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To: bruwin who wrote (74591)	12/22/2023 3:08:01 PM
From: petal	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 78774

Hi bruwin and others! Hope you are doing well! For me, the long term earnings history is important. It seems to me a little odd that FRO ticks almost all of your boxes, given that they seem to have made a net loss during the period 2010-2023 (because of massive losses 2011-2013). Why not stick to consistently profitable businesses? (Perhaps you'd want to add an "earnings history" box to your otherwise fine box? :)) I find that there are so many businesses around, that it makes life easier if one simply sticks to businesses that have made a profit for as long as the eyes can see. It seems to be good for investment profits too! Just a humble suggestion, petal PS. Wishing you all a great christmas! PSS. My favorite stock pick for 2024: British American Tobacco (BATS / BTI) BTI is a good example of above, and also other characteristics I like in a stock: * Consistently profitable for at least 20 years (probably 120 years, more or less, since it was started in 1902) * Dirt cheap valuation, because of being... * Hated stock and hated industry – a "stigma stock" – but with the possibility of becoming less hated as less harmful tobacco products (nicotine pouches) are growing quickly. This is a possible catalyst for the stock (although not an imminent one – it will take some time, giving investors the probable possibility of years of being able to add to the stock at a favorably low valuation).