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Description:

using vector vest I found all 100 stocks in the IBD 200, and found their VST rating. Vectorvest uses a VST composite rating to determine the stocks with the highest rated value, safety, and timing.


How is IBD 100 selected:
They are selected based on Investor Business Daily's proprietary SmartSelect Composite Rating. Now look at what goes in to that rating:

From IBD:
Composite Rating, SmartSelect®
# Earnings Per Share (EPS) Rating
# Relative Price Strength (RS) Rating
# Industry Group Relative Strength Rating
# Sales+Profit Margins+ROE (SMR) Rating
# Accumulation/Distribution Rating

The IBD SmartSelect Composite Rating combines all 5 SmartSelect Ratings into one easy-to-use rating. More weight is placed on EPS and RS Rating, and the stock's percent off its 52-week high is also included in the formula. Results are then compared to all other companies, and each company is assigned a rating from 1-99 with 99 being the best. A 90 rating means that the stock has outperformed 90% of all other stocks in terms of its combinedSmartSelect Ratings.

A special thanks to pradeep at stockbee.blogspot.com for explanation of the IBD composite ranking system
I took all stocks in the IBD 100 with a VST rating above 1.4

Symbol	Start Price	Return Value
BTJ	$42.11	Symbol No Longer Exists
PCU	$86.56	-63.24%
PCP	$114.93	40.62%
TEX	$81.00	-80.51%
GTI	$15.02	-33.36%
TWIN	$65.69	-72.51%
ESI	$112.82	-50.30%
KSU	$40.20	57.36%
VIP	$103.42	-93.01%
HOC	$69.09	0.45%
AFSI	$15.62	82.71%
DXPE	$51.53	-16.17%
FTK	$47.08	-78.02%
WHQ	$62.62	Symbol No Longer Exists
BWLD	$85.85	-5.61%
CRDN	$66.34	-62.80%
IDSA	$15.55	-69.07%
NOV	$91.75	-29.16%
PCR	$50.29	-58.94%
RIMM	$166.34	-93.83%
TSO	$119.79	-81.23%
RS	$59.97	-23.16%
MTW	$74.92	-86.68%
SNP	$102.20	-13.73%
VOLV	$20.66	Symbol No Longer Exists

Average Return: -37.74%

Success Rate: 18.18%

Tracking Started: 05-28-2007

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