How To Pick The Right Stocks
When investing in stocks on your own, make a big list of stocks that look pretty good without much research. After this give each stock a number of tests, and look at their annual report. Then read articles that shareholders and other people have posted about it on blogs and places like www.fool.com . Rate the company on its (Value, Growth, Income, GARP, Quality). Try to buy shares in the company when the stock seems that it is at a low or is about to shoot up in price (but don't buy your shares if the price of the stock is so low that the company might go bankrupt. If you then truly believe that the stock is very strong then you can invest, but only if it looks very, very strong.
Growth Investing: "Growth investing is the idea that you should buy stock in companies whose potential for growth in sales and earnings is excellent." (www.fool.com)
Income Investing: Income investing is pretty much the concept of buying a stock that has a high and steady dividend so that the investor can profit from the stock in the short term.
Sizes of Companies:
Micro cap -- $250 million or less.
Small cap -- $250 million to $2 billion.
Mid cap -- $2 billion to $10 billion.
Large cap -- $10 billion or more.
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