watch the institutions. They seem to anticipate a move. You don’t make money betting against them. Aug Sept 2000, everybody is moving out of overvalued stocks into value stocks.

The Dow is a worthless indicator; it’s rigged. Internet stocks was a mania; all puffery. MSFT, Intel are beginning to look attractive. MSFT is down 52% from its highs.

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