A personal note about stock picking (if I read this post correctly):

Back in 1958 my family moved in with my Uncle John briefly. I remember he used to sit at the dining table and spread graphs out. There he plotted the performance of stocks he was interested in. He read the papers and plotted his graphs. People used to ask Uncle John for stock tips because he did so well. He did his research and was quite methodical. Uncle John had a far better standard of living than his salary as a movie projectionist would otherwise have allowed. He had only a fourth grade education.

I love the idea of suggested stocks to research.