The Key to Successful Investing: Stay in the Green - 9/04/07

PowerRatings are color coded, stocks rated 1-3 in red, 4-7 in blue and 8-10 in green. So, a simple way of remembering what type of stocks you should own is to always "Stay in the Green".

When a stock you own moves from green to blue, replace it with a stock that has just made the opposite move, from blue to green. Our research shows that investors can outperform the market by a significant margin with this simple strategy.

Here's are some of today's stocks that moved from blue to green:

And here are some of today's stocks that moved from green to blue:

Stocks of Note

These are the stocks with PowerRatings (for Investors) of 9 or 10. The highest rated stocks have, on average, had annual returns of double the average stock in the S&P 500.

International Business Machines (NYSE: - )

IBM was upgraded to a PowerRating (for Investors) of 10 on 8/29/07. IBM announced earlier today that it completed the acquisition of DataMirror Corporation.

3M Company (NYSE: - )

3M was upgraded to a PowerRating (for Investors) of 10 on 8/31/07. Last week, 3M announced that it will participate in the Morgan Stanley Global Industrials CEOs Unplugged Conference on Monday, September 10.

Go to for today's full list of Upgrades and Downgrades.