Read "the intelligent investor" by Benjamin Graham. That will show you the work you need to do and should scare you off from this project.

In general, people that come up with good stock picks keep it to themselves. People that guess sell books. Or they buy a stock, then tell people to buy it (giving them a profit).

In my 30 years of investing, I have mostly stuck with real estate and index funds; I only bought individual stocks twice: once was the company I worked for when they offered me 2-1 options so that if it goes up I get 3x the profit at 1x the risk. (I did very well on that, parlyaing 10K into about 130K after taxes; that money then went into real estate -- 3 houses, 200k each, 40K down each. rental income more than covered the mortgages (my cash flow goal). Sold them as tear downs for 550K each a couple of years ago.

The next time, I identified a company which I thought was making good decisions and going in the right direction, and through some money at apple -- about 100K in 2003.

I also guessed wrong right before the recession, and lost 80K on a real estate trust that folded in 2009.

Why? That will guide the kind of advice you need/want.

By the way, it's proven this isn't a good investment strategy. But if you want to gamble, it's easier than going to the boats.

What do your other investments look like?

I am interested in buying some individual stocks. Anyone recommend a good book or service that gives recommendations and gives advice on how to buy good stocks.