Re: [CANSLIM] Point of View: Why bother with fundamentals?


From: "Dan Forant" <dforant1@nycap.rr.com>
Subject: Re: [CANSLIM] Point of View: Why bother with fundamentals?
Date: Sun, 16 Dec 2001 19:24:50 -0500

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Funny, I've been using a simple stochastics and macd hist chart for =
months now. Sure when green rolls over red buy. Red over green sell. =
Know what? It works, till *M* rolls around again for Canslim. It's like =
being on vacation away from all the data. The big winners are few to =
none though compared to when Canslim works.

DanF
  ----- Original Message -----=20
  From: Gene Ricci=20
  To: canslim@lists.xmission.com=20
  Sent: Sunday, December 16, 2001 5:23 PM
  Subject: Re: [CANSLIM] Point of View: Why bother with fundamentals?


  K, thanks for the clarification.

  A couple of weeks ago I would have said 'no fundamentals... are you =
kidding me'.=20

  I've had several discussions over the past 2-3 weeks and as recently =
as last Thursday, I was told to think 'out of the box' by a VP at =
WizeTrade. I signed up for their 30-day trial (week ago) and was in his =
office 'showing' him the shortcomings of his system. He showed me a sign =
that said... price is determined by buyers and sellers. He went on to =
say that all I had to do was to look at the Green (buy) and Red (sell) =
indicators.... green means more buyers than sellers and red more sellers =
than buyers. The program has charts.... felt better when I found that =
out.... turns out the charts were just time intervals intraday, day, =
week, month.... the lines on the chart were green and red. When the =
green crossed up over red, time to buy.... when red over green it's time =
to sell.=20

  From WizeTrade home page or links.

   The green line and the red line are summation formulas and not price =
lines or graphs

        "No, WizetradeT is not based on "moving averages." WizetradeT =
uses seven key technical indicators to perform its complex "real-time" =
calculations at the rate of 800-1500 calculations per second. The seven =
key indicators are the previous day's closing price, the current day's =
opening price, high, low, every up tick, every down tick - which are =
then exponentially weighted to volume."=20

  How can this system work, no fundamentals, stochastic, MACD, =
candlesticks, CANSLIM, etc.?? They seem to take pride in buying =
companies that they don't know much about or what the symbol stands =
for.... they do take pride in the fact that their software tells them =
immediately when there are more buyers than sellers, etc. .... BTW, they =
signaled to get out of ENE at 80+.

  I was told that fundamentals were nothing more than a time waster and =
a poor placebo (in a nice way).=20

  I'm interested in learning 'the truth'. Certainly would be nice to =
quit looking at fundamentals and all that research as well as spending =
money on DGO/IBD.... etc. WizeTrade also eliminates the need to track or =
know anything about sector rotation.... their buyers and sellers tell =
them all that.

  Is it possible that I've been wasting my time looking for data to =
support what I call a good company?

  Naw, can't be!

  Guess I'll just have to try to understand how and if their system =
works.... over the holidays.=20

  Disclaimer: I don't work for them and until my trial is over, I'm not =
even a customer.
  Gene
    ----- Original Message -----=20
    From: Katherine Malm=20
    To: canslim@lists.xmission.com=20
    Sent: Sunday, December 16, 2001 2:55 PM
    Subject: Re: [CANSLIM] Point of View: Why bother with fundamentals?


    That would mean any selection criteria that depended on something =
other than price/volume/volatility technical indicators.

    Katherine
      ----- Original Message -----=20
      From: Gene Ricci=20
      To: canslim@lists.xmission.com=20
      Sent: Sunday, December 16, 2001 3:14 PM
      Subject: Re: [CANSLIM] Point of View: Why bother with =
fundamentals?


      Please define "any sort of fundamental analysis"...=20

      Thanks,
      Gene

        ----- Original Message -----=20
        From: Katherine Malm=20
        To: canslim@lists.xmission.com=20
        Sent: Sunday, December 16, 2001 10:12 AM
        Subject: [CANSLIM] Point of View: Why bother with fundamentals?


        Proposed:

        If a typical CANSLIM/Intermediate term move in a stock lasts =
only a few weeks, and in good markets, only a few months, why bother =
selecting portfolio candidates using any sort of fundamental analysis? =
Returns in this time period are strictly based on price movement and can =
be maximized based on technical indicators and price/volume action =
alone.

        Thoughts pro/con?

