Extracting Stock Prospects Using BetterInvesting Tools

Looking for stocks to study? I always enjoy articles that include easy tips for finding prospects.

The BetterInvesting website makes hunting much simpler. Click “Find Great Stocks” to open a portal to a treasure trove. Click “Stock Screening” and see several predefined screens that may be checked periodically for new ideas. Select any predefined screen and click the second “Preview Data” button on any row to scroll quickly through the entire list with the “Next” and “Previous” buttons.

Here’s another way to make use of any article or presentation one may find.

Start by reading the article. Fellow Chapter Director Barbara Cobb alerted me to this on the Morningstar website.

Since Wide Economic Moat serves as a promising Quality filter, enter the first “Wide” Economic Moat ticker symbol into the white field below “Online Tools” on the BetterInvesting home page (in the field it says “Launch SSG — Enter Ticker Here”). Is the chart up, straight, and parallel to you? If so, add the ticker to a list. Close the browser tab showing the chart.

Continue by entering the next “Wide” Economic Moat ticker into the white field. Repeat until you’ve inspected them all.

I found nine of the 12 to be roughly up, straight, and parallel. That’s nine solid investment prospects for in-depth study in 10 minutes or less.