Finding Stocks Meeting II EM-Trade

Stock Market Game To be eligible for the $100 + prize you must add your name and login name to the post "SMG Login Names" on the Stock Market Game sub-conference (it's an editable document). –

Stock Market Game Leaders As of 12/04/05 Matthew Perrigino Pear MBP$12.37MBP MBP m100 S&P 500 DJIA Nasdaq 4%Information Technology 66%Health Care 30%Consumer Discretionary PortionNameColor

Stock Market Game Leaders As of 12/04/05 Michael Kushner dakush23MDK$10.80MDK MDK m100 S&P 500 DJIA Nasdaq ColorNamePortion Consumer Discretionary56% Energy13% Health Care10% Information Technology20%

Stock Market Game Leaders As of 12/04/05 John MacLellan jmacdizzleJGM$10.61JGM JGM m100 S&P 500 DJIA Nasdaq ColorNamePortion Consumer Discretionary53% Financials27% Information Technology20%

Places to Find Screeners finance.yahoo.com –Finance search Stock Screener Broker screeners –Investor tools Tool bar on the left

Types of Stocks Growth Stocks –A company whose earnings are expected to grow at an above average rate relative to the marketearnings –A growth stock usually does not pay a dividend, as the company would prefer to reinvest retained earnings in capital projects. Most technology companies are growth stocksstock Value Stock –A stock that tends to trade at a lower price relative to it's fundamentals (i.e. dividends, earnings, sales, etc.) and thus considered undervalued by a value investor. Common characteristics of such stocks include a high dividend yield, low price-to-book ratio and/or low price-to-earnings ratiostockinvestorstocks Growth Stocks –??? Value Stock –???

Market Capitalization Defined: A measure of a public company's size. Market capitalization is the total dollar value of all outstanding shares.dollar valueshares Calculated: Multiply the number of shares by the current market price. Small cap –Refers to stocks with a relatively small market capitalization. The definition of small cap can vary among brokerages, but generally it is a company with a market capitalization of between $300 million and $2 billion small cap Mid cap –Companies having a market capitalization between $2 billion and $10 billion Large cap –Companies having a market capitalization between $10 billion and $200 billion

Basic Parameters Industry group Market Cap Index Membership Dividend yield Price/Earnings Ratio Volume Debt/Equity Ratio Revenue growth Earnings growth

Screen Values: Growth Stocks Tech stocks Varying market caps No dividend yield High P/E Varying volume High debt/equity Revenue and Earnings?

Screen Values: Value Stocks No specific industry Mid to Large market caps Fallen member of Dow or S&P Low or midrange P/E Varying volume Low or medium debt/equity Good revenue and earnings growth