Next look what happened as ELNT's Earnings Growth peaked in September of 2000 and began to decelerate over the next several months. As you can see ELNT's stock price dropped in unison with its Earnings Growth (points B to C) and eventually gave back much of its gains that had occurred in 2000.

Now lets look at another example which proves that even in a Bear Market stocks can do well if they have strong Earnings Growth. BEL was a company that had major problems with its Earnings Growth in 2000 as shown by the table below. BEL didn't start to see any positive Earnings Growth until 2001 but when it did finally occur BEL's Earnings Growth accelerated strongly in the latter half of 2001 into early 2002.

As shown by the graphical chart of the table above BEL's stock price went nowhere in 2000 (points D to E) as their Earnings Growth remained negative. However as BEL's Earnings Growth accelerated in 2001 into early 2002 investors took notice as BEL's stock price exploded in early 2002 (point F to G). Since the Fall of 2001 BEL's stock price has risen from around $4 to over $20 a share for a return of 375% even in a negative market environment.

This is what I do every week as I spend over 20 hours a week looking for companies that are starting to show signs of accelerating Earnings Growth. This is how I found BEL and ELNT well before their stock prices took off.

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