Kevin Matras

Vice President of Zacks Investment Research

Kevin Matras is a Vice President at Zacks Investment Research, where he is the fundamental stock screening and technical chart patterns expert. He heads the Research Wizard Division at Zacks, which focuses on stock screening and backtesting. Matras also runs the Chart Patterns Trader service, ... more

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How To Double Your Stock Returns In 2021
Friday, January 22, 2021 4:20 AM EDT
Stocks have been on a tear. Since the pandemic lows in late March last year, the Dow has surged by more than 71%, the S&P by 75%, the Nasdaq by 102%, and the small-cap Russell 2000 by more than 124%! And there's still more to go...
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5 Bold Market Predictions For 2020
Saturday, January 4, 2020 10:30 PM EDT
As fantastic as last year was, it looks like 2020 could be even better.
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Winning Stock Picks From The Top 5 Industries With The Biggest Job Growth
Sunday, August 12, 2018 2:00 AM EDT
Every week the government and other entities release economic reports that cover all areas of the economy - from retail sales to housing, to international trade to consumer sentiment.
In this article: JEC, WCG, TAST, PAYX, LXFR
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Winning Stock Picks From The Top 5 Industries With The Biggest Job Growth - Wednesday, July 11
Wednesday, July 11, 2018 5:50 AM EDT
Here are 5 stocks from some of the industries singled out as the biggest job creators in last week's Employment report.
In this article: CLF, MDC, ROP, BCOR, PRAH
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The S&P Will Double Within The Next 5 Years
Monday, June 11, 2018 1:14 AM EDT
This may sounds like a Herculean task on the surface, but it's really not. In fact, the market only needs to gain on average of 14.9% per year in order to do so. Now let me tell you why it will double and how to trade it...
In this article: SPY
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Winning Stock Picks From The Top 5 Industries With The Biggest Job Growth - Wednesday