| These days a lot of people are asking the question | | | | lending rates for a while. This is good news for most |
| 'How do I find the right stocks to buy right now?' As | | | | business and especially small cap companies which |
| we all know the stock market in free fall till early last | | | | borrow money to maintain their growth rates. While |
| year and then continued its continuous rise upwards. | | | | interest rates are low you can be rest assured that |
| In the past two quarters stocks have been up and | | | | small cap stocks with good fundamentals will keep |
| down depending on the jobs report and the quarterly | | | | doing well. |
| earnings numbers for various companies. In such a | | | | Value Plays - Even in this market there are value |
| market anybody would be scratching their heads. Till | | | | stocks or stocks that are priced lower than their |
| early last year most good companies were | | | | valuation calculations suggest. If you use the Phil |
| undervalued because of the widespread panic during | | | | Town's investing strategies you will be looking to buy |
| the financial crisis. After significant funds were | | | | stocks with a margin of safety of 50 or stocks of an |
| released by the Treasury with the aim of promoting | | | | established company that is expected to appreciate |
| lending and credit release to small businesses things | | | | more than 50% in the long term. An easier way of |
| began to pick up considerably. You could be betting | | | | finding value stocks is to keep track of the holdings |
| on pretty much any half-decent stock and you | | | | of value investors that have excellent track records |
| would've seen significant returns. This year you have | | | | like Warren Buffett, Mohnish Pabrai, Walter Schloss. |
| to be a little more circumspect. Lets see which | | | | Using websites such as you can easily monitor |
| sectors are worth focusing on. | | | | holdings of various investors and even buy some of |
| Small Cap - Interest rates at historic lows and the | | | | these stocks without doing too much legword. |
| Fed's promise that they won't be hiking short term | | | | |