By this time, readers should be well-acquainted with my utter disdain for mainstream chatter and the pundits who peddle it. Yet it is also important not to let inherent biases blind us to opportunities. Even as I despise Wall Street and their endless, self-serving babble, analysts can be useful. This week’s screen is based on [...]
Barron’s recently spotlighted Yahoo! Finance’s new Java-powered stock screener. As members know, I am regularly looking for new prospects so a new screening tool is of utmost interest. I am pleased to report that Yahoo’s screener works beautifully, with optimal user functionality and relevant stock metrics. Using the Yahoo screener, I formulated this week’s stock [...]
The Dogs of the Dow strategy seems to be a popular topic as Barron’s ran a feature article on the 2010 batch a few days after I ran this screen for premium members. Readers can find some useful background and historical results information from the Barron’s site [$]. The Dogs of the Dow is a [...]
View the results of this stock screen in spreadsheet format. In any endeavor, it is imperative to recognize any biases or blind spots that may encumber us. My screening process is heavily oriented toward cash flowing companies. It is hard to go wrong with buying strong cash-generating companies at cheap prices. But I recognize that [...]
My latest stock screen post is now available on gurufocus.com, where I am a contributor. From time to time, I will be publishing exclusive posts at that site. In the latest screen, I look at picks of respected value investors which have lagged since being bought by those managers. You can find the post here: [...]
With Marc Faber making the rounds and predicting that the US$ will go to zero, this week’s screen for foreign stocks seems particularly timely. Unfortunately, investors looking to make a move now must contend with a very weak dollar, which makes overseas stocks more expensive. The specific criteria I used are listed below: (Domestic / [...]
