OT: Terry, you are very articulate, but you always seem to come up with just one example to prove your point. I don't pay any attention the the Motley Fool bla, bla, bla either. I just think the ctiteria for their stock screener is a good place for an investor to start. About a year and a half ago, using that link, I started a sample portfolio by checking that site periodically. There are 85 stocks gleaned from that list and the portfolio is up 30%. I didn't get more selective by checking other criteria such as sector or insider selling, etc., etc., and the stocks that are way down in that portfolio all had some red flag that didn't get "screened", but could have shown up in further DD.
Being more selective may have grabbed the ones like MVL up 263%, UPL up 481%, USNA up 259%.
Also, if I actually was able to buy all those stocks, tweeked other criteria, used TA for an entry point, and used stop-loss to weed out the losers, I think 100-150% gain would not be unreasonable.
The whole point of that link was just to show fundamentals are a good place to start when picking stocks for a long term hold. Hype-picking is great for the short term investor to make some bucks, but in the long term a company has to perform vesus it's peers or the investor base moves on to better picks, IMO.
Cash is King until further notice!!!
My comments on companies are usually my opinion of long term success (years). The PPS may go up or down greatly in the meantime depending on the number of greedy suckers with money.
