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Fri, 01/09/2009 - 4:31pm

Category: Stock Insights

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For the past 26 years Steven Halpern, editor of thestockadvisors.com has gone to well known and respected advisors once a year to find out which stocks they like for the coming year. Take a look at the list of stocks advisors liked in 2008 and their performance. Also listed are the picks of 75 prominent advisors for 2009 along with sales growth expectations for the companies to justify their current price (VE Sales Growth) which can be compared to what they have delivered in revenue growth over the past 5 years(5 Year Median Sales Growth). These companies are worth a look because they are in favor of well-respected advisors, but the companies that also have low expectations for sales growth priced-in to their stock are especially worthy of a close review.

2008 Blogger Picks Conservative and 2008 Performance

2008 Blogger Picks Speculative and 2008 Performance

Blogger Picks for 2009 and Sales Expectations

* denotes # of years historical sales numbers available

VE Sales Growth calculated for these firms on 1-6-09

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Hot Stocks for 2009

Fri, 01/02/2009 - 4:49pm

Category: Stock Insights

Related: ADM, CHI, CHK, DE, DELL, DO, DVN, ENB, EPD, FLR, FLS, GE, GOOG, JEC, JNJ, KMP, KO, LO, MHS, MO, MOS, PEP, PFE, PHM, PM, POT, RIG, TSO, XOM, YUM

According to MotleyFool.com, InvestorPlace.com, Jubak’s Journal, Cramer, and FortuneMagazine.com these are the most attractive stocks to own in 2009. Compare the sales growth priced-in to justify the current stock price (VE Sales Growth) to what the company has achieved in revenue growth over the last five years (5 Year Median Sales Growth) to see if what’s priced-in is a reasonable number for the company to meet or exceed expectations. Couple the expectation information with AFG’s ranking for a stock’s attractiveness relative to the universe (Value Score AFG) to find companies that we find attractive on a default basis that also have low expectations for growing sales compared to what they have delivered the past 5 years. Companies with High Value Score’s and low sales growth expectations will be the companies on this list that are more likely to out-perform.