Q: Pat, all the news affecting the market makes me wonder about what’s best—a bottom-up approach to picking stocks, or a top-down approach taking into account all that’s going on. What do you think?

A: Successful investors generally understand that you have two basic ways to make investment decisions. They also understand that it pays to know which of the two you are using at any given time.

Investment professionals call these two approaches “bottom-up” and “top-down.” Using the bottom-up approach,… Read More

Vulcan Materials Benefits From Economies of Scale

A Member of Pat McKeough’s Inner Circle recently asked for his advice on Vulcan Materials, the largest supplier of construction aggregates in the U.S.

Pat likes the firm’s dominant position in a high-barrier-to-entry industry, robust pricing power, and exposure to favorable demand trends driven by increased… Read More