2007-09-22 17:30:23 · 3 answers · asked by Programmer 3 in Business & Finance ➔ Investing
There's a big book in the library called "ValueLine" and you can look up stocks in there. They'd have lists of newly researched stocks, and you could sort them by different criteria. The book is still in libraries: you can go and look at it. Or, people would subscribe, but it cost $500 for a few months. Also, most people just took the advice of their brokers. Only about 20% of the population invested back then, and most were widows of businessmen!
2007-09-22 21:37:44 · answer #1 · answered by Katherine W 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
lots of dedicated very time consuming research... hours combing the news papers making lists then narrowing them down further and further. Also taking news reports and trying to find out which companies will profit from new developments.
2007-09-22 20:14:17 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Newspapers -- ever heard of the Wall Street Jounal?
2007-09-22 17:48:44 · answer #3 · answered by bdancer222 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