        Katherine

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<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>Funny, I've been using a simple =
stochastics and=20
macd hist chart for months now. Sure when green rolls over red buy. Red =
over=20
green sell. Know what? It works, till *M* rolls around again for =
Canslim. It's=20
like being on vacation away from all the data. The big winners are few =
to none=20
though compared to when Canslim works.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2></FONT>&nbsp;</DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>DanF</FONT></DIV>
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  <DIV=20
  style=3D"BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; FONT: 10pt arial; font-color: =
black"><B>From:</B>=20
  <A title=3Dgenr@swbell.net href=3D"mailto:genr@swbell.net">Gene =
Ricci</A> </DIV>
  <DIV style=3D"FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A =
title=3Dcanslim@lists.xmission.com=20
  =
href=3D"mailto:canslim@lists.xmission.com">canslim@lists.xmission.com</A>=
 </DIV>
  <DIV style=3D"FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Sunday, December 16, 2001 =
5:23=20
  PM</DIV>
  <DIV style=3D"FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Re: [CANSLIM] Point of =
View: Why=20
  bother with fundamentals?</DIV>
  <DIV><BR></DIV>
  <DIV>
  <DIV><FONT face=3D"Comic Sans MS">K, thanks for the =
clarification.</FONT></DIV>
  <DIV><FONT face=3D"Comic Sans MS"></FONT>&nbsp;</DIV>
  <DIV><FONT face=3D"Comic Sans MS">A couple of weeks ago I would have =
said 'no=20
  fundamentals... are you kidding&nbsp;me'. </FONT></DIV>
  <DIV><FONT face=3D"Comic Sans MS"></FONT>&nbsp;</DIV>
  <DIV><FONT face=3D"Comic Sans MS">I've had several discussions over =
the past 2-3=20
  weeks and as recently as last Thursday, I was told to think 'out of =
the box'=20
  by a&nbsp;VP&nbsp;at WizeTrade.&nbsp;</FONT><FONT=20
  face=3D"Comic Sans MS">I&nbsp;signed up for their&nbsp;30-day =
trial&nbsp;(week=20
  ago) and was in his office 'showing' him the shortcomings of his =
system. He=20
  showed me a sign that said... price is determined by buyers and =
sellers. He=20
  went on to say&nbsp;that all I had to do was to look at the Green =
(buy) and=20
  Red (sell) indicators.... green means more buyers than sellers and red =
more=20
  sellers than buyers. The program has charts.... felt better when I =
found that=20
  out.... turns out the charts were just time intervals intraday, day, =
week,=20
  month.... the lines on the chart were green and red. When the green =
crossed up=20
  over red, time to buy.... when red over green it's&nbsp;time to=20
  sell.&nbsp;</FONT></DIV>
  <DIV><FONT face=3D"Comic Sans MS"></FONT>&nbsp;</DIV>
  <DIV><FONT face=3D"Comic Sans MS">From WizeTrade home page&nbsp;or=20
  links.</FONT></DIV>
  <DIV><FONT face=3D"Comic Sans MS"></FONT>&nbsp;</DIV>
  <DIV>&nbsp;<FONT face=3DArial color=3D#330099 size=3D2><EM>The green =
line and the=20
  red line are summation formulas and not price lines or=20
graphs</EM></FONT></DIV>
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      <TD align=3Dleft width=3D"98%"><FONT face=3D"Arial, Helvetica, =
sans-serif"=20
        color=3D#330099 size=3D2><EM>"No, Wizetrade=99 is not based on =
"moving=20
        averages." Wizetrade=99 uses seven key technical indicators to =
perform its=20
        complex "real-time" calculations at the rate of 800-1500 =
calculations=20
        per second. The seven key indicators are the previous day's =
closing=20
        price, the current day's opening price, high, low, every up =
tick, every=20
        down tick - which are then exponentially weighted to=20
      volume."</EM></FONT></TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE>
  <P><FONT face=3D"Comic Sans MS">How can this system work, no =
fundamentals,=20
  stochastic, MACD, candlesticks, CANSLIM, etc.?? They seem to take =
pride in=20
  buying companies that they don't know much about or what the symbol =
stands=20
  for.... they do take pride in the fact that their software tells them=20
  immediately&nbsp;when there are more buyers than sellers, etc. .... =
BTW, they=20
  signaled to get out of ENE at 80+.</FONT></P></DIV>
  <DIV><FONT face=3D"Comic Sans MS">I was told that fundamentals were =
nothing more=20
  than a time waster and a poor placebo (in a nice way). </FONT></DIV>
  <DIV><FONT face=3D"Comic Sans MS"></FONT>&nbsp;</DIV>
  <DIV><FONT face=3D"Comic Sans MS">I'm interested in learning&nbsp;'the =
truth'.=20
  Certainly would be nice to quit looking at fundamentals and all that =
research=20
  as well as spending money on DGO/IBD.... etc. WizeTrade also =
eliminates the=20
  need to track or know anything about sector rotation.... their buyers =
and=20
  sellers tell them all that.</FONT></DIV>
  <DIV><FONT face=3D"Comic Sans MS"></FONT>&nbsp;</DIV>
  <DIV><FONT face=3D"Comic Sans MS">Is it possible that I've been =
wasting my time=20
  looking for data to support what I call a good company?</FONT></DIV>
  <DIV><FONT face=3D"Comic Sans MS"></FONT>&nbsp;</DIV>
  <DIV><FONT face=3D"Comic Sans MS">Naw, can't be!</FONT></DIV>
  <DIV><FONT face=3D"Comic Sans MS"></FONT>&nbsp;</DIV>
