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IN 1956, THEN-SENATOR JOHN F. KENNEDY wrote Profiles in Courage, a book that describes acts of courage and strength exhibited by eight US senators throughout history. Profiles in Courage was a bestseller and earned JFK a Pulitzer Prize. Tales of greatness and overcoming insurmountable odds have always inspired me. I find it amazing that in one short lifetime, one person can achieve things that are beyond the wildest dreams of most of the rest of us. I remember learning in elementary school about how Julius Caesar defeated Rome’s enemies in Gaul (modern-day France), returned to Rome, then chased the reigning Roman Emperor Pompey all the way to Egypt and defeated him there. While in Egypt, Caesar formed an alliance with Cleopatra (yes, that Cleopatra) and installed her as ruler of Egypt, and they bore a child together. Caesar returned to Rome, consolidated his power, and made himself dictator. He did all that over the course of just four years, from 52 BC to 48 BC! I’ve remained curious about the seemingly unimaginable feats that can be accomplished in just one lifetime. Throughout my thirty-five-plus-year career as an investment advisor, I have witnessed companies achieve seemingly impossible levels of success. The idea of building a company from nothing more than an idea to over a trillion dollars of market capitalization still strikes me as truly mind-boggling. In this book, I want to highlight the companies that have changed the landscape of modern capitalism and created massive value for investors. As Kennedy gave us Profile in Courage to showcase the common characteristics of great leaders, I want to look at some of the common characteristics of the greatest companies of the last sixty years, a Profiles in Great Stocks, if you will, so that today’s investors can get a leg up as they try to identify the next great companies of the future. My initial plan for this book was to undertake a high-level review of similar characteristics common to the greatest companies, but I began to notice that taking that approach felt extremely subjective. I have a lot of experience and knowledge informing my understanding and opinions, but I didn’t just want to write a history report with some highly subjective guidelines. Instead, I wanted to be able to offer a clear and repeatable process that others could follow when they chose to speculate on the next great company. That’s when I started applying the technical analysis tools I’ve created, borrowed, and refined over many decades. Once I integrated the technical component into an algorithm, I felt that I had created an objective process to complement the subjective characteristics we will review throughout the book. Before we go any further, let’s pause for a moment to talk about the meaning of market “speculation.” I am the CEO of Alpha Cubed Investments. We are a registered investment advisory (RIA) firm specializing in managing investments for what are generally considered to be high-net-worth retail investors. These are typically individual investors who are building for retirement or who are already retired and are investing in roughly the $500,000 to $20 million range. Most of these investors want to be positioned for the long term with an allocation between stocks and bonds with moderate trading activity that is designed to keep them “on-cycle” with prevailing market conditions. In other words, they are not “speculators.” That being said, even the most disciplined, conservative investors occasionally want to “take a flyer” on something they believe could be the next big thing. And it seems like almost everyone under twenty-five years old thinks speculating is actually investing if you look at the crypto, decentralized finance (DeFi), and meme stock phenomena of the last few years.