Marc Gerstein

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trade and they require careful analysis: it's one thing to make a judgment error with GE, Microsoft, Coca Cola, etc. These are huge established firms with lots of margin for error to survive, even prosper, when things don't go well. Small companies, those whose shares are priced low, often don't have such financial cushions, so their stocks can be exceptionally volatile.

The Forbes Low-Price Stock Report, a partnership between StockScreen123 and Forbes Newsletters, helps you navigate this intriguing but challenging segment of the market. Editor Marc Gerstein uses StockScreen123 to screen for ideas and then identifies a Top 40 list based on the StockScreen123 QVGM (Quality-Value-Growth-Momentum) ranking system. Candidates identified that way are then evaluated by Gerstein using the same approaches he applied during the 18 years he spent as an Analyst and eventually Assistant Research Director at the Value Line Investment Survey.

how to identify stocks worthy of consideration using easily-affordable stock screeners readily available on the internet, including StockScreen123.com.

Using this approach provides an important edge. Many investor assume they should be paying attention to the stocks that are most well known and discussed. But consider the words of Peter Lynch in the opening of Chapter 9 to One Up On Wall Street: "If I could avoid a single stock, it would be the hottest stock in the hottest industry, the one that gets the most favorable publicity, the one that every investor hears about in the car pool or on the commuter train - and succumbing to the social pressure, often buys.

O.K. That's all well and good. Now we know what not to buy. But how do we know what we should consider. This where Screening The Market will help you. It will show you how to find ideas worthy of consideration based solely on investment merit and without regard to what you read, who you talk to, what businesses you come into contact with in day to day life, etc.

The book will also show you how to evaluate the ideas once you find them realistically, using techniques you can actually apply.