stock-picker
Equity investment chooser
A stock-picker is an investor or fund manager who selects individual stocks rather than buying index funds or following passive strategies.
The term implies active decision-making based on research and judgment: She's known as a skilled stock-picker who consistently beats the market.
Stock-picking as a strategy is often contrasted with index investing.
One who evaluates first
- blue-chipFinancially stable and reputable
- small-capLow market capitalization
- equitiesOwnership stakes in corporations
- sharesUnits of company ownership
ETFs · REITs · ten-bagger · outperformer
One who examines systematically
- traderOne who transacts commercially
- investorOne who allocates capital
- speculatorOne wagering on outcomes
- guruRevered authority figure
Assessment of monetary worth
- earningsMoney gained from work
- cash-flowMoney in and out
- dividendsProfits paid to shareholders
- liquidityConvertibility to cash
solvency · moat · undervalued · overvalued · catalyst
Electronic securities exchange
- NYSELargest equities market
- exchangeMutual giving and receiving
- volatilityRapid, unpredictable changeability
- capitalizationUsing big letters properly
securities · Nikkei · FTSE · outperformance
Product of mass, velocity
- contrarianChronic majority-opposer
- day-tradingTrading within one session
- bottom-fishingBuying at depressed prices
- benchmarkingMeasuring against top performers
screener
One who evaluates first
- blue-chipFinancially stable and reputable
- small-capLow market capitalization
- equitiesOwnership stakes in corporations
shares · ETFs · REITs · ten-bagger · outperformer
analyst
One who examines systematically
- traderOne who transacts commercially
- investorOne who allocates capital
- speculatorOne wagering on outcomes
valuation
Assessment of monetary worth
liquidity · solvency · moat · undervalued · overvalued · catalyst
NASDAQ
Electronic securities exchange
- NYSELargest equities market
- exchangeMutual giving and receiving
- volatilityRapid, unpredictable changeability
capitalization · securities · Nikkei · FTSE · outperformance
momentum
Product of mass, velocity
- contrarianChronic majority-opposer
- day-tradingTrading within one session
- bottom-fishingBuying at depressed prices