07-12-2015, 01:05 AM
(07-11-2015, 04:42 PM)navyasw02 Wrote: I dont get too heavy into analysis, but I'd recommend PEs less than the current SP500, payout ratio <60-70ish%, from the dividend growers on the list you mentioned. Also I looked at index fund holdings that match my investment style. I just made a watch list on yahoo, put about 150-200 or so stocks on there and spent a few days reading posts here and on a lot of blogs and on seeking alpha regarding those companies and whittled it down to the stocks I'm actively tracking. I've moved the watch list to my fidelity account and set price triggers for the ones I'm serious about and just wait for something to pop.
Thank you for your reply.
The Excel contains 600+ stocks so I read several blogs to understand the criteria for filtering out stocks that are less attractive. For example, div yield of 2.5-5 percent and cap market of over 1B$ (and more). I want to know what is the risk regarding the columns I mentioned, so I will apply the filter based on my desired risk.
Now I have 124 stocks in the list and I was thinking of simply purchase them based on a certain sorting (recorded years (asc) and div yield (desc)) but I want to make sure what is the meaning of the other columns.