What is your must haves for your stock picks??

technical analysis is must, balance sheet sometimes gives bogus figures like satyam computers, according to SEBI there are so many letterpad companies in stock market. donot fully dependant on balancesheet as well as price earnings of the company. there is comcept of bar patterns as well candle stick method. watch bars and candle sticks and its movement carefully.

You should take top down approach by application of your own forte of analysis, be it fundamental analysis & technical analysis..

technical analysis can give only short term scenario, while fundamental analysis gives the long term picture for the investment. a relative valuation gives the fair idea of company performance with respective industry and with respective companies. while choosing stocks for long term investment one must look for fundamental analysis.

Any stock with a track record and a clear business plan in place with performing assets are worth investing in. Because one can gain in the long term from these type of stocks. Companies with a sound product portfolio and proven business model will only give a good ROI. And these would be the bank and infrastructure stocks for me and no not the IT stocks definitely

Earnings is the one that matters most. If there are earnings and justifiable P/E ratios. We can go ahead with the stock

Growth prospects of the Company will also be factor of the judgement

besides usual parameters for judging for investment, visibility of earnings is a criteria not to be missed,

visibility of earning, is important for any stock picks, balance sheets are always trailing in information, ofcourse earning with other techinical parameters, should give us the clear picture about the stocks for our portfolio

We go after the Balance Sheets, Technical Analysis and Ratios. But how many of us know that the stock markets are rigged. Some brokers can form as a ring and increase/decrease the price of any share. Anybody going by the fundamentals - without knowing the games played by some brokers - and investing in stocks is bound to be a loser. Instead buy/sell stocks on a short term basis, say a week. You can gain reasonably well or come out with minimum losses.

it depends upon investment horizon, if one is short term investor then go for technical analysis , but from long term view point fundamental analysis matters , what are growth prospects of company.