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However, attempting to pick the coming year’s top performer can provide an outlet for speculative impulses that might otherwise spoil a prudent, long-term investment plan. By investigating the statistically determined best candidates for #1, you’ll gain important insights into stock selection.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Little Book of Picking Top Stocks\u003c\/i\u003e explains why conventional equity research provides only limited help in zeroing in on the index’s future top performer. Spotting the #1 stock isn’t Wall Street analysts’ focus, although the information they furnish about companies’ competitive strategies is quite helpful. Problematically, investment banks’ fundamental stock reports are structured around a valuation metric that was discredited nearly half a century ago—earnings per share.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eAuthor Martin Fridson’s previous writings on the stock market include the books \u003ci\u003eIt Was a Very Good Year\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eInvestment Illusions\u003c\/i\u003e, as well as articles such as “Ben Graham’s Value Approach: Can It Still Work?” He has received the CFA Society of New York’s Ben Graham Award and has been named the Financial Management Association International’s Financial Executive of the Year. 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