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PO Box 30925 Santa Barbara CA 93130 800-353-4990 email info@deencapital.com

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What Makes Us Different

Deen Capital Management differs from most money management firms in a number of ways:

  • We buy stocks poised to go up NOW (i.e., over the next few weeks). Growth stocks often make big moves in just a few weeks, especially when they are under-valued and when there is some unexpected catalyst to spark the rally. Our stock-picking methods are designed to flag the first day of some of these rallies.  In other words, we seek to capitalize on true surprises.
  • We attempt to sidestep major market declines by sitting on a very high level of cash (50% to 100%) during down markets and when our indicators suggest that the market is in a high risk zone.  Most money managers consider a "high level of cash" to be 10% to 20%. For more on this subject, visit our Risk Management page.
  • We concentrate our portfolio in a small number of stocks (typically 10 to 20).
  • Clients receive weekly status reports by e-mail.  These reports include the current value and performance of your account; details on stocks bought and sold; gains and losses, both realized and on paper; and Mr. Deen's commentary on current market conditions.
  • Mr. Deen brings 20 years of training and experience as a software engineer (M.I.T. '74) to bear on the decisions of what to buy, when to buy, when to sell, and when to sit on cash.  To this end, he has developed a variety of computer-based decision-support tools.
  • Mr. Deen "eats home cooking".  That is, he invests his personal retirement accounts in parallel with client accounts.  We believe the following quote, from the December 30, 1991 issue of Barron's, still holds true today:

    "How do you begin to evaluate stockbrokers and money managers? ... There is no better place to begin one's investigation than with personal ethics.  Do they 'eat home cooking' -- managing their own money in parallel with their clients? I can think of no more important test of the integrity of a manager and the likelihood of investment success..."