The Lowdown on Bottom-Up Investing

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Caveat

Understanding a company's product is fine, but it does not address the issue of timing.

We all understand Walmart. Now, anyway. Early investors in Walmart made fortunes. But even though the company has been doing more than fine every year, owning Walmart this decade has been a slow, slow, slow "adventure". Timing is everything, and the top-down people are more into that aspect.

Daniel David of NM @ Aug 07, 2008 13:34:31 PM

Thanks for giving a quick explanation of the two types of investing. Many times authors of educational finance/investing blogs assume that the readers know what all the terms mean. I really appreciate this entry.

Jessica of NJ @ Aug 07, 2008 13:28:35 PM

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Katy Marquardt, a senior editor at U.S.News & World Report, takes a contemporary look at happenings in the financial world and aims to help young investors get going with their portfolios--or just sound cool at cocktail parties. Have a question? E-mail Katy at newmoney@usnews.com

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