How to Make Money In Stocks - a Winning System

Guys, please refer below points which are really good when selecting stocks to buy. This was published by William J. O'Neil in his book "How to Make Money in Stocks - A Winning System in Good Times or Bad".
1. Current quarterly earnings per share; They must be up at least 20%
2. Annual earnings per share; They should show meaningful growth for the last five years.
3. Buy companies with new products, new management, or significant new changes in their industry conditions. And most important, buy stocks as they initially make new highs in price. (Forget cheap stocks; they are usually cheap for a very good reason.)
4. Supply and Demand; There should be a small or reasonable number of shares outstanding, not large capitalization, older companies. And look for volume increases when a stock begins to move up.
5. Buy market leaders, avoid laggards.
6. Institutional sponsorship; Buy stocks with at least a few institutional sponsors with better than average recent performance records.
7. The general market; It will determine whether you win or lose, so learn to interpret the daily general market indexes (price and volume changes) and action of the individual market leaders to determine the overall market's current direction.

Hope this would support you to make your buy decision.
Cheers!

Hope below tips might also help you.
According to above book, there are some common mistakes that investors make. I believe most of followings are applicable to most of us (I have done almost all of these).
- Not using good selection criteria and do not know what to look for to find a successful stock
- Habit of averaging down (when share price drops)
- Buying cheap stocks selling at low prices per share considering number of shares that can buy
-Want too much, too fast, without doing the necessary study and preparation
- Buy stocks because of dividends or low price-earnings ratios and disregarding EPS as less important
- Holding onto losses when the losses are small and reasonable without getting out cheaply
- Cash in small, easy-to-take profits and hold losers
- Can't make up mind to buy or sell
- Rely on hopes and personal opinions rather than paying attention to the opinion of the marketplace
- Getting influenced by things that are not really crucial, such as stock splits, increased dividends, news announcements, etc.
Cheers!

Padonrup wrote:Hope below tips might also help you.
According to above book, there are some common mistakes that investors make. I believe most of followings are applicable to most of us (I have done almost all of these).
- Not using good selection criteria and do not know what to look for to find a successful stock
- Habit of averaging down (when share price drops)
- Buying cheap stocks selling at low prices per share considering number of shares that can buy
-Want too much, too fast, without doing the necessary study and preparation
- Buy stocks because of dividends or low price-earnings ratios and disregarding EPS as less important
- Holding onto losses when the losses are small and reasonable without getting out cheaply
- Cash in small, easy-to-take profits and hold losers
- Can't make up mind to buy or sell
- Rely on hopes and personal opinions rather than paying attention to the opinion of the marketplace
- Getting influenced by things that are not really crucial, such as stock splits, increased dividends, news announcements, etc.
Cheers!

Oooops averaging down is not good??? That is one of the many lesions I learned from this Forum within last few days

I believe so, we may not do that when the share price is going down (because this down trend happens for a reason) and we have to stick with our cut loss policy. for some this is 5% but for me it is 7%. When the share price goes up, I'm normally averaging up, but only to a certain point (5-10% from the entry price). then take the profit (my target 20-25%) and exit.

Padonrup wrote:Guys, please refer below points which are really good when selecting stocks to buy. This was published by William J. O'Neil in his book "How to Make Money in Stocks - A Winning System in Good Times or Bad".
1. Current quarterly earnings per share; They must be up at least 20%
2. Annual earnings per share; They should show meaningful growth for the last five years.
3. Buy companies with new products, new management, or significant new changes in their industry conditions. And most important, buy stocks as they initially make new highs in price. (Forget cheap stocks; they are usually cheap for a very good reason.)
4. Supply and Demand; There should be a small or reasonable number of shares outstanding, not large capitalization, older companies. And look for volume increases when a stock begins to move up.
5. Buy market leaders, avoid laggards.
6. Institutional sponsorship; Buy stocks with at least a few institutional sponsors with better than average recent performance records.
7. The general market; It will determine whether you win or lose, so learn to interpret the daily general market indexes (price and volume changes) and action of the individual market leaders to determine the overall market's current direction.

