faster than 25 percent. Those 50 percenters usually are found in hot industries, and you know what that means.) • That the company has duplicated its successes in more than one city or town, to prove that expansion will work. • That the company still has room to grow. When I first visited Pic ’N’ Save, they were established in southern California and were just beginning to talk about expanding into northern California. There were forty-nine other states to go. Sears, on the other hand, is everywhere. • Whether the stock is selling at a p/e ratio at or near the growth rate. • Whether the
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