How to Grade Company Management

As a value-oriented investor in the Millionaire Zone, I always look for strong business fundamentals. I want to invest my capital in good, solid businesses combining sound financials, market position and management.

It's easier said than done, though.

These days, financial facts aren't hard to find, but marketplace information is more challenging. You have to tune in to the company, its products and what its customers (and the media) are saying about it.

Management is always the toughest item on my list. How do you appraise management competence and quality, and the quality of the organization in which it works? Does the corporate structure accommodate the right kind of business thinking? ...