ValueVision helps investors to more easily and effectively understand the overall forward-looking Momentum and Valuation positions of the portfolios and the equities they are considering trading. ValueVision:
“Real” Vs. Relative Ratings
Many of the overall equity ratings used by most investors today have a strong orientation towards grading stocks based primarily on their relative positions. This can result in a significant proportion of equities still receiving high ratings even when markets are encountering unusual economic times or are dramatically overvalued.
ValueVision’s value ratings estimate the “absolute” or “real” level of Under/Over Valuation. Therefore, an equity that is currently exactly fair valued gets a neutral valuation grade of “C”. When market's are irrationally overvalued there is no grade inflation, so average stocks and market segments truly do get "D" and "F" ratings.
Market Perspectives
ValueVision also provides investors with market and industry level perspectives on key valuation and evaluation information. The overall market, major industries, major indices and investment styles are valued, ranked and percentile based on both ValueVision’s Valuation models and their performance. When markets, industries and investment styles are becoming significantly overvalued, investors will see current market valuation grades declining, which should help investors to become more decisive about adjusting their portfolio strategies. Also, investors will know how investments performed on a percentile basis on all key analytics (e.g. stock ABC's 3 month momentum was +6.5%, but that was in the bottom 20% of all stocks).