My Stock of the Day: BOKF

John Templeton’s stock-selection strategy is built on growth and value. In 10 of the last 16 years (including 2013 through July 31), its total returns were in double digits and its losses numbered only two. His approach is contrarian, and it is explained at:

http://www.aaii.com/journal/article/screening-for-stocks-using-the-john-templeton-value-approach

Also, Amazon’s list of Templeton’s books appears at:

http://www.amazon.com/John-Templeton/e/B001JP86MY/ref=sr_tc_2_0?qid=1376472086&sr=1-2-ent

The American Association of Individual Investors (AAII) reports the annual total returns for Templeton’s strategy as well as for the other 76 it follows at:

http://www.aaii.com/stock-screens/performance

Of the eight stocks recently passing the Templeton selection criteria, the one with the lowest (most attractive) price/earnings ratio is BOK Financial Corporation (BOKF). My 5-year Yahoo chart for BOKF shows a reasonably smooth up trend since the market collapse of 2008-2009:

http://finance.yahoo.com/q/ta?s=BOKF&t=5y&l=on&z=l&q=l&p=m50%2Cm100%2Cm200&a=m26-12-9%2Cr14&c=

AAII’s membership benefits are reported at:

http://www.aaii.com/benefits/members

My 5-daychart suggests a quick, sharp recovery from BOKF’s June-August pullback may be under way now:

http://finance.yahoo.com/q/ta?s=BOKF&t=5d&l=on&z=l&q=l&p=m20%2Cm50%2Cm100%2Cp&a=m26-12-9%2Cr14&c=

Never forget: All investments and savings are gambles on the unknowable future and thus subject to loss as well as gain.

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