  <DIV><FONT face=3D"Comic Sans MS">Guess I'll just have to try to =
understand how=20
  and if their system works.... over the holidays. </FONT></DIV>
  <DIV><FONT face=3D"Comic Sans MS"></FONT>&nbsp;</DIV>
  <DIV><FONT face=3D"Comic Sans MS">Disclaimer: I don't work for them =
and until my=20
  trial is over, I'm not even a customer.</FONT></DIV>
  <DIV><FONT face=3D"Comic Sans MS">Gene</FONT></DIV></DIV>
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    <DIV style=3D"FONT: 10pt arial">----- Original Message ----- </DIV>
    <DIV=20
    style=3D"BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; FONT: 10pt arial; font-color: =
black"><B>From:</B>=20
    <A title=3Dkmalm@earthlink.net =
href=3D"mailto:kmalm@earthlink.net">Katherine=20
    Malm</A> </DIV>
    <DIV style=3D"FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A =
title=3Dcanslim@lists.xmission.com=20
    =
href=3D"mailto:canslim@lists.xmission.com">canslim@lists.xmission.com</A>=
=20
    </DIV>
    <DIV style=3D"FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Sunday, December 16, =
2001 2:55=20
    PM</DIV>
    <DIV style=3D"FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Re: [CANSLIM] Point =
of View:=20
    Why bother with fundamentals?</DIV>
    <DIV><BR></DIV>
    <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>That would mean any selection =
criteria that=20
    depended on something other than price/volume/volatility technical=20
    indicators.</FONT></DIV>
    <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2></FONT>&nbsp;</DIV>
    <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>Katherine</FONT></DIV>
    <BLOCKQUOTE dir=3Dltr=20
    style=3D"PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; =
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      <DIV style=3D"FONT: 10pt arial">----- Original Message ----- =
</DIV>
      <DIV=20
      style=3D"BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; FONT: 10pt arial; font-color: =
black"><B>From:</B>=20
      <A title=3Dgenr@swbell.net href=3D"mailto:genr@swbell.net">Gene =
Ricci</A>=20
      </DIV>
      <DIV style=3D"FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A=20
      title=3Dcanslim@lists.xmission.com=20
      =
href=3D"mailto:canslim@lists.xmission.com">canslim@lists.xmission.com</A>=
=20
      </DIV>
      <DIV style=3D"FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Sunday, December 16, =
2001 3:14=20
      PM</DIV>
      <DIV style=3D"FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Re: [CANSLIM] =
Point of View:=20
      Why bother with fundamentals?</DIV>
      <DIV><BR></DIV>
      <DIV><FONT face=3D"Comic Sans MS">Please define "any sort of =
fundamental=20
      analysis"... </FONT></DIV>
      <DIV><FONT face=3D"Comic Sans MS"></FONT>&nbsp;</DIV>
      <DIV><FONT face=3D"Comic Sans MS">Thanks,</FONT></DIV>
      <DIV><FONT face=3D"Comic Sans MS">Gene</FONT></DIV>
      <DIV><FONT face=3D"Comic Sans MS"></FONT>&nbsp;</DIV>
      <BLOCKQUOTE dir=3Dltr=20
      style=3D"PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; =
BORDER-LEFT: #000000 2px solid; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px">
        <DIV style=3D"FONT: 10pt arial">----- Original Message ----- =
</DIV>
        <DIV=20
        style=3D"BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; FONT: 10pt arial; font-color: =
black"><B>From:</B>=20
        <A title=3Dkmalm@earthlink.net =
href=3D"mailto:kmalm@earthlink.net">Katherine=20
        Malm</A> </DIV>
        <DIV style=3D"FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A=20
        title=3Dcanslim@lists.xmission.com=20
        =
href=3D"mailto:canslim@lists.xmission.com">canslim@lists.xmission.com</A>=
=20
        </DIV>
        <DIV style=3D"FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Sunday, December =
16, 2001=20
        10:12 AM</DIV>
        <DIV style=3D"FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> [CANSLIM] Point =
of View:=20
        Why bother with fundamentals?</DIV>
        <DIV><BR></DIV>
        <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>
        <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>Proposed:</FONT></DIV>
        <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>&nbsp;</DIV></FONT>
        <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>If a typical =
CANSLIM/Intermediate term move=20
        in a stock lasts only a few weeks, and in good markets, only a =
few=20
        months, why bother selecting portfolio candidates using any sort =
of=20
        fundamental analysis? Returns in this time period are strictly =
based on=20
        price movement and can be maximized based on technical =
indicators and=20
        price/volume action alone.</FONT></DIV>
        <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2></FONT>&nbsp;</DIV>
        <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>Thoughts pro/con?</FONT></DIV>
        <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2></FONT>&nbsp;</DIV>
        <DIV><FONT face=3DArial=20
      =
size=3D2>Katherine</DIV></FONT></FONT></DIV></BLOCKQUOTE></BLOCKQUOTE></B=
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