Investing Books / Benchmark Investing

Based on the latest results, VL Mar 9, 2012 update, there are four  stocks in the DOW30 that meet the criteria for a Long-term hold according 
to the TTD methods. The four companies meeting the TTD criteria for long positions are CSCO, AA, HPQ, and WMT. Using the same valuation
technique in reverse, shows that BA is the most overvalued DOW stock and might be considered for a Short position. Also, the overall current
downside risk in the market seems to be about -14%,while the upside is +29%. This implies we have moved more toward the middle as of late, 
but remain in a slightly oversold position. 

I am using the following TTD rules:
1. Year-over-Year EPS growth must > 10%, which is the next 4Q / current quarter + previous 3 quarters earnings results
2. VL 3-5 Year price appreciation < average price appreciation of the market
3. When calculating ROE and BV figures, ignore years when are negative, but must have at least 7+ years of data to be included in final consideration
4. Avoid erratic ROE ratios, that is where they are > 2std deviations = Curr ROE > (10 Year Avg + 2 * Std Dev)



Summary of Results
											
	VL	        Current	Down	Up	%<10Y	EPS	3-5Y L 3-5Y H VL 3-5Y   ROE	
Ticker	Date	        Price	Price	Price	Down	Delta	VL $	VL $	% Chg	<2STD	Name
CAT	24-Feb-12	 111. 	79.47	141.	40%	20%	145.	215.	30%	FALSE	Caterpillar Inc.
JNJ	24-Feb-12	 64.81 	74.82	94.98	-13%	2%	90.00	105.00	39%	TRUE	Johnson & Johnson
MCD	2-Mar-12	 99.17 	81.65	117.06	21%	9%	110.00	130.00	11%	TRUE	McDonald's Corp.
CVX	9-Mar-12	 109. 	116.	165.	-6%	5%	130.	160.	19%	FALSE	Chevron Corp.
XOM	9-Mar-12	 86.36 	80.80	112.40	7%	-2%	120.00	145.00	39%	FALSE	Exxon Mobil Corp.
BA	16-Dec-11	 74.92 	25.42	41.38	195%	10%	90.00	120.00	20%	FALSE	Boeing
TRV	16-Dec-11	 58.04 	28.54	42.65	103%	78%	80.00	100.00	38%	FALSE	Travelers Cos.
T	23-Dec-11	 30.82 	22.93	33.98	34%	16%	40.00	50.00	30%	FALSE	AT&T Inc.
VZ	23-Dec-11	 38.78 	18.65	26.69	108%	18%	55.00	65.00	42%	FALSE	Verizon Communic.
CSCO	23-Dec-11	 19.72 	23.55	43.16	-16%	35%	30.00	35.00	52%	FALSE	Cisco Systems
HD	30-Dec-11	 47.63 	31.42	50.29	52%	10%	45.00	55.00	-6%	FALSE	Home Depot
PG	30-Dec-11	 66.64 	52.88	69.30	26%	17%	90.00	110.00	35%	FALSE	Procter & Gamble
INTC	6-Jan-12	 26.77 	37.90	68.60	-29%	0%	50.00	60.00	87%	FALSE	Intel Corp.
HPQ	6-Jan-12	 25.00 	31.99	55.16	-22%	23%	55.00	75.00	120%	FALSE	Hewlett-Packard
IBM	6-Jan-12	 201. 	149.	220.	35%	9%	235.	285.	17%	FALSE	Int'l Business Mach.
AA	13-Jan-12	 10.12 	11.16	21.14	-9%	34%	20.00	30.00	98%	FALSE	Alcoa Inc.
DD	13-Jan-12	 51.31 	37.15	55.40	38%	9%	95.00	120.00	85%	FALSE	Du Pont
MRK	13-Jan-12	 38.31 	39.99	66.59	-4%	3%	40.00	50.00	4%	FALSE	Merck & Co.
PFE	13-Jan-12	 21.55 	14.30	21.03	51%	45%	25.00	30.00	16%	FALSE	Pfizer Inc.
GE	20-Jan-12	 18.93 	18.44	28.69	3%	21%	30.00	50.00	58%	FALSE	Gen'l Electric
MMM	20-Jan-12	 87.34 	86.24	121.62	1%	6%	135.00	165.00	55%	FALSE	3M Company
UTX	20-Jan-12	 83.92 	65.73	97.62	28%	12%	110.00	135.00	31%	FALSE	United Technologies
KFT	27-Jan-12	 38.39 	33.30	43.72	15%	14%	50.00	60.00	30%	FALSE	Kraft Foods
KO	27-Jan-12	 69.28 	61.80	85.91	12%	9%	105.00	130.00	52%	FALSE	Coca-Cola
WMT	3-Feb-12	 58.95 	72.07	93.62	-18%	12%	80.00	95.00	36%	FALSE	Wal-Mart Stores
DIS	10-Feb-12	 42.42 	41.12	64.28	3%	18%	60.00	75.00	41%	FALSE	Disney (Walt)
BAC	17-Feb-12	 8.11 	5.25	7.93	55%	2600%	11.00	18.00	36%	FALSE	Bank of America
JPM	17-Feb-12	 40.60 	47.40	79.30	-14%	2%	60.00	85.00	48%	FALSE	JPMorgan Chase
AXP	17-Feb-12	 52.87 	57.40	91.63	-8%	7%	70.00	95.00	32%	FALSE	Amer. Express
MSFT	17-Feb-12	 31.98 	33.26	50.73	-4%	-5%	45.00	55.00	41%	FALSE	Microsoft Corp.
											
Dow30	                 12,972 11,196 16,740 			17,415 21,971 			Dow Jones Industrial Average
Appreciation Potential	          -14%	  29%			   34%	  69%
		

VL Date is the date of the last summary report update from Valueline.

Current Price is the closing price of the stock as of the time menthioned in the posting description.

10Yr Down is the 10 year downside price. The company must have at least 7 years of non-negative ROE data to qualify.

10Yr Up is the 10 year upside price. The company must have at least 7 years of non-negative ROE data to qualify.

Both upside and downside are calculated using method outlined in TTD book. 
Also a discussion of calculating the upside and downside can be found at http://boards.fool.com/Message.asp?mid=20916205&sort=who.........

%<10Y Downside is the current price divided by the 10 Yr downside expressed as a percentage.

EPS Future Delta is the projected growth in EPS for the next 4 quarters versus the last four reported quarters. 
I use the latest EPS data from the VL spreadsheet which is updated as soon as new earnings are reported. 

3-5 Y Low/Hi Price Est. is the downside/upside price estimate which is calculated using the projections of Book Value and ROE as discussed in TTD.

Min VL Price Appreciation is the expected change in price from current price to low end VL projected 3-5 year appreciation price.

ROE >2STD is part of my margin of safety consideration, which is briefly discussed in TTD on pg 70-71. 
I compare the current year's ROE versus the last 10 years of ROE data. If the current ROE is greater than average(10 Yr ROE) + (2 * stdev(10 Yr ROE)), 
than this column is YES, else it is NO. This tells me that the stock's ROE is much higher than it's historic average.