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"New" is intrinsically exciting. The potential of something new feels limitless and captivating. In CAN SLIM, IBD's seven-point investing paradigm, N is for "new" and is a crucial element of how to buy stocks. It may mean a new product or service, new management, new stock price highs, or new…

Stock Splits make a stock more liquid and cheaper but they can also invite sell-offs if done too frequently. Reverse splits are fewer.

By looking at historical winners through the ages, if you screened out stocks with P/E ratios greater than the market averages, you would have missed out on big opportunities.

To get a good sense of a company's performance, investors can look at earnings per share. EPS is net income divided by the number of shares outstanding, and it is one piece of data investors cannot overlook. Earnings and the factors that go into the bottom line are declared every…

How do you know when to sell a stock? You may think owning stocks is all about making money. True, you may be looking for capital appreciation, but if you lose more than you gain, it is all for naught. Top priorities should be to manage risk, preserve capital and…

Earnings growth is a crucial characteristic that defines winning stocks. But there's something to be said for stable earnings performance, too. "Explosive earnings have accompanied big stock moves throughout the stock market's history in America," IBD founder William O'Neil wrote in "How to Make Money in Stocks." The book details…