Fun Featuring Fama French

What is Fama French, and does it have anything to do with fried potatoes?  Eugene Fama and Kenneth French are Nobel prize winning economists who advanced, then disproved the Efficient Market Hypothesis (EMH).  We’re more interested in their disproof here, as obviously if the stock market were

Debunked investment theories

Here we have a collection of theories that seem attractive or are popular, but do not hold up when tested. Knowing what does not work is as important as knowing what does. Making your screen more complicated than it needs to be will hurt its maintainability, even if it does not hurt its

How to Screen for Covered Calls

What is a Covered Call? A covered call is a conservative options strategy. The investor holds a long position and sells call options against that position. This strategy is typically employed when an investor wants to generate extra income off of their positions and they believe the price of the

Use Red Flags to prevent losses

What makes it a good time to sell a stock you believe in? We’ll talk about a few good (and not so good) alerts, and discuss what makes a good alert…