{"id":970,"date":"2010-10-16T21:00:53","date_gmt":"2010-10-17T01:00:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/thestockmarketwatch.com\/learn-stock-market\/?p=970"},"modified":"2016-04-26T14:42:26","modified_gmt":"2016-04-26T18:42:26","slug":"stock-picking-strategies-conclusion","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www2.stockmarketwatch.com\/learn\/stock-picking-strategies-conclusion\/","title":{"rendered":"11) Stock Picking Strategies: Conclusion"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Here are the fundamental concepts of stock picking we have learned so far:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>The main focus of fundamental analysis is a company&#8217;s intrinsic value<\/li>\n<li>In quantitative analysis, the worth of a company is all of its future profits summed up together.\u00a0\u00a0 This is also known as discounted cash flows.<\/li>\n<li>Management, business model, brand name and industry are some of the qualitative factors that affect a company&#8217;s value.<\/li>\n<li>Value investors are concerned with the present.\u00a0 They look to a company that sells stocks lower than the current market price and sell it for a profit.\u00a0 Growth investors look for companies with future growth potentials.\u00a0 They look for companies that trade more than their intrinsic value.<\/li>\n<li>The GARP method is a mixture of value investing and growth investing techniques.\u00a0 Investors look for companies that are somewhat undervalued in terms of growth potential.<\/li>\n<li>Income investors look for companies that pay high but sustainable dividend yield.\u00a0 They are looking for a steady stream of income from their stocks.<\/li>\n<li>CAN SLIM stands for: current earnings, annual earnings, new changes, supply and demand, leadership in industry, institutional sponsorship, and market direction.\u00a0 Investors analyze these factors for stock picking using this method.<\/li>\n<li>The Dogs of the Dow are the top 10 companies in the Dow Jones Industrial average with the highest dividend yield.<\/li>\n<li>Technical analysis is concerned with past market activity to forecast future price movements.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul class=\"lcp_catlist\" id=\"lcp_instance_0\"><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www2.stockmarketwatch.com\/learn\/stock-picking-strategies-dogs-of-the-dow\/\">09) Stock Picking Strategies: Dogs of The Dow<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www2.stockmarketwatch.com\/learn\/stock-picking-strategies-technical-analysis\/\">10) Stock Picking Strategies: Technical Analysis<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www2.stockmarketwatch.com\/learn\/stock-picking-strategies-garp-investing\/\">06) Stock Picking Strategies: GARP Investing<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www2.stockmarketwatch.com\/learn\/stock-picking-strategies-income-investing\/\">07) Stock Picking Strategies: Income Investing<\/a><\/li><li class=\"current\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www2.stockmarketwatch.com\/learn\/stock-picking-strategies-conclusion\/\">11) Stock Picking Strategies: Conclusion<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www2.stockmarketwatch.com\/learn\/stock-picking-strategies-introduction\/\">01) Stock Picking Strategies<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www2.stockmarketwatch.com\/learn\/stock-picking-strategies-fundamental-analysis\/\">02) Stock Picking Strategies:  Fundamental Analysis<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www2.stockmarketwatch.com\/learn\/stock-picking-strategies-growth-investing\/\">05) Stock Picking Strategies: Growth Investing<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www2.stockmarketwatch.com\/learn\/stock-picking-strategy-value-investing\/\">04) Stock Picking Strategies: Value Investing<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www2.stockmarketwatch.com\/learn\/stock-picking-strategies-can-slim\/\">08) Stock Picking Strategies: CAN SLIM<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www2.stockmarketwatch.com\/learn\/stock-picking-strategies-qualitative-analysis\/\">03) Stock Picking Strategies: Qualitative Analysis<\/a><\/li><\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Here are 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