Comments on: Picking Stocks Like a Guru

By: Mapgirl’s Fiscal Challenge / Carnival of Personal Finance #104 is Up!

Mapgirl’s Fiscal Challenge / Carnival of Personal Finance #104 is Up! — Tue, 12 Jun 2007 14:12:20 +0000

[...] Sun’s Financial Diary on picking stocks like a guru. Thank god he put this together. I never would have known whose work created which style of [...]

By: Quick Links for this Past Week

Quick Links for this Past Week — Sun, 10 Jun 2007 16:15:00 +0000

[...] Financial Diary tells us how to pick stocks like a guru. This looks like a great tool, and though I’m not ready to invest in individual stocks, [...]

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Sun, 10 Jun 2007 14:47:47 +0000

[...] Sun’s Financial Diary has a very cool find! He talks about Picking Stocks Like a Guru. I like playing with little tools like this. Who knows if it’ll give me any fresh [...]

By: Super Saver

Super Saver — Sat, 09 Jun 2007 02:33:36 +0000

Sun,

Personally, I have not had much success with criteria such as the screens described in your post. Generally, there are too many choices from which to select and the top stocks in the screen are not necessarily the best performers.

In addition, these screens typically don’t provide a good sell signal, which I think is a critical component of a good stock picking system.

By: Ted

Ted — Fri, 08 Jun 2007 17:33:44 +0000

I wonder if you could run through all of the screens and come up with a list of stocks that pop up the most. Then publish your own book with this strategy as the new “guaranteed” can’t miss method of picking stocks, based on the study of greatest investment advisers in the world.

By: Friday Finance Findings for June 8th : Generation X Finance

Friday Finance Findings for June 8th : Generation X Finance — Fri, 08 Jun 2007 14:22:06 +0000

[...] Picking Stocks Like a Guru – Thanks to technology you can now run stock screens that will identify stocks that meet the criteria of great investors such as Benjamin Graham and Peter Lynch. Of course these types of screens shouldn’t account for your entire stock selection process but it can be a good starting point. [...]