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BEAT THE MARKET.......WITH LESS RISK

     The WALL STREET JOURNAL (WSJ) recently (Saturday/Sunday edition Oct. 1, 2011) ran the following article.......Beat The Market...With Less Risk.  This article featured investment in low-volatility stocks as a way to beat the market.  Their data shows that by buying stocks with a low BETA you can beat the market.  Low BETA is a VALUE investment which means that it is a slow, safe way to invest profitably for the long term.  The WSJ article tells of many EFT's  that give a list of low BETA stocks.  Rateviewer has had this feature available for over a year.  Simply go to the tab, STOCKS RANKED, and choose TOP RATED STOCKS.  Go then to BETA and click two times.  The stock that is now listed as the best Beta stock as of Oct 1, 2011 in both the WSJ and RATEVIEWER is Dollar General with a rating of .07. You can searh BETA on all three (3) indices (DOW, S&P, NASDAQ) and on RATEVIEWER.           
     BETA (volatile) is the tendency of stocks to repond to swings in the market.  A BETA of 1 could mean the stock will move in the same direction the market moves.  Greater than 1 could mean the stock price will be more volatile than the market and 1.2, in theory, could mean 20% more volatile than the overall market. This RATEVIEWER (beta) feature is a filter that rearanges the Beta ratings from best to worsts....and.......worst to best.  You can compare BETA ratings on all three indices............DOW, S&P 500 and NASDAQ.

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How To Use Advanced Filters

Ever wondered what all those advanced filters on the site do or why they are important? Continue reading to see how i use the filters to help me make purchasing decisions.  (Filters are highlighed and underlined on the data section for each stock that is searched.)

Industry:  This usually does not matter to much to me, but I like to see how the stock (company) I'm buying compares with other stocks in the same industry.
P/E Ratio.  I usually only consider a stock with a 20 or lower P/E Ratio. 
Dividend:  I usually only buy stocks that pay a quarterly dividend.  I also look on Yahoo Finance and then at the dividend history. 
Volume:  I don't pay too much attention to  the amount of volume . I only look at this if the volume has increased by a large amount or percentage over the average daily volume. 
Peg Ratio:  I try to buy only stocks with a peg ratio of .9 to 1.10 %.  To me, the perfect peg ratio is 1.  See explanatiion under HELP tab...."How this woks".
Beta:  I want stocks that go up slowly and stay up.  Stocks with a volitile Beta are all over the charts.   I look for a beta of close to 1.
Insider Transactions:  I'm always curious if inside members of a company are buying or selling stocks.  If they are doing either in large amounts, their is usually a reason and if I can't figure it out, I shy away from that particualr stock.
Company Profile:  I usually take a quick glance at this to see what kind of company I'm investing in. 
Comparing 2 Stocks:  If I'm trying to decide between two different stocks, I like to compare them SIDE-BY-SIDE.   The one with the most attractive RATEVIEWER rating is the one I consider buying. 
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