Of all the stock newsletters, there are very few that have a larger universe than HEDGEfolios (over 4,000 stocks and ETF’s). I have tried to make sure that if a stock is of interest to the majority of investors, it will be included here. The goal is to cover every stock traded on the NYSE, Nasdaq and Amex that has a market cap in excess of $500 million. While HEDGEfolios had 625 stocks in the MicroCap realm (less than $500 million) at the beginning of 2006, these stocks generally met my requirement of being a stock “of interest” due to their familiarity to investors (e.g. - Taser) and/or having a substantial amount of trading activity.

Another requirement for inclusion is that the stock must have been trading for enough weeks to generate a meaningful stockchart. Although I would like to add IPO’s as soon as they begin trading, I cannot provide a signal until the technical analysis is reliable. As important as Google is, it traded for one month before I felt comfortable with its inclusion in HEDGEfolios. I am constantly following more stocks that qualify for inclusion but they will not be added to the searchable database until each stock gives a new UP or DOWN signal.

Once included, stocks stay in HEDGEfolios for a long time and only under a few circumstances (such as not meeting the market cap / trading volume requirements) they will not be dropped from coverage. However, any stock that becomes delisted will be removed and HEDGEfolios does not like to cover any stocks traded on the OTC Bulletin Board or Pink Sheets. If a stock stops trading due to a merger / acquisition, it will disappear.

I am confident that there are hundreds of stocks that users would like to see in HEDGEfolios and unless I get overloaded with requests, I am willing to accept suggestions for coverage. If you have a stock that meets the requirements for inclusion, use the Contact form and provide the symbol and I will consider it.