Hope this would support you to make your buy decision.
Cheers!

looks like "can slim" strategy i did read that book (how to make money in stocks) but hard to find a company that full fill all 7 factors. did u find any company if yes please name the companies

Spot on Aran, seems you are reading a lot. Found few companies which I believe fulfill most of the requirements (see below, had a look in to previous years earnings), but still studying. Let me know your thoughts as well.

ABANS ELECTRICALS PLC - ABAN.N0000; avg. Stock  Growth/year 22%, ROE 23.5%, Number of years reviewed 14
AGSTAR FERTILIZERS LIMITED - AGST.N0000; avg. Stock  Growth/year 33%, ROE 10.5%, Number of years reviewed 11
AITKEN SPENCE HOTEL HOLDINGS PLC - AHUN.N0000; avg. Stock  Growth/year 21%, ROE 22.1%, Number of years reviewed 15
ASIRI HOSPITAL HOLDINGS PLC - ASIR.N0000; avg. Stock  Growth/year 28%, ROE 9.1%, Number of years reviewed 10
CARGILLS (CEYLON) PLC - CARG.N0000; avg. Stock  Growth/year 49%, ROE 14.1%, Number of years reviewed 11
CARSON CUMBERBATCH PLC - CARS.N0000; avg. Stock  Growth/year 27%, ROE 13.2%, Number of years reviewed 10
CEYLINCO INSURANCE PLC - CINS.N0000; avg. Stock  Growth/year 35%, ROE 15.1%, Number of years reviewed 14
CEYLON INVESTMENT PLC - CINV.N0000; avg. Stock  Growth/year 23%, ROE 13.5%, Number of years reviewed 10
CEYLON LEATHER PRODUCTS PLC - CLPL.N0000; avg. Stock  Growth/year 26%, ROE 3.9%, Number of years reviewed 12
CEYLON TOBACCO COMPANY PLC - CTC.N0000; avg. Stock  Growth/year 40%, ROE 239.4%, Number of years reviewed 8
CIC HOLDINGS PLC - CIC.N0000; avg. Stock  Growth/year 25%, ROE 2.5%, Number of years reviewed 14
COMMERCIAL BANK OF CEYLON PLC - COMB.N0000; avg. Stock  Growth/year 21%, ROE 21%, Number of years reviewed 18
DISTILLERIES COMPANY OF SRI LANKA PLC - DIST.N0000; avg. Stock  Growth/year 30%, ROE 17.6%, Number of years reviewed 18
FIRST CAPITAL HOLDINGS PLC - CFVF.N0000; avg. Stock  Growth/year 33%, ROE 16.3%, Number of years reviewed 12
GESTETNER OF CEYLON PLC - GEST.N0000; avg. Stock  Growth/year 24%, ROE 40.9%, Number of years reviewed 14
N D B CAPITAL HOLDINGS PLC - CDIC.N0000; avg. Stock  Growth/year 27%, ROE 56.8%, Number of years reviewed 14
NATIONS TRUST - NTB.N0000; avg. Stock  Growth/year 23%, ROE 1.6%, Number of years reviewed 14
NESTLE LANKA PLC - NEST.N0000; avg. Stock  Growth/year 24%, ROE 79%, Number of years reviewed 16
ROYAL CERAMICS LANKA PLC - RCL.N0000; avg. Stock  Growth/year 25%, ROE 17.1%, Number of years reviewed 14
SAMPATH BANK PLC  - SAMP.N0000; avg. Stock  Growth/year 22%, ROE 20.5%, Number of years reviewed 14
SEYLAN BANK PLC - SEYB.N0000; avg. Stock  Growth/year 21%, ROE 10.8%, Number of years reviewed 14

Please not above are my calculations after reviewing annual reports.

yeah i am a serious reader and i appreciate ur hard work

William J. O'Neil stressed on his book that a stock have to full fill all 7 can slim criteria on that way i think ur selection of stocks can slim
e.g-CARGILLS (CEYLON) PLC made loss in the last quarter (eps-0.24) and there 2014 annual eps reduce by 60% compare to 2013

Padonrup wrote:Spot on Aran, seems you are reading a lot. Found few companies which I believe fulfill most of the requirements (see below, had a look in to previous years earnings), but still studying. Let me know your thoughts as well.

