davidd's A DOLL A DAY 2025

[Alliecat]

Do the ankles bend?  If her feet are flat enough there "should" be a balance point where she could stand...?  It's all physics...
I guess you will have to break out some chopsticks or knitting needles to prop her up 

So yeah, you're probably right about buying stocks rather than dolls for investment.

How do YOU choose "good stocks?"

Hehe, ya think? 

Back when Canadian Business magazine had a print edition, they published an annual "top 500" list.  Dad (plus me when he could no longer see to do it) would go through the list, looking first at dividend yield, pick a few that sounded promising, and then look up the company, read enough of a couple of annual reports to get an idea how things were going, and then run it by our financial guy.
Now if I'm shopping I have to look up recommended stocks on random lists like Motley Fool or something similar, trying to search for Canadian ones amid the glut of financial "lists" online... pick a few with good dividends again, and then look at some statistics -- dividend history, price history, beta, P/E, P/B & all that stuff, income trends (is it going up YOY), read a bit of the annual reports... are they thrilled about how great business is going or trying to make a poor year look shiny... then I will suggest to the new financial dude.  That's where it gets frustrating because I often feel we're not on the same page, and his regular "nudging" to completely rearrange things to match their "suggested list" would mean dumping stocks that pay well and have been pretty good for many years (yes, buy & hold if they're doing OK).  I miss the old guy so much!!!!; he retired.
"When" I get out of the ghetto and have some mental focus again, I'd like to learn enough to manage it as much as possible on my own. 

Nothing wrong with a few hundred bucks; if you pick good stocks it'll grow 
How did YOU pick?