After I settled on a style and strategy I could live with, based primarily on "The Little Book That Beats the Market", I eventually settled on a monthly pattern of about a half dozen screens that I've put together.
From there I come up with a short list of stocks based a couple of factors like:
Frequency (how many times the same stock shows up on different screens)
Note Worthy News (mentioned in other articles, product announcements, etc)
Key Financial Indicators (PEG/Ratios, Debt Ratios, Estimates, %ownership, etc)
And yes interesting Patterns (I'll admit it, I dabble in patte...
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When I first started investing I did like many others, and bought a Mutual Fund. Over time I started following stocks more and more individually and even made the mistake of joining a couple sites (although good) charged hundreds of dollars for their newsletters and magazines. Meanwhile I continued reading and studying and eventually realized I could do what they were without paying hundreds of dollars every year.
fumbledreturns
S&P 500 
3.56%