ABANS ELECTRICALS PLC - ABAN.N0000; avg. Stock  Growth/year 22%, ROE 23.5%, Number of years reviewed 14
AGSTAR FERTILIZERS LIMITED - AGST.N0000; avg. Stock  Growth/year 33%, ROE 10.5%, Number of years reviewed 11
AITKEN SPENCE HOTEL HOLDINGS PLC - AHUN.N0000; avg. Stock  Growth/year 21%, ROE 22.1%, Number of years reviewed 15
ASIRI HOSPITAL HOLDINGS PLC - ASIR.N0000; avg. Stock  Growth/year 28%, ROE 9.1%, Number of years reviewed 10
CARGILLS (CEYLON) PLC - CARG.N0000; avg. Stock  Growth/year 49%, ROE 14.1%, Number of years reviewed 11
CARSON CUMBERBATCH PLC - CARS.N0000; avg. Stock  Growth/year 27%, ROE 13.2%, Number of years reviewed 10
CEYLINCO INSURANCE PLC - CINS.N0000; avg. Stock  Growth/year 35%, ROE 15.1%, Number of years reviewed 14
CEYLON INVESTMENT PLC - CINV.N0000; avg. Stock  Growth/year 23%, ROE 13.5%, Number of years reviewed 10
CEYLON LEATHER PRODUCTS PLC - CLPL.N0000; avg. Stock  Growth/year 26%, ROE 3.9%, Number of years reviewed 12
CEYLON TOBACCO COMPANY PLC - CTC.N0000; avg. Stock  Growth/year 40%, ROE 239.4%, Number of years reviewed 8
CIC HOLDINGS PLC - CIC.N0000; avg. Stock  Growth/year 25%, ROE 2.5%, Number of years reviewed 14
COMMERCIAL BANK OF CEYLON PLC - COMB.N0000; avg. Stock  Growth/year 21%, ROE 21%, Number of years reviewed 18
DISTILLERIES COMPANY OF SRI LANKA PLC - DIST.N0000; avg. Stock  Growth/year 30%, ROE 17.6%, Number of years reviewed 18
FIRST CAPITAL HOLDINGS PLC - CFVF.N0000; avg. Stock  Growth/year 33%, ROE 16.3%, Number of years reviewed 12
GESTETNER OF CEYLON PLC - GEST.N0000; avg. Stock  Growth/year 24%, ROE 40.9%, Number of years reviewed 14
N D B CAPITAL HOLDINGS PLC - CDIC.N0000; avg. Stock  Growth/year 27%, ROE 56.8%, Number of years reviewed 14
NATIONS TRUST - NTB.N0000; avg. Stock  Growth/year 23%, ROE 1.6%, Number of years reviewed 14
NESTLE LANKA PLC - NEST.N0000; avg. Stock  Growth/year 24%, ROE 79%, Number of years reviewed 16
ROYAL CERAMICS LANKA PLC - RCL.N0000; avg. Stock  Growth/year 25%, ROE 17.1%, Number of years reviewed 14
SAMPATH BANK PLC  - SAMP.N0000; avg. Stock  Growth/year 22%, ROE 20.5%, Number of years reviewed 14
SEYLAN BANK PLC - SEYB.N0000; avg. Stock  Growth/year 21%, ROE 10.8%, Number of years reviewed 14

Please not above are my calculations after reviewing annual reports.

Appreciate your effort.