A.I.M. Users Bulletin Board

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Screening metric possibilities:

1) Beta - 1.25+ in order to capture volatility

2) 52 Week ratio - to locate higher volatility positions

3) ValueLine Timeliness 4 or 5 (Not sure what this one does but then I don't really understand ValueLine all that well. If you know of a good tutorial on using ValueLine and what the various metrics mean, let me know, please.)

4) Volume - Too thinly traded has some gap risks it seems to me. Large volume seems to dampen volatility. I'm not sure if this is an important metric.

5) Industry/sector - What are the prospects going forward. We don't want to be buying buggy whip industries/sectors.

6) Value metrics like quality of management and their stability, how they have done, dividends, etc.

7) Fits well with AIM - I have tried Buy & Hold, AIM, Stock Trading Riches and Market Trend Signal with a few different ETFs. Over the 5 year period from 7/1/2009 through 7/31/2014 with monthly figures from Yahoo some return more with one than another. Mind you this is a mostly bull market, with some downdraft as shown in Stock Chart of the Day in 2010-11 and 2012.

Add whatever else you think is a good idea. You might want to copy and paste the above into you additions so we can look in one place to find all the great ideas.

Warmest Regards,

Allen