It is not how you pick them; it is how you play them.  Just open the financial page and look at all the companies listed there; thousands.  I don't care if you have an expert team of proficient dart throwing monkeys,  or if you read the tea leaves spread on the financial page, picking a stock to own is not the biggest challenge.

Even third grade students have been known to pick stocks better than Market Professionals do.  More importantly, playing the stock to make money, that's the tough part.  The reason why it can be so difficult is because of the clock on the wall.

You may think it is time to buy, but someone else thinks it is time to sell.

The buyers and sellers rush in and out like the ocean waves on the beach.  Look again and you will see the more powerful tide that raises and lowers the water level and influences the swell.

Yes, it is important to be a good stock picker, because when you have picked a popular issue, the action is sensational, but even badly picked stocks get a chance to participate in this ebb and flow of buyers and sellers, so that with learned experience you can jump on and catch a profitable ride.

In real estate, they espouse "location" and in the Market, the key is "timing".

Pick your stocks with whatever method works for you and learn how to make money by playing your stocks with an awareness of "timing."  Good surfers know how to catch the wave they want and get a thrilling ride.  Market aficionados know how to "time" their actions with the waves and play a stock on a rising tide of buyers.

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