The National Association of Investors Corporation (NAIC) was founded in 1951 by four Michigan
investment clubs.  The organization was set up to develop tools to assist long-term investors
and to promote investment education.  While originally established for investment clubs, the
non-profit organization now provides investment education for both investment clubs and
individual investors and has a total membership in excess of 500,000.


NAIC's Established Growth Strategy

Your best financial advisor should be the person you see when you look into a mirror.  Your
goal should be to double the value of your investment every five years.  To do so will require
an average 15% compounded annual gain in every five-year period.  You do not have to make 15%
every year.  But following NAIC's basic investment principles, you should be able to achieve
this goal. 

The NAIC has developed a long-term approach to investing which has proven very successful.
This approach is founded on a fundamental analysis of companies, rather than just a
technical analysis of stock performances.  It revolves around NAIC's four basic investment
principles.  These principles are:

       1. Invest on a regular basis over a long period of time 
       2. Reinvest all earnings (dividends, interest, capital gains). 
       3. Invest only in good quality companies with proven track records of growth. 
       4. Diversify your portfolio to reduce overall risk. 

The NAIC's guidelines represent a systematic approach to decision-making and evaluating
common stock.  They are NOT intended for every situation.  Rather, they were developed for
growth oriented stocks that have a minimum of five (5) years of public operating history.
Also, as P/E ratios are used in this strategy's' model, a company must have EARNINGS.

Additional information on stock selection can be found in the NAIC's Official Guide,
Starting and Running a Profitable Investment Club.  Visit the NAIC website at
better-investing.org.

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