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OK. I went back to the original method. Works a little better.
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--- In amibroker@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, "aequalsz" <aequalsz@xxxx> wrote:
> It looks like some of the tech stocks will have to go into negative
> numbers to be buy candidates. Do you use extreme high and low points
> relative to the CAGR curve for the series of curves or other more
> intermediate points?
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> --- In amibroker@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, "Steve Almond" <steve2@xxxx> wrote:
> > I came across a 'new' method of investing whilst perusing the Motley
> Fool boards (I think a subscription is required - sorry). It's called
> the BMW system after the inventor's name BuildMWell.
> > http://boards.fool.com/Message.asp?mid=20414790
> >
> > Basically, he takes a long price history (typically 30 years of
> monthly data) and constructs a series of % CAGR (compound annual
> growth rate) curves which encompass the data.
> >
> > Here is an example (PEP) from, I believe, Excel:
> >
> >
> > The first curve uses today's price and the price 30 years ago to
> calculate the current CAGR (say 11.3%) which he then draws (manually)
> on a chart printout.
> > He simply calculates the price every 5 years assuming an annual
> 11.3% increase and connects the dots with a French curve!
> > Similar curves are then drawn to hit the obvious high and low points.
> >
> > In this way he invests when the stock is historically 'low'. For
> example see the above chart about mid 2002.
> > As you will appreciate, this is not a short term system, but BMW
> claims not to have had ANY losers since starting in 1999!
> > The question, of course, is can we draw these curves in AB?
> >
> > Thanks,
> >
> > Steve
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