Thursday, 7 February 2013

3 Steps To Rewarding Stock Picking

By Koly Brient


Stock picking is a very complicated process and stockholders have alternate approaches. Nonetheless it is sensible to follow general steps to reduce the risk of the investments. This newsletter will outline these simple steps for picking high-performance stocks.

Step 1. Decide on the time frame and the general technique of the investment. This step is exceedingly important because it will dictate the kind of stocks you purchase.

Imagine you make a decision to be a long-term financier, you would want to find stocks that have supportable competitive benefits with stable growth. The key for finding these stocks is by looking at the historic performance of each stock during the last decades and do a simple business S.W.O.T. (Strength-weakness-opportunity-threat) research on the company.

If you decide to be a short term financier, you wish to adhere to one of the following strategies:

a. Momentum Trading. This tactic is to have a look for stocks that increase in both price and volume over recent times. Most technical analyses support this trading strategy. My guidance on this plan of action is to go looking for stocks that have demonstrated stable and smooth rises in their costs. The idea is that when the stocks aren't erratic, you can simply ride the up-trend until the trend breaks.

b. Contrarian Strategy. This tactic is to search for over-reactions in the stock market. Researches show that stock market is not necessarily efficient, which means costs do not always accurately represent the values of the stocks. When a company publishes a bad news, folk panic and price regularly drops below the stock's fair price. To decide whether a stock over-reacted to a stories, you must glance at the probability of recovery from the impact of the bad news. As an example, if the stock drops 20% after the company loses a legal case which has no permanent damages to the business's brand and product, you may be confident that the market over-reacted. My advice on this plan of action is to get a list of stocks that have fresh drops in costs, investigate the aptitude for a reversal (thru candlestick analysis). If the stocks demonstrate candlestick reversal patterns, I will go through the current reports to research the causes of the most recent price drops to pinpoint the existence of over-sold opportunities.

Step 2. Conduct researches that give you a selection of stocks that is consistent to your investment timeframe and strategy. There are numerous stock screeners on the web that will help you find stocks according to your requirements.

Step 3. After you have a list of stocks to buy, you'd need to expand them in a fashion that gives the best reward/risk ratio. A technique to do this is conduct a Markowitz analysis for your portfolio. The analysis will give you the relative dimensions of money you should allot to each stock. This step is crucial because diversification is one of the free-lunches in the investment world.

These steps should get you started in your search to constantly earn cash in the market. They may deepen your knowledge about the financial markets, and would provide a feeling of confidence that helps you to make better trading choices.




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