I've had a lot of fun lately, giving my talk, "How to Pick Stocks." I gave it about 10 days ago at the Sacramento AAII Chapter meeting in Sacramento, California and I presented it again yesterday here at the Orlando World Money Show. I thought it was well received both times.

I like to give this talk because it describes exactly what VectorVest is all about: Analyzing stocks for Value, Safety and Timing and ranking them from best to worst using VST-Vector. The part I like the most about giving the talk is showing the audience how high VST-Vector stocks have gone up year after year after year. Sure, about a third of the stocks are not higher now than when we recommended them, but the 10 and 20 stock portfolios have gone up over 99% of the time.

I am also aware that we do a lot of stuff with low-priced stocks that don't make it to the top of the Stock Viewer screen. That's a result of the indicators we have in VectorVest and the incredible UniSearch Tool which allow us to do so many different interesting things. In any event, if you want to build a solid portfolio for the long-term, go to Stock Viewer. Look at the top stocks ranked by VST-Vector. Them's Easy Pickings.

THE "FILTER BY" FEATURE.
Several years ago, we released the UniSearch Tool as part of VectorVest OnLine. Embodied in this fabulous tool, was a selection called "Filter by." This feature allowed one to specify certain criteria for the Stocks, Industry Groups and Business Groups they wanted to search. For example, one could "Filter by" WatchList and search only the stocks in the S&P 500. Or they could select Industry Groups and "Filter by" Selected Industries, Sorted Industries, Top Delta Industries or Top RMA Industries.

This is a tremendously powerful feature but it was limited to Industry Groups and Business Sectors. With our latest release, the "Filter by" feature was extended to Stocks. It was used in our January 13, 2006 "Strategy of the Week" illustration, Top 20 Newbies. Click here to view this strategy in the VectorVest University. This strategy finds only those stocks which have become one of the top 20 ranked by VST since the previous week.

The "Filter by" feature also plays a role in today's "Strategy of the Week." I hope that you will take a few moments to visit The VectorVest University to see how it's done. I'm sure that you will love this feature once you get used to it. A whole new range of search possibilities have been opened by The "Filter by" Feature.