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The Bull Runners is a community bringing together professional investment advisors, money managers and academics to help individuals manage their investments. We created The Bull Runners because we understand that investing can be overwhelming and is oftentimes a major source of stress. In order to demystify the investing process we created a space where you can learn from The Bull Runners rather than getting trampled or worse off, gored by misleading information and stock recommendations.

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Our objective is to remove the guesswork and show you how to become a consistently winning investor. We provide the tools and rational for using performance ratings, advanced screening methods and portfolio management tools to effectively separate winning stocks and strategies from losing ones. Investing the right way does not have to be obscure or confusing anymore! You have what it takes to learn how to stay ahead of the game and run with the bulls. This site will make sure you don’t get left in the dust.

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Welcome to the Knowledge Center. Here we offer resources to help you take control over your investments. By reading our articles you will familiarize yourself with some of the fundamentals of investing and stock screening. You can use our glossary to look up any unknown investment and financial definitions and terminology.

Why the MVP Rating System is Superior to Other Models

Often investors take a singular focus in their investment decisions. I’m not referring to sector focus or specific capitalization classes but rather investment philosophies. People tend to jump on band-wagons or stick to theories that are espoused by “so-called” experts, without regard for further analysis and review. The same mistakes are made by many academics and practitioners. Following the heard is always safer and smarter right? Wrong!

The Best of the Rest - Value Line, CANSLIM and The Magic Formula

Introducing the MVP Rating System

MVP Overview

MVP is an acronym for Momentum Value and Profitability - which were found to be the three most important factors in driving stock returns. Through intensive study and historical back-testing, CSS Analytics with the help of several PhDs at RiskLabs at the University of Toronto, developed the most sophisticated and robust stock ranking system to date.

Why Conventional Methods Won’t Make You Rich

If you invest in mutual funds, you will soon realize that these funds hardly, if ever, outperform the market in the long run. With management fees of 2.5% and higher per year, these companies take a big chunk of your upside. If you invest in the index, you know that it is a great way to achieve long term returns of about 7-8%, but you will have to sit tight through bear markets while your portfolio drops. These are both sound investment strategies, but they will never make you rich!

The Key Traits of the Most Successful Traders

As an individual investor that looks to invest in stocks, you are better off learning from the most successful traders of all time than from the legends of the mutual fund world. Studies show that the average investor in stocks does a considerable amount of trading, and the turnover of their brokerage accounts is not indicative of a buy and hold approach. Furthermore, the average investor holds less than 10 stocks. So if this describes your approach, why are you listening to portfolio managers that have average holding periods of 3 years or more, and hold over one hundred stocks?

Why Should I Use a Screener?

The great investors all use a disciplined and consistent approach to overcome the pitfalls associated with emotional decision making. They require that their investments pass strict criteria before they are considered for purchase. Warren Buffet favors companies with returns on equity above 15%, while Peter Lynch favors companies with price-to-earnings ratio relative to earnings growth equal to or less than 1. A stock screener can be used to create a systematic approach to investing.