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Better Investing

2004-10-01 Making a Point
2004-09-01 When To Sell: The Challenge of Reason
2004-09-01 Dipsticks as Divining Rods
2004-09-01 Announcing a Special Survey of Long-Term Performance
2004-08-01 The Measure of Success
2004-08-01 Special Survey – Long-Term Performance
2004-07-01 A Study of Restaurants - Fast Food
2004-07-01 We'd Rather Switch Than Fight
2004-06-01 Rumpled Sheets and Expectations
2004-05-01 On Pitching Better
2004-05-01 Follow a Leader
2004-04-01 The Greatest Hunters on Earth
2004-03-01 Monday Morning Quarterbacking
2004-03-01 Rituals Matter
2004-02-01 On Better Sharing
2004-01-01 Our Baker's Dozen Heard From
2003-12-01 Shortcomings Of Breadcrumbs
2003-11-01 Following Your Thumb
2003-10-01 When Squirrels And Birds Get Hot Feet
2003-09-01 Planes, Trains, Catamarans and Volcanoes
2003-08-01 Couching Tigers, Bidding Dragons
2003-07-01 Screening for 'Smart' Stocks
2003-07-01 Hope Springs Eternal
2003-06-01 Sayings of Seer Seger
2003-05-01 Who Left The Dogs Out?
2003-04-01 The Arrows of Ulysses
2003-03-01 Know What You Hold
2003-03-01 Rediscovering Hibernation
2003-03-01 It's Three Wins in a Row
2003-02-01 Seeking Healthy 'Checkbooks'
2003-02-01 Of Grandmothers and Garage Sales
2003-01-01 The Throwing of Towels
2002-12-01 Hallowing November With Churchill and Twain
2002-11-01 When Bears Temporarily 'Adjust' Bulls
2002-10-01 Building Castles of Sand in The Great Valley
2002-09-01 Greed On Speed
2002-08-01 Building Bridges
2002-08-01 What Leading Clubs Are Doing
2002-07-01 Listen for the Cadence
2002-06-01 When Rear-View Mirrors Smoke
2002-05-01 When Earnings Collapse
2002-04-01 Moments of Truth
2002-04-01 Have Data, Will Study
2002-03-01 Roll Tortoise Roll
2002-03-01 Revealing the New Alchemists
2002-02-01 Goodwill 'Bumping'
2002-02-01 Discovering New Oceans
2002-01-01 'Getting Ducks in a Row'
2001-12-01 Your Next Move
2001-12-01 This Ain't No Stumbling Block
2001-11-01 A Less Than Perfect Storm
2001-11-01 A Dearth of Long-Term Investing
2001-10-01 Pages from the Past - Great Expectations: Some Rules to Live By
2001-10-01 Fielding Golden Dreams
2001-09-01 Forward-Looking Excitement
2001-08-01 I, Computer.
2001-07-01 Apollo: A Symbol of Man's Greatness
2001-07-01 Picking Good Stocks in ANY Market
2001-06-01 The Mass Production of Capitalists
2001-05-01 Beating About Bushes
2001-04-01 The Conundrum of Expecting Surprise
2001-04-01 Risk, Retention and Road Kill
2001-03-01 A 'Sweet Sixteen' for 2001 and Beyond?
2001-03-01 The Return of the Tortoise That Roared
2001-03-01 Of Tortoises and Ground Hogs
2001-02-01 Celebrate. Carpe Diem.
2001-01-01 Our Oasis From Chaos
2001-01-01 A Scoring System for Quality?
2000-12-01 Seasons and Reasons for Great Expectations
2000-12-01 Champions of Investment Education -- Curiosity Is a Great Place to Start
2000-12-01 'Quickening' the Screening Process
2000-11-01 Community Consensus Is a Common Sense Resource
2000-11-01 We Hope You Dance
2000-10-01 Are Dividends Dead?
2000-10-01 Lurid Lure of Lottery Lunacy
2000-09-01 Dawns of Awakening
2000-08-01 Worthy Properties of Rattlesnakes
2000-08-01 Exploring the Art of Pouncing
2000-07-01 Far Flying Owls
2000-07-01 Top 100 for 2000 -- A Fundamental Advantage?
2000-06-01 Transcending Boundaries
2000-06-01 Stepping Up
2000-05-01 Beyond the Basics
2000-05-01 Turning Our Attention to Mutual Fund Portfolio Turnover
2000-05-01 Judging Annual Reports
2000-04-01 What Works on MAIN Street
2000-04-01 Through the Eyes of Future Millionaires
2000-04-01 A Few Moments with . . . Top 100 Perennials
2000-03-01 A Few Moments With . . . Our NAIC Most Active
2000-03-01 1999 was 18th Straight Double-Digit Result for the Dow
2000-03-01 Mission: POSSIBLE
2000-01-01 A Strategic Long-Term Perspective Pt. 2
2000-01-01 A Few Moments With . . . Value Line
2000-01-01 A Strategic Long-Term Perspective
1999-12-01 A Few Moments With...Our 'Big Tent'
1999-12-01 Cost-Effective Investing
1999-11-01 Jim Vogel - Building Fields of Dreams
1999-10-01 Pegging Expected Growth & Value
1999-09-01 Expectations for Inflation - An Echo?
1999-09-01 Millennial Thoughts...Hope for Joy, Serenity, Justice and Prosperity
1999-09-01 The Relentless Spirit of Volunteerism
1999-09-01 CompuFest 1999.. Another Shining Example of an NAIC National Event
1999-09-01 Winning the Investment Marathon
1999-07-01 A Few Moments with... Warren Buffett - In 1988
1999-06-01 Places Where Ideas Are Born
1999-05-01 Exploring the Relationship Between Earnings, Growth and Stock Price
1999-05-01 Annual Reports -- Connecting with Investors
1999-04-01 Patience, Commitment, Rewards... and the Nintendo Generation
1999-03-01 Common Sense Investing in Mutual Funds
1999-03-01 Hare Hurries Through Best Year Ever
1999-03-01 A Look at Company Size
1999-02-01 Springboards to Maintaining Long-Term Perspective
1999-02-01 Reluctant Investor? 'Just Go.' Gomez.
1999-02-01 Intel Corporation
1998-12-01 Bad Hair Days, A Harangue of Hoopla?
1998-12-01 Building Value Over Time With DIVIDEND$
1998-06-01 Planting a Seed . . . Watching It Grow
1998-05-01 Some Rules to Live By
1998-02-01 Great Expectations: Some Rules to Live By
1998-02-01 The Challenges and Rewards of Small-Cap Stocks
1998-01-01 Cyclical Stocks and Long-Term Investing
1997-11-01 Modine Manufacturing Co.

