Who is Ian Woodward?

Ian giving one of his seminars

Wherever you go in the investment community, you're likely to hear of Ian Woodward, one of the most sought after experts on high growth stock (HGS) investing. For the past six years, he has criss-crossed the nation, enlightening new and seasoned investors about high growth stocks with his own brand of logic, wit, and practical experience. His workshops and forums have helped thousands of investors learn the principles of HGS Investing and the ingredients required to, as he puts it, "Buy rockets and sell rocks!".

With over 30 years' experience in Strategic, Business, and Technical Planning with Xerox and Univac Corporation, Ian was naturally attracted to high growth stock investing. He balances his investment interests in two types of portfolios - one for small cap high growth, which tempers high profits and risk with quick action; and one for large cap, blue chip high growth stocks, which are held for intermediate to long-term gains.

Ian's expertise is manifest in many ways. He co-developed the ERG Factor, a popular HGS screening strategy that balances an evaluation of fundamental and technical factors with an analysis of market momentum to select leading stocks and discard laggards. He also pioneered the concept of "surrogates" as a way to identify strong HGS industry sectors and groups. (A surrogate is a subset of leading stocks from a particular industry group.) His ability to assess a group's speed and strength, coupled with his simple "stop-light reporting" technique (in which red, yellow, and green tag the phase of the stock), enable him to vividly demonstrate how groups rotate in and out of favor - and peg which ones have the most promise.

This web site, Ian's Forum, is one of the ways Ian helps his students learn about high growth stock investing. So be sure to check out his special studies on this web site, and his bulletin board that many of his students use on a regular basis.