If you have read my post on The College Student’s Guide to Investing and Key Value Fundamentals for Screening Stocks, you know that I have talked about finding value stocks that pay a dividend. However, you may not know exactly how to find these types of stocks. That is why there is so much value in screening for stocks, yet I think few people have mastered it (even I haven’t truly mastered the perfect stock screen, otherwise I would be über rich!).
I keep it basic in this tutorial, just looking at several screening criteria, such as market capitalization, PEG ratio, P/E ratio, profit margin, and dividend yield. There are so many different fundamental and technical aspects to look at, but this is just a basic overview.
How To Screen For Stocks Video
So, instead of trying to explain to you in words how to screen for stocks, I have put together my first video actually showing you how I do it using my favorite brokerage for researching stocks, Scottrade:
I hope that you enjoyed my first video. I would love to hear some feedback or some other things that you look for in screening a stock. If you liked the Scottrade interface for screening stocks, you can sign-up for Scottrade using this link: Scottrade $7 Trades!
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Robert – who has written 317 posts on The College Investor.
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Loved the screencast Robert! The only feedback I have is the initial slide was too long!
Also I had to maximize the screen to read some of the links – I guess those limitations come with YouTube!
But you got the point across very nicely!
Thanks for the feedback, still trying to figure some of this new stuff out!
Robert-Great points and cool video. I’m impressed ! You are on the right track
Thanks!
Nice to see a video on screening out stocks. Good work. I of course have my own methods for screening dividend stocks but I’ll add that dividend growth rates are a key fundamental in evaluating dividend payers. I think it’s also good to compare P/E ratio among competitors whenever possible since they can be very industry specific.
Great video. I linked here from the Yakezie carnival. This is an innovative site.
Good work on your video – only suggestion would be to be aware of your uhms. Email me how you did this video!
enjoyed your video, was wondering is there a screener that shows earnings or revenues gains over say last 3 years ?
I will be watching for more videos great job
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