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Strategies & Market Trends : Dave Gore's Trades That Make Sense -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Dave Gore who wrote (8159)	6/16/2002 3:14:20 PM
From: Dave Gore	Respond to of 16631

The Best Steps in Analyzing Potential Investments Fundamental (stock, sector) T/A (stock, sector, market) Overall Market Psychology Question: if you are unwilling to expend the effort of analysis of the fundamentals, T/A and market psychology, then are you a good trader or investor? After all, T/A alone, the tool of many, is not working alone as well as it has in the past. Instead a CFO suicide or bomb blast overseas can completely overshadow what should happen according to T/A. In this environment, good fundamentals often underpin a stock and make it a safer bet, does it not? So if a stock: a) is in a healthy sector, b) is undervalued based on fundamental comparison with other stocks in its sector, c) has provided good guidance d) has a good history of stable earnings, good growth, and other performance (per IBD rankings for instance), e) has a limited amount of negative factors, f) is near double or triple strength support on the charts and AND the overall market looks poised for a rally then that it is the ideal stock of all, is it not? BEING SELECTIVE Screen #1 --- Basic Fundamentals (if passes, then...) Screen #2a --- Short Analysis (if passes, then...) Screen #2b --- Insider Transactions (if passes, then...) Screen the following: Read filings (debt, cash flow, management comments,etc.) Press Releases (current performance, guidance, delays, etc.) Analyst comments (as contrary indicators?) Investor Business Daily (their grading scheme can be useful) FINAL STEP: Timing via charts AND market psychology ***** Who ever said it was easy? LOL!