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摘要

Tock pickers come in three broad varieties: those who prefer growth, value or momentum. Investors, however, typically come in one configuration: profit-seeking. In the quest for substance over style, they just want their investments to appreciate. Jordan Kimmel, a Randolph, N.J. author and money manager, looks for stocks that are attractive to all three types of investor. He likens his approach to that of a football team. "Offense, defense, special teams," he says; a winning squad doesn't have to be the best in each category, but it does have to be "not terrible" in any of them. With $100 million under management Kimmel says he earned about 20% after fees for his investors last year. That followed three years of losses in the wake of the stock market bubble and the Sept.11 terrorist attacks, but his investors more than tripled their money in 1999.