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How to Understand
the AAS Investment Research Report
AAS Market Overview and Rolling
Twelve-Month Performance
1)
Market
Overview is a unique dollar-weighted index comparison
which reflects price appreciation or depreciation
2)
Major
Market Name is a listing of the twelve major domestic
market indices
3)
S&P
CitiCorp Name is a listing of the twelve market indices
provided by S&P CitiCorp
4)
ProFunds
Name is a listing of the five classifications of ProFund
mutual funds as labeled at www.profunds.com
5)
Rydex
Name is a listing of the 5 classifications of Rydex mutual
funds as labeled at www.rydexfunds.com
6)
ETF
name is a listing of the twenty-one major classifications
of Exchange Traded Funds.
7)
Fidelity
Name is a listing of twenty classifications of Fidelity
Select mutual funds as labeled at www.fidelity.com
8)
Start
Date reflects the date, twelve months ago, that the performance
comparison began
9)
Start
Price is the value of the corresponding index when the
market closed on the Start Date.
a)
For the S&P CitiCorp, ProFund,
Rydex, ETF and Fidelity Fund analysis:
i)
Each Index is an equal
dollar-weighted index with a starting value of $100,000.00.
ii)
All numbers are rounded.
10)
End
Date is the date marking the end of the twelve-month
performance analysis.
a)
This is also the previous business
day from when the AAS analysis was generated.
11)
End
Price is the value of the corresponding index when the
market closed on the End Date.
12)
Change
is the value of the change between the Start
Price and the End Price.
13)
%
Change is the simple percent change between the Start
Price and the End Price.
a)
Indices in the
AAS Market Overview and Rolling Twelve-Month Performance are
ranked by the % Change.
b)
This analysis, although
simple, will help subscribers get a picture of what market
health and direction.
AAS Rankings and Recommendations
1)
Symbol
can be an index, ETF, mutual fund or stock symbol
2)
Description
is the name of the index, ETF, mutual fund or stock that
corresponds to the Symbol.
3)
Category
indicates the industry, sector, style or classification that
corresponds to the Symbol.
4)
Last
Closing Price (CP) is the closing price of the security
based on the previous business day.
5)
AAS
Rating Score is based on a time-weighted alpha factor
which is adjusted for price persistence and volatility.
a)
Higher AAS Rating Scores are
desirable.
6)
AAS
Buy Recommendation is a compound trading rule which takes
into consideration short-term trend analysis, the AAS Ranking
Score, and two independent technical analytics.
a)
If the AAS Buy Recommendation
is not confirmed by the technical analytics, there is no Buy
Recommendation.
7)
AAS Buy
Date w/o Subsequent Sell is the AAS Buy Recommendation
date, over the last 60 days, after which that
same security has not experienced a subsequent Sell signal.
8)
AAS
Buy Frequency over Last 60 Days is the number of times
over the last 60 market days (not necessarily consecutive) that
the symbol has received an AAS Buy Recommendation.
a)
The subscriber
can use the frequency of AAS Buy Recommendations to determine
the effectiveness of the AAS Rating Score.
b)
The purpose of these two
columns is to encourage subscribers to examine the performance
of the security since the date of the AAS Buy Recommendation
and become comfortable with AAS Analysis
9)
Sell Limit
Watch is included and updated daily as information for
subscribers who wish to sell the equity based on their own research.
a)
AAS does not provide Sell Recommendations
(with the exception of the AAS Top Ten Short Stocks).
