Here are dozens of Frequently Asked Questions about our company, our products and our services.
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What is the difference between ‘quantitative’ research and ‘qualitative’ research?
Is quantitative analysis the same as technical analysis?
How can quantitative research be based on a stock’s fundamental data?
What do you mean by ‘alpha’?
What do you mean by 'investing style'?
What is a portfolio strategy?
What does ‘adaptive rank’ mean?
What is the difference between a factor and a filter?
Can you explain the Sabrient scoring process?
Is a score and a ranking the same?
What is a Composite Score?
Which of these Sabrient scores is more important: Value, Growth, Momentum or Composite?
Are there scores in the Sabrient process besides the ones I see on the SmartLists and SmartStock reports?
What do you mean by ‘external confirmation’ of the Sabrient scores?
What is market capitalization?
What are your market cap ranges?
Do Sabrient's market caps match the S&P ranges or Russell's?
How can a stock be a large-cap one week and a small-cap the next week?
On page 2 of the report, a large-cap stock is sometimes compared with the S&P 400 MidCap Index and a mid-cap stock is sometimes compared with the S&P 500 (a large-cap index). Why is this?
What do you mean by ‘extraction process’?
How many stocks does Sabrient cover?
Do you cover IPOs?
Do you cover foreign stocks?
Why is the date at the top of the SmartStock report different from the date at the bottom of the report?
Why are some stocks with very high scores rated a Hold?
How does a stock’s scores for the Best Performing Filters (page 3 of the report) relate to the Sabrient Scores on page 1 and 2? I saw a stock that was a Buy but had very low scores on the best performing filters.
How do you determine a stock's industry group?
What do you mean by 'backtesting'?
What benchmarks do you use for comparison in your backtesting?
What is the difference between the Momentum Score and the Timeliness Score?
