(LNG) The Stock Screen That Created a Billionaire

When I recommend stocks to my readers, I spend a lot of time talking about earnings. That’s no great surprise. There are few things as important to an equity investor as the net profits of a business – and where they are headed. But there is another measure that is equally important: sales growth. Anyone who has run a business knows that you can increase profits for a while simply by cutting costs. But there are limits. After a while, you just can’t cut costs further without eroding the underlying business. So sustained bottom-line growth demands robust top-line growth. Here’s an example … A few weeks ago, I recommended Chicago Bridge & Iron (NYSE: CBI) to my Momentum Alert subscribers. Most consumers know that natural gas is preferable to coal […]