BITS

2003-09-01 Challenge Club -- 2003 Mid-Year Update
2003-07-01 Improving Company and Industry Comparisons
2003-05-01 Maslow Takes Up Waterskiing and Snowmobiling
2003-04-01 Maslow Meets Modern Food — Restaurants
2003-02-01 Maslow Meets Edison -- Microwaves and Hair Dryers
2002-12-01 Getting Personal With Maslow
2002-09-01 Maslow's Medicine Cabinet
2002-08-01 Pruning A Portfolio
2002-08-01 Avoiding Bear Claws
2002-08-01 A Visit to Maslow's Closet -- Shoes, Clothes and Active TribeWear
2002-05-01 Continuing with Maslow -- Gimme Shelter?
2002-04-01 Starting With 'Survival' — Consumer Staples, Food Retail
2002-02-01 Launching Online Premium Services
2002-02-01 Challenge Club Annual Report for 2001
1999-09-01 Clayton Homes
1999-07-01 A Secret of Life? Investing and Faith Hill?
1999-06-01 A Birthday Party for Investors Business Daily

Web Features

2004-09-03 Value Line Screen - 9/3/04
2004-08-19 Peer Group Forecasts
2004-07-16 Value Line Median Appreciation Projection
2004-06-29 Club Performance - 2004 Preliminary Results
2004-06-24 Stock to Study Nominations - September 2004
2004-05-21 S&P IQ - Top 40 Smart Stocks
2004-05-11 A Study of Restaurants -- Fast Food
2004-03-21 Life to the Fullest -- CVS Corp. -- Session #2
2004-03-09 Top 100 Research Zone
2004-02-29 Life To The Fullest -- A Study of CVS
2004-02-23 Lifestyle Mutual Funds
2004-01-01 Sweet 16 For 2003 -- Progress Report
2003-12-26 Great Expectations -- Part Two
2003-12-23 Lincare Holdings (LNCR)
2003-12-22 Home Depot (HD)
2003-12-20 Great Expectations
2003-11-29 Selling Stocks
2003-11-24 Quality: A Measure Of Excellence
2003-11-14 Fiserv (FISV)
2003-10-28 Better Investing Mock Stock Selection Meeting
2003-09-30 60 Second Equity Analysis
2003-09-18 Celebrating The Sage of Madison Heights
2003-08-21 Pfussing Over Pfizer
2003-06-25 S&P IQ Ratings Vs. Quality Ratings
2002-12-09 Home (Depot) For The Holidays
2002-12-06 Seeking Healthy 'Checkbooks'
2002-12-01 Investment Club Lessons
2002-10-31 Irrational Exuberance? What About Rational Indifference?
2002-10-15 Exploring Diminishing Returns with Clarence
2002-10-11 The Role of Quality in Portfolio Management
2002-10-11 Qualifying and Quantifying Company Quality
2002-10-01 Exploring Business Models
2002-10-01 Exploring Business Models and the Preferred Procedure
2002-02-04 Challenge Club Update