a stock pickers viewpoint.....free...proceed at your own risk

.I'm not an investment advisor....I manage no funds for others and I am not paid for my opinions. I have invested successfully my own account for many years. I enjoy the success in making picks and simply want to share not only stock idea's but idea's on learning to pick stocks as well as idea's on sell timing. Take it for what it is...I make my share of mistakes....good beginnings can be effected by the unknown and the unpredictable...lawsuits/natural disasters/unnatural disasters/fraudulent behavior/poor analyst forecasts...you name it.

I wrote a program for a mutual fund years ago in the late 60's....the same principles of design are now used in Investors Business Daily [IBD]. I highly recommend its use. Its what I use but Its primarily technical in nature and one must add fundamental analysis to avoid catching strength at the top....Few stocks go up forever.

William O'neal is providing a fantastic service with both his book and magazine....Use it and reap the rewards.

however ...add some precautions with high valuations and the natural slowdown of growth percentage over time.

The duration of strength of an individual stock can be short-lived....strong stocks in strong industries tend to have longer term growth...mainly because there is usually and economic reason behind an industry. An example was fertilizer when corn planting grew dramatically for use in ethanol.

Look towards the Obama industries for future growth....

alternative energy

healthcare

education

infrastructure

Huge gains will be made in homebuilders and retail but it is too early to take risks...better to miss some upside than to risk investing in potential bankruptcys. Many advisors we're pushing bank stocks after drops to the 20's from the 50's...many are now in single digits...many risk bankruptcy.....Never bottom guess. IBD helps with advice on buy points....take it.

The faint at heart should preserve principal for better times....use short term fixed income...remember that long term bonds with low yields will decline in value when yields rise...and they will rise again 

Who We Are

I'm simply a successful investor who is retired...enjoy spending hours daily to seek out opportunities....happy to provide idea's....very unhappy when i'm wrong.[noone is right all the time].

I do have the benefit of more rights than wrongs and thats what it takes

I lost respect for a well known tout on TV when I realized he can be paid for his suggestions . He recommended a stock called level3 around 5 3/4....this stock had never earned a profit and no analysts we're predicting profits for the forseeable future and the balance sheet was dubious...when you promote on tv you can be effecting investors who should not be risk oriented......i looked at it and thought....."MY GOD>>>WHY"

Your guess is as good as mine