DISCLAIMER

I am not a registered investment advisor with the SEC. Nothing in this video, should be taken as legally binding investment advice, in the same way that SEC licensed stockbrokers can advise their clients. I am not “selling” any stocks or OTC penny stocks as a broker in this video. The purpose of this video, is only to offer guidance to those who are interested in educating themselves, about self-directed investing and Biblically Responsible Investing (BRI).

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UPDATE: 2/10/23 – With this Finviz screen, I think you’d be pretty lucky. It appears that if you bought all 19 of these stocks, then there would be around at least 7 chances through a 12-month period where you might be pleasantly surprised by a twobagger and be able to double your money.

UPDATE: 2/10/23 – Although it seems logical that a table of odds like this, akin to a scratch-off lottery ticket in which all of the prizes have been exposed, would be the best way to screen for profitable stocks. In this case, if all 20 of the stocks on this page were bought, then there would be about 8 opportunities of doubling and tripling your money in 90 days. And 16 opportunities of the same over a 12 month period…

But taken from this “table of odds” approach, I’d have to say this is my best screen so far…

1. Market Cap: -Micro (under $300m).

2. Performance: Quarter +50%.

3. EPS Growth qtr over qtr: Over 5%.

In this case, if all 20 of these stocks were purchased, then you would have 18 chances to double, triple, quadruple, or even gain a fivefold or tenfold return over the course of 12 months! But since fast growing microcap stocks are better to be held for short-term periods, it might be better to measure them on a quarterly basis (90 day periods). In this case, you would still have a sporting chance at doubling, tripling, or even quadrupling your money in a 90 day time period: about 16 chances to do this with only 20 stocks being purchased….theoretically. However, the proof is in the pudding. You would need to buy one share of all 20 stocks, and monitor them daily on schwab.com to see if any “pleasant surprises,” with twobaggers (200% gainers) and threebaggers (300% gainers), might pop up along the way. If so, then simply buy more shares for those stocks as they pleasantly surprise you: and then sell 99% of their shares when that particular stock starts to decline, so you can cut your losses and cash in what’s left of your capital gains.

I did the above screen one more time and apparently got a better result. Then I plugged the top ten quarterly performers into the Barchart Comparison Tool…

But if I were to be completely transparent, out of these “top 5 gainers,” the only stock that is “fundamentally sound” is Cuentas (CUEN), which MarketWatch indicates on the Financials: Balance Sheet, that the cash position is increasing and the long-term debt has been completely paid off. Sales are growing. The same just simply can’t be said for the other 4 stocks.

UPDATE – 2/14/23 – Choosy moms choose JIF, but choosy investors will pick the strongest microcap stocks with the best quarterly sales growth and monthly and quarterly performance records. The only thing that remains after that, is to check for increasing cash, and decreasing long-term debt, on the stock’s Financials: Balance Sheet. Out of these four stocks, one is a China stock (CJJD, communist), one is gambling (LTRY), and one has only a very gradually increasing cash position and a very gradual long-term debt reduction (IVDA). As mentioned before, Cuentas (CUEN) passes all these tests with flying colors. But I suppose if you wanted to take a chance on Iveda Solutions (IVDA) you could.

UPDATE – 2/17/23 – Value Line‘s 200%+ “Total Return” Screen

When looking for a long-term growth stock, it seems that the Finviz screener was more accurate than Value Line‘s “Total Return” screen: TMDX, TH, and ASC all double your money over a 3 year time frame. If the financials are fundamentally sound, then these might be the kind of growth stocks that Philip Fisher and Peter Lynch would hunt for. These were uncovered by the Finviz Performance: Year +200% screen and compared on the TipRanks Stock Comparison Tool.