No other large cap stock comes close to positive expected value on any form of investment direct stock purchase, options, combinations.

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Since 1946, Eisenstadt has worked at Value Line, publisher of the Value Line Investment Survey, where he developed a stock ranking system that has been the foundation of perhaps the most popular and successful independent investment advisory service in history.

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But a stock with a low price to book, some revenue or earnings growth, and some price appreciation, might attract interest from practitioners of 3 different investment styles so it would rank higher than the stock that just appeals to value investors.

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Penney has some tough sledding ahead, but that it was the only stock in his portfolio that could return 15 times his investment because it trades at a discount to the value of its real estate and inventory.

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Investment research firm Value Line ranks Terex No. 1 in timeliness, describing it as a stock that stands out for short-and-long-term investors.

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With this sort of contract, the owner of a big, highly appreciated stock position gets an upfront payment from an investment firm--typically for 75% to 85% of the value of his shares--in exchange for agreeing to deliver a variable number of shares or cash in the future, with the exact amount dependent on how the stock performs.

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One research company that has created a stock screen of dividend-growth stocks is Value Line, whose list includes stocks that are comparatively low-risk investment choices.

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London Stock Exchange Chief Executive Clara Furse is a staunch believer in the notion that Australian investment bank Macquarie fails to appreciate the value of her bourse.

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