Adolf:

As you probably already know, Barron's requires a subscription to access MarketGrader (called StockGrader at Barron's).

MarketGrader.com costs $10 per month or $100 per year for its standard edition. With all the free investment resorources on the web, I do not understand why anyone would pay for MarketGrader.

Check out MSN Money Central, a comprehensive site that offers: Stock Scouter (detailed ratings on 5000 stocks); Stock Screener (11 Fundamental pre-defined screens plus Custom, build-your-own screening); Research Wizard (guided research on stocks and mutual funds); Historical Quotes (for any time period you want); and Portfolio Manager (perhaps the best on the web).

I particularly like MSN's Custom-Deluxe Screener which is easy to use and allows you to screen for more than 550 variables. You can easily create any number of Fundamental Screens, save them and also share them with others.

And (ta-da) MSN is all free.

Armin Fields

ps: with a SSG data feed from StockCentral (Hemscott data) or Better Investing (S&P data), I don't think any preliminary SSG review is needed. My advice is to do lots and lots of SSGs and read the 10K reports on those you are most inteested in buying to learn what will drive future growth.

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