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๐Ÿ“˜Playbook

The Investing Playbook Vol. 2

A systematic guide to top-ranked ideas across global markets

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Vlad Bastion
Aug 25, 2025
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The Bastion Strategy Playbook delivers stock rankings across 9 fundamental strategies, over 30 interactive dashboards, and fresh weekly data. Its goal is to help generate investment ideas and provide deeper insight into market trends. The Playbook is designed for both professional analysts and private investors.


Strategies Covered

  1. ๐Ÿ† GEAR+ โ€” multi-factor model (Growth, Quality, Value, Momentum, Antifragility)

  2. ๐Ÿ“ˆ Growth โ€” revenue and earnings leaders

  3. ๐Ÿฅ‡ Quality โ€” highly profitable, resilient businesses

  4. ๐Ÿ’ฐ Value โ€” low-multiple stocks with strong free cash flow

  5. ๐Ÿš€ Momentum โ€” the hottest market ideas right now

  6. ๐Ÿ›ก Antifragility โ€” low-volatility, stress-resistant companies

  7. ๐Ÿฅ‡๐Ÿ“ˆ Quality + Growth โ€” efficient businesses with fast growth

  8. ๐Ÿ’ฐ๐Ÿš€ Value + Momentum โ€” low-multiple stocks gaining increasing market interest

  9. ๐Ÿ“ˆ๐Ÿš€ Growth + Momentum โ€” dynamic stocks for trend-following strategies


Each strategy is built on 7 key metrics. Every metric receives a score from 1 to 10 with an assigned weight, and the final composite score shows how well a stock fits the strategyโ€™s style.

This report includes dashboards of the top 20 ranked leaders across 9 strategies in the S&P 500 and US Midcaps.

You can explore full stock rankings by strategy in the Excel file ๐Ÿ“‚ Strategy Playbook in the Bastion Terminal. To view rankings for individual companies, use ๐Ÿ“‚ Stock Dashboards.

Terminal โ€“ Updated on August 25, 2025.

Vlad Bastion
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Terminal โ€“ Updated on August 25, 2025.

The Bastion Terminal is a set of Excel-based tools that I use for stock analysis and generating investment ideas.

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There, you can filter by region, country, or sector and view rankings beyond the top 100. The Bastion universe currently covers about 3,500 companies worldwide.


๐Ÿ’ก Next: Explore the current leaders for each strategy.

1. ๐Ÿ† GEAR+: 5 Factor Strategy

1.1 ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ’ผ S&P 500: Top-Rated GEAR+ Strategy Stocks

Key Statistics

1.2 ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿช™ US MidCaps: Top-Rated GEAR+ Strategy Stocks

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