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| | | Get Ready For Some Bargains
If the stock market is going up why does it seem like I am not making any money?
This is a popular question asked by retail investors these days. After all, the large-cap indices seem to only move in one direction: up. We already passed the double-digit consecutive up days on the Dow Jones Industrial Average and are approaching another all-time high on the S&P 500 Index. Heck, even the Russell 2000 Index has shot up like a cannon since the beginning of the year.
Still, it does not feel quite right. For those who feel that they are not fully participating in the upswing, I understand their plight all too well ... especially if their portfolios are over-weighted in low-priced stocks.
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Smaller Can Be Better
The term "rightsize" is a great one and is not used often enough. Merriam Webster defines it as a reduction (or change) in a workforce headcount to an optimal size. According to the dictionary, it became an official word in 1989 ... and although it looks like it should be two words, it is in fact "rightsized."
I bring this up because an interesting and rarely talked about metric to measure a company's health, productivity or prospects is headcount. It can also be a good tool to determine how much an emerging company is a real player in its respective industry segment.
For example, the best performing companies often have a relatively small number of employees, yet are generating meaningful revenue in general and especially on a revenue-per-employee basis. A firm with lower revenue per employee may not be viewed as favorably.
To read more click here >> or visit http://www.thestockjunction.com
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