A Look at Online Stock Screening

Have you ever been in the market for a new stock and just didn't know where to start looking for your ideal match? Does the thought of tediously picking through columns of data with pencil and paper to find just the right combination of share price, P/E ratio and revenue growth seem daunting at best?

Until recently, the ability to quickly screen the entire stock market and uncover companies that met specific investment criteria was the purview of big brokerage house research departments. Using clunky mainframes, they'd chug through vast databases of stock information to generate short lists of issues. The process was both costly and time consuming, often requiring the skills of a hotshot programmer. ...