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Posts by: Doug Gerlach, President, ICLUBcentral

The Three-Legged Stool of Investing

On March 20, 2013 By Doug Gerlach, President, ICLUBcentral
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Frank Lloyd Wright’s three-legged chairs provide an important lesson in stock selection for clubs and individuals as well. BetterInvesting’s approach to stock analysis is based on three primary areas of consideration: growth, quality and value. As with Wright’s chairs, ignore any of those elements and the strategy falls over on itself. Meanwhile, adding factors [...]

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20 Questions to Ask Before Your Club Buys a Stock

On January 28, 2013 By Doug Gerlach, President, ICLUBcentral
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Did you ever play 20 Questions with friends or family when you were a child? I have another way of playing the game that doesn’t involve guessing whether the answer is animal, vegetable or mineral.

Instead, here are 20 questions your club should be considering whenever they’re thinking about buying a stock for the [...]

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Absence May Make the Club Grow Stronger

On December 31, 2012 By Doug Gerlach, President, ICLUBcentral
investing for future

Monthly meetings are a hallmark of the investment club approach to building a portfolio. Meeting once a month not only assists clubs in meeting one of BetterInvesting’s core principles — that of investing regularly — it also serves to put the brakes on the use of more active investing strategies. It’s difficult to engage [...]

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Making Gifts of Stocks and Other Securities

On October 15, 2012 By Doug Gerlach, President, ICLUBcentral
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Investment clubs can reap an important tax advantage by making charitable gifts of stocks or other securities. Most charitable organizations are happy to receive gifts of securities; contact the organization and your brokerage firm to determine the procedures for transferring shares.

If the securities to be donated have been owned for longer than 12 [...]

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