VII & Fundamental Score
Eight short lessons, beginner to advanced — how to read the zones and bands, and how to combine them into a real filter. Same sequence that rides along in the daily briefing email, one lesson at a time.
What is VII, in one sentence
The Value Investing Index scores a stock on where its price sits relative to its own valuation history — not against other stocks.
The six zones, and what each means
From Deep Value to Overbought — six labels, one continuous scale of how stretched a price is from its own history.
Deep Value vs. just "cheap"
Deep Value is a pure price flag — the stock broke below its own 52-week low. A strong Fundamental Score is what turns that into a real opportunity instead of a falling knife.
What Fundamental Score actually measures
Four inputs roll up into one number — not a valuation call, a quality-of-business call.
Reading the band labels
Weak, moderate, good, strong — the same four fixed thresholds for every stock, quality and profitability rolled into one number.
Deep Value with a weak fundamental score
Why some Deep Value stocks are cheap for a reason — and how to tell the two apart before you look.
Composite Score vs. Fundamental Score
Two different questions: is the price stretched, and is the business sound. Neither answers the other.
Building a watchlist from zone + score together
The two-column filter behind today's value-stocks table — zone first, fundamentals second.