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  1. Can I evaluate every stock using Conscious Investor? Can I evaluate every stock using Conscious Investor?
    Warren Buffett says that he can only evaluate a “handful” of stocks and even then only when he uses ranges of values for the input variables. It is the same with Conscious Investor. Putti...

  2. What are the training resources available to me?What are the training resources available to me?
    We provide a range of training resources available through the Member Resource Page. You will need your Username and Password to log in to this page. The resources available include: -Online Semi...

  3. What are TARG and TARGD? What are TARG and TARGD?
    TARG and TARGD work in partnership with STRET and STRETD. The outputs of STRET and STRETD are an estimate of the annualized percentage profit return or rate of return from owning the stock. For examp...

  4. What if the price has not dropped to my target price? What if the price has not dropped to my target price?
    Our rational mind tells us that if the price is above the target price, then you should not buy. But sometimes there is more to this than first appears. After all, we have put all this effort into an...

  5. What are discount cash flow DCF methods?What are discount cash flow DCF methods?
    The idea of discount cash flow or DCF methods is to try to calculate the intrinsic value of a stock. As Benjamin Graham wrote back in 1934, "Intrinsic value is an elusive concept. In general terms it...

  6. What is the DuPont analysis of return on equity?What is the DuPont analysis of return on equity?
    Subscribers to Conscious Investor know that we put a lot of emphasis on return on equity. We like it be both high and consistent. For many years in the annual report of Berkshire Hathaway, Warren Buff...

  7. What is a fat pitch in investing? What is a fat pitch in investing?
    Warren Buffett often uses analogies from different sports to make a point about the type of opportunities he looks for. A fat pitch is a pitch in baseball where everything is just right to hit it for...

  8. Do you need a high IQ to be a successful investor?Do you need a high IQ to be a successful investor?
    Over and over Warren Buffett has emphasized that investing is not an area where a person with a high IQ beats a person with a lower IQ. For example, in an interview in Newsweek he said, "You don̵...

  9. With so much terrorism in the world, perhaps this is not the time to invest in the stock market? With so much terrorism in the world, perhaps this is not the time to invest in the stock market?
    In the well-known book Beating the Street, Peter Lynch describes annual meetings organized by Barron’s of eminent investors and money managers. He said that they would spend a great deal of the...

  10. What is the difference between a franchise company and a commodity company?What is the difference between a franchise company and a commodity company?
    Sometimes Warren Buffett divides companies into franchise companies and commodity companies. A franchise company is another name for a company with a strong economic moat. In the 1991 Annual report o...

  11. How do I use Conscious Investor to determine when to sell?How do I use Conscious Investor to determine when to sell?
    The foundation of Conscious Investor is to search for companies with all the signs of an investment that we would anticipate holding for a long time, perhaps even for the rest of our lives. Even th...

  12. What is a conscious investor?What is a conscious investor?
    On one level any one uses the software Conscious Investor could be called a conscious investor. On another level the idea of a conscious investor is based on the concept of investors becoming aware o...

  13. Why does Warren Buffett consider that knowing your circle of competence is important?Why does Warren Buffett consider that knowing your circle of competence is important?
    It is an essential part of investing like Warren Buffett to understand the company that you are investing in. Buffett explains, “Draw a circle around the businesses you understand and then eliminate ...

  14. What is a circle of competence? What is a circle of competence?
    A circle of competence is a collection of industries or sectors that you understand the most. Or perhaps that you have the most interest in. Warren Buffett makes it very clear that it is important to...

  15. What does Warren Buffett say about economic moats? What does Warren Buffett say about economic moats?
    After teaming up with Charlie Munger, Warren Buffett has often talked about the importance of an economic moat for companies that he would consider investing in. Just as a moat around a medieval cast...

  16. What does an economic moat do? What does an economic moat do?
    A strong economic moat means that the company can price its products and services at highly profitable levels while at the same time the moat protects against changes in such things as: . the buying ...

  17. What is CANSLIM and how does it compare with the Conscious Investor approach?What is CANSLIM and how does it compare with the Conscious Investor approach?
    There are thousands of different investment strategies and methods. They all have their own strengths and weaknesses. Even Warren Buffett said that before he became a value investor he tried all sort...

  18. What books do you recommend?What books do you recommend?
    At an investing seminar in Los Angeles given by John Price he was asked to list the books on investing that he recommended. Before he could answer, Jim Butler, one of the seminar participants stated ...

  19. Does Warren Buffett use a computer?Does Warren Buffett use a computer?
    Not only does Warren Buffett not use a computer for his investing, he does not even use a calculator. In the mid 1980s when he was asked about calculators, he replied, "I never owned one and wouldn...

  20. How many stocks are there in the Berkshire Hathaway portfolio?How many stocks are there in the Berkshire Hathaway portfolio?
    Warren Buffett is very secretive about the actual holdings of public companies in the Berkshire Hathaway portfolio. In the Annual Report of Berkshire he only publishes what he has to under the SEC ...

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