Stockopedia USA Has Landed

8th Aug '14 by Edward Croft

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Of all the times to be launching an investment research service on US stocks, the tail of a five year bull market may seem like the worst. Valuations in the US have reached highs not seen in many years and plain thinking suggests that the next five years may offer much more moderate returns than the last five.

But, as every wood is made of individual trees, the stock market is made of individual stocks and the best market for stocks to grow and thrive will perhaps always be the USA. As Warren Buffett recently mused:

“I have always considered a ‘bet’ on ever-rising U.S. prosperity to be very close to a sure thing. Who has ever benefited during the past 237 years by betting against America?”

As a young British company with global ambitions, the new USA service is a huge marker for Stockopedia and our subscribers. By extending our coverage, UK investors can for the first time research the breadth of opportunity on both US and European stock markets from the comfort of our home grown research platform. Please do check out the breadth of stocks and markets available here now in the Stockopedia directory.

So what makes the US so special?

Winston Churchill once said: “The United States is like a giant boiler. Once the fire is lighted under it, there is no limit to the power it can generate.” Our detailed investigation of US markets - from understanding what makes its corporate culture tick to the the mechanics of actually investing in it - reinforces the view that American companies represent a huge opportunity to UK investors.

Simply comparing the difference in the long term performance of the UK and US markets is staggering: American stocks have produced more than triple the real returns of UK stocks over the last hundred years:

53e49c1aec324Screen_Shot_2014-08-08_at_1 Source:Credit Suisse Global Investment Returns Yearbook 2014

So many of us spend many moments of every day with famous American brands. Apple, Colgate, Gillette, Starbucks, Google. British household names like Tesco and Barclays consistently fail to penetrate the USA, yet the Americans seem to have no such trouble coming the other way. Why are so many extraordinarily successful businesses born in the USA?

The answer lies in a remarkable set of qualities that make America the perfect environment for incubating, nurturing and growing outstanding corporations -…

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mpat89

10th Aug '14

Would like to upgrade my subscription but my holdings are all in an ISA. My provider charges 2% on each transaction for currency conversion! Unfortunately not really feasible.

rhomboid1

Excellent addition , I look forward to using it to the full.

One thought worth exploring is the extent to which the US economy has gradually shown less comparative resilience over recent years as the spiralling public spending deficit and increasing tax burden acts as an increasingly effective sheet anchor on economic growth.

Having said that many great US equity investments are truly global entities that just happen to be US domiciled/quoted.

superguy

I,m a Canadian investor and I,m very interested in the U.S. stock market which is just next door. There are only about 750 Canadian stocks, which are heavily focused on energy, mining, and financial stocks. This compares with over 7500 stocks in the U.S. market. Thus, if you want greater diversification and selection you are almost forced to participate in the U.S. market, Additionally on average the quality of the U.S. companies are better than Canadian ones.. I,m always on the lookout for high quality U.S stock analysis. I,m very satisfied with the new addition of the U.S Stockopedia edition. My only complaints are with the use of british terminology like gearing and the fact that quite a few OTC stocks are not covered yet. Since I,m primarily a value investor who dwells on intrinsic value and margin of safety , Stockopedia is very useful for me.

Edward Croft

Superguy - we are going to be creating a translation file for US investors as part of a configuration (e.g. for things like the word Gearing). If you can keep a list of words that you find too British on the site we can add them in for translation - send me a private message or post it here. By the way there's also a configuration in Site Settings (top right dropdown menu) that lets you view $ denominated values rather than £ in StockReport headers.

We're also going to release our Canadian data - I hope in Q4 but please don't hold me to it :-)

Internationalisation here is very much a work in progress and we are learning as we go - please do send suggestions as now is the time we can act on them.

seasons

12th Aug '14

Mpat,

I recommend you take a look at
http://the-international-investor.com/international-stockbroker-list/uk-stock-broker-list

It helped me a great deal.

(I am not affilliated in any way).

woofles

17th Aug '14

Mpat,

Interactive brokers are efficient, apparently honest and have worked well for me .
Also they have an excellent simulated A/C facility.

25th Aug '14

Thanks but Interactive Brokers do not offer ISA's

Cheewah Tsang

24th Feb

Attended the Masterclass on 21/02/24 for past VVest subscribers in London online. You mentioned Multibaggers Video to watch, how do I access it, please advise

Indie

I think this may be the one you mean.

To find things like this, you can go to the bottom of the Today (home) page and follow the links, or go to Learn in the menu.

DWit199

Here?

Contains links to 4 multi-bagger videos and the e-book

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