Screening the Market: A Four-Step Method to Find, Analyze, Buy and Sell Stocks 1st Edition

A previous reviewer makes an incorrect statement. All the screens in the book work with the free Multex screener on the Multex web site. The screener is free, powerful,and will probably be my main screener from now on.As an amateur programmer and someone that's worked on huge databases for a living, I can say I learned quite a few things from this book that I didn't already know.But,the book goes on way too long. There is a good long chapter on stock screens; all the other chapters are fluff.If you want to know everything about stock screeners, buy the book and read that one long good chapter, skip the rest of the book. I don't know of any other stock screener books, so I give it 4 stars for being innovative.

Practical but dated (Pub 2002) guide to screening stocks using automated filters to identify potential market outperformers. While the analysis seems worthwhile, I wish the book was more current and provided more insight based on the present economic situation we find ourselves. If you can get the book at a reasonable price it would be a worthwhile read. A better read would be "The Best Stocks to Buy in 2003" by Peter Sands. Although he does the filtering for you.

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This is the best book I have ever read on stock investing. I have probably read 25 books. It is the best because it is applicable. Many books will tell you to buy what you know, to buy companies with sustainable competitive advantages, to buy companies with better Management etc. However, it is impossible for the average person to find this out, unless they spend hours reading the 10k's. This book gives you techniques that the average person can use.

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I am convinced that doing one's own screening for stocks is the best way for an investor to find great stock picks. Where do many novice investors get their stock buying ideas from? Hot tips from others? Internet message boards? Screening is an infinitely better way for deciding which stocks to invest in.Mr. Gerstein's book is in a class of it's own. The subject is so useful, I am amazed that there aren't other books like it on the market. This book is highly comprehensive and thorough. Contrary to what a previous reviewer wrote, there is not a word of fluff in the entire book. I read it cover-to-cover and may read it again. It is filled with substance, not only on screening methods, but also on ways to analyze and interpret a wide range of financial data.Also, contrary to another reviewer, one need not subscribe to the author's premium screener to benefit from this book. There are many free and premium stock screeners on financial web site that investors can use. Having read this book, an investor will be able to make far better educated use of these screeners.The author leans far more toward fundamental analysis than technical analysis, and more toward buy-and-hold investing than short term trading. And while I wish that there was a bit more information about using screens for technical analysis indicators and oscillators, I most heartily endorse this book. It is one of the best written stock market related books that I have ever read. Investors and traders who studies this book will, no doubt, gain substantial knowledge.

Gerstein is a master of his craft. He communicates effectively and concisely. The book contains many thoughtful insights and I am sure will help me to be a better investor. I found it a touch too didactic at times, but this is not a comment on Gerstein but rather on his editors.