From 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. ET today, the team behind The Motley Fool's real-money portfolio advisory service, Million Dollar Portfolio, will be answering your investing questions. (Just leave a question for the team in the comments section below.)

The philosophy
The Million Dollar Portfolio service has deployed the Fool's own money in stocks from Motley Fool premium services. The team uses a few frameworks for investing:

  • Ownership. The higher the level of insider ownership, the better. Think of Jeff Bezos' 22% ownership stake in Amazon.com (NASDAQ:AMZN) -- worth about $11 billion.
  • Allocation. In this case, allocation of capital -- arguably management's No. 1 priority. Pay especially close attention to ROIC and ROE.
  • Tenure. A simple but effective screen: Look for people who've shown a passion for and developed a mastery of their job. Whole Foods' (NASDAQ:WFMI) John Mackey is a good example.
  • Stewardship. Are managers looking out for customers, employees, and shareholders -- or just themselves? Costco's (NASDAQ:COST) Jim Sinegal is a terrific example of good stewardship.
  • Constructing a portfolio using a horse analogy:
  • Workhorses. Includes blue-chip dividend payers such as Johnson & Johnson (NYSE:JNJ).
  • Trotters. The tweeners -- companies that aren't slow-growing workhorses but also aren't growing revenues at a 50% clip. Think Walgreen (NYSE:WAG).
  • Racehorses. Includes fast growers such as Baidu.com (NASDAQ:BIDU).

The chat
Ask any questions you have about stocks, valuations, portfolio allocation, the macro picture, emerging markets, currencies, commodities, and the like. We have three rules to guide the discussion:

  1. The team is not permitted to provide personalized investment advice.
  2. The Fool editorial staff will moderate the discussion to make sure it stays on track.
  3. Team members may own stocks that are discussed during the course of today's live chat. To see the stocks they own, view their profile pages:

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