defines an applicable “style box” and generates a 25 security

portfolio whose members satisfy the criteria that characterizes the style box.

These range from portfolios emphasizing growth to those emphasizing value

investing styles. The screening software is available on various sites including

Yahoo, Google, CNBC. An accompanying 4 pages double spaces . describes the

characteristics chosen and the parameters each student used to generate the

qualifying stocks. For example a “value” investor might use Price /Earnings

ratios less than 10, Price to Book ratios less than 2, with high liquidity.

“growth” investor might choose stocks with high recent earnings increases, high

profitability, with low dividend payouts