Pretty cool resource

[DOGS THAT BARK]

My fav site Seeking Alpha
http://seekingalpha.com/

has come up some new resources they call apps--they have several--some pay but mostly free--
They have the usuals morningstar-zacks etc but I have one 1 I had never heard of called Validea.

If you plug in stock symbol it will rank stock according to several investing icons methods.

Here is example of one of only 3 stocks I have that came up A.

I just wish I knew what criteria they used.
I always look at how my stocks rank with Graham in particular--and have never plugged in stock that wasn't a 0 with Buffett :shrug:




<TABLE border=0 cellSpacing=0 cellPadding=3 width=640 align=center><TBODY><TR><TD>Below is Validea's free research report for LPH. The report offers a basic percentage ranking of any stock using our interpretation of the investment models of Wall Street legends like Warren Buffett, Ben Graham and Peter Lynch. To access the full research report, including a complete detailed analysis using each of our models, install the Validea Premium Guru Analysis App. </TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE>
<TABLE border=0 cellSpacing=0 cellPadding=3 width=640 align=center><TBODY><TR><TD id=navmenu3 width="60%">LONGWEI PETROLEUM INVESTMENT HOLD LTD (AMEX: LPH)</TD><TD id=navmenu3 width="40%" align=right>Based on 10/29/2010 Close Price of $2.78</TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE><TABLE border=0 cellSpacing=0 cellPadding=3 width=640 align=center><TBODY><TR><TD id=navmenu2 width="50%">INDUSTRY: Oil & Gas Operations </TD><TD width="50%">SECTOR: Energy </TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE>
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-->OVERVIEW </TD><TD class=short vAlign=top width="76%">This stock receives a fundamental grade of "A" based on Validea's Guru Analysis system. "A" rated stocks pass the strict fundamental tests of at least one of our top performing guru strategies. Stocks that receive this grade typically currently display desirable attributes that would be looked for by both growth and value investors.

Validea's Guru System classifies this stock as both a growth and value stock given its PE Ratio of 9.6 and its historical EPS growth rate of 36.7%.

This stock passes Validea's P/E Growth Investor strategy based on our interpretation of the published criteria of Peter Lynch with a score of 93%. The strategy looks for stocks that trade at a discount to their long-term earnings growth rates, which also show signs of financial strength.

This stock passes Validea's Value Investor strategy based on our interpretation of the published criteria of Benjamin Graham with a score of 100%. The strategy looks for deep value stocks that offer investors a "margin of safety" over their intrinsic value.
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-->ANALYSIS SUMMARY </TD><TD vAlign=top>
<TABLE border=0 cellSpacing=0 cellPadding=3 width="100%"><TBODY><TR><TD id=navmenu>Strategy Name</TD><TD id=navmenu>Based On Book By/About</TD><TD id=navmenu>Score</TD></TR><TR><TD id=navmenu2>Contrarian Investor</TD><TD id=navmenu2>David Dreman</TD><TD id=navmenu2 align=right>43%</TD></TR><TR bgColor=#eeeded><TD id=navmenu2>Book/Market Investor</TD><TD id=navmenu2>Joseph Piotroski</TD><TD id=navmenu2 align=right>0%</TD></TR><TR><TD id=navmenu2>Growth Investor</TD><TD id=navmenu2>Martin Zweig</TD><TD id=navmenu2 align=right>85%</TD></TR><TR bgColor=#eeeded><TD id=navmenu2>Growth/Value Investor</TD><TD id=navmenu2>James O'Shaughnessy</TD><TD id=navmenu2 align=right>100%</TD></TR><TR><TD id=navmenu2>Low PE Investor</TD><TD id=navmenu2>John Neff</TD><TD id=navmenu2 align=right>40%</TD></TR><TR bgColor=#eeeded><TD id=navmenu>P/E Growth Investor</TD><TD id=navmenu>Peter Lynch</TD><TD id=navmenu align=right>93%</TD></TR><TR><TD id=navmenu2>Value Investor</TD><TD id=navmenu2>Benjamin Graham</TD><TD id=navmenu2 align=right>100%</TD></TR><TR bgColor=#eeeded><TD id=navmenu2>Price/Sales Investor</TD><TD id=navmenu2>Kenneth Fisher</TD><TD id=navmenu2 align=right>80%</TD></TR><TR><TD id=navmenu2>Patient Investor</TD><TD id=navmenu2>Warren Buffett</TD><TD id=navmenu2 align=right>0%</TD></TR><TR bgColor=#eeeded><TD id=navmenu2>Momentum Investor</TD><TD id=navmenu2>Validea</TD><TD id=navmenu2 align=right>71%</TD></TR><TR><TD id=navmenu2>Small-Cap Growth Investor</TD><TD id=navmenu2>Motley Fool</TD><TD id=navmenu2 align=right>65%</TD></TR><TR bgColor=#eeeded><TD id=navmenu2>Earnings Yield Investor</TD><TD id=navmenu2>Joel Greenblatt</TD><TD id=navmenu2 align=right>0%</TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE>
<TABLE border=0 cellSpacing=0 cellPadding=2><TBODY><TR><TD class=short>* Overall fundamental grade is based on a weighted scoring system in which the strategies at the top of the table are more significant than those at the bottom (the strategies used to determine our "A" rated stocks are above the dividing line in the table and the strategies used to determine the "B" rated stocks are below). Although all the strategies used in this report have exhibited market outperformance on a risk-adjusted basis, strategies at the top of the table have displayed superior historical risk-adjusted performance in our testing to those at the bottom. </TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE></TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE>

 

[selkirk]

DTB that is also one of my favourite sites, there are plenty of good web sites for financials. do not visit many.

the stock screener looks very good, and the stock is behaving well, over 2.90. a good tool to evaluate a stock based on all of those screeners. one based on Graham but changed slightly I follow every year. He has beaten the average but only slightly and someone in my shareclub believed the index basically did almost as well, this was more volatile.

I plan to use stock screeners more, especially after selloffs, and into rallys so I do not miss some stocks that are performing well, or cheap.

one book that is worth reading is Your next Great Stock by Jack Hough (wiley, 2008) a great book that discusses different screening methods.

have written about a dozen that plan to try....of coarse that was two months ago, will get around to it, by early next year...lol. still 250 pages and a good read.

with a rally, weak dollar, have to like the resources.

thanks
selkirk