Wall Street's Favorite Stocks!
In both bullish and bearish markets, one can find stocks with good growth potential. The key is in selecting them according to pertinent measures of valuation. In other words, screen to find what screaming Jim Cramer would call "forgotten, forlorn, and undiscovered stocks." Like a foxy debutant, they will be stars someday, yet no one dances with them now.
Useful criteria are measures such as a stock's debt to equity, price to sales, price to book, and PEG ratios. All of those should be lower than their peers. These are companies worth something that just aren't priced accordingly. In addition, the insiders should own a substantial amount of company stock.
Stocks in the table below are among the favorites of stock pundits on Wall Street. They go up fast when there is good news on the wires, and down even faster when there is bad news afoot. These companies are the fair haired children of the market in that much of their trading volume is from mainstream investors. For verification of this "stock guru" data, a valuation is given based on the following formula:
Stocks that pass the initial screening should then be investigated in detail prior to purchase, and the ones without improving fundamentals eliminated from further consideration. Go with the rising stars.
Stocks favored by Wall Street pundits: