There is probably no better way readily to make such discriminations than by using what are known as Value Line "Timeliness" ratings. Let us take a look at these ratings for a few moments:

		Value Line covers a universe of about 1700 different common stocks. To each of these, at any given time, it assigns a rating of #1, #2, #3, #4, or #5. A #1 or a #2 indicates that a stock is expected to outperform the market over the coming year; a #4 or #5 indicates that it is expected to underperform the market over the coming year; and a #3 indicates that the stock is expected approximately to track the market over the coming year.
		Value Line's timeliness ratings have been extremely successful over the past 35 years, and so the service has become the most widely used by investors of all investment services. I encourage you to defer to these ratings when assembling and monitoring your own common stock portfolio.

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