About Us.   Thanks for visiting smartstockresearch.com! I'm glad you found your way here, and am confident that you will soon be happy you found your way here as well.

When I started investing, I suddenly realized there was an incredible amount of information available about stocks on the internet. There are literally thousands of websites dedicated to providing information about stocks and investing. You can find financial information, articles, blogs, analyst opinions, annual reports, charts, SEC filings, stock screeners, and much, much, more. Because of the sheer volume of information available, I found that I could spend days researching a single stock. And at that, I never knew exactly when to stop. After doing a good deal of research, I would always ask myself - am I missing something? Have I researched all of the right things to be reasonably sure that this stock is a good investment?

After using this haphazard type of research methodology for a while, I decided that, in order to be consistent, I needed to create a checklist for each stock I researched. I needed to make sure that, every time I researched a stock, I was researching all of the things that were important to me. Although there was an incredible amount of information available, I couldn't find any websites that would allow me to create this type of checklist. So I created a checklist for myself in Microsoft Excel. Each time I researched a stock, I had to create a new Excel spreadsheet with a research checklist, and then go back and forth between the Excel spreadsheet and the various websites that I used to get information about the stock I was researching.

Although this was a big improvement over my previously time-consuming and unorganized research method, I thought that there was still more room for improvement. I asked myself - is there a way to build a website that could help to make this process even easier? I thought that it would be ideal if every time I found a stock that I liked, I could:

1. Add the stock to a list of stocks that I'm researching
2. Automatically generate a research checklist for the stock based on a customized set of research steps
3. Have the ability to check off each step as I complete it and make notes about each step

Using this improved method, I know that I'm not missing anything in my research AND I don't have to create and maintain a bulky spreadsheet for each stock I want to research. As an added bonus, I can also seamlessly link to my favorite online resources.

You might wonder why nobody else has come up with this idea yet. The reason is that there are so many in the financial world who are only interested in getting you to trade and buy stocks as often as possible. The reason they want you to do this is because they make money (i.e. commission) only when you buy or sell a stock. They don't have a vested interest in helping you make good strategic, long-term investing decisions. As such, most brokers offer tools for traders, but few provide the tools to help long-term investors make good decisions, and none that I've found offer tools to guide long-term investors through the investing process.

To sum it up, this is that website - and now you can join me in using this method and gain an edge over all of the other investors who are still researching stocks the old fashioned way. Click here to register (it's free!).

Thanks again for visiting, and please leave feedback. I always appreciate suggestions, because they give me the opportunity to improve the website for you.

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Here's a brief overview of how the site is setup:

• The investing basics page has some links to resources that you can use to learn more about investing or brush up on your investing knowledge.
• We've provided some links to resources that you can use to generate ideas on the Investing Ideas page.
• If you already have some stock ideas, you can go straight to the My Research page and begin your research now. From this page, you can establish your research criteria, create a list of stocks that you are researching, and track your research for each stock on your research list.
• Additionally, you can check up on your investments on the My Portfolio page. From this page you can maintain a watch list, a portfolio of stocks you currently own, and a list of stocks you have researched but aren't buying.
• Also, check out our list of investing sites and online brokers at the Online Resources page.
• Visit the Forums page to discuss investing-related topics with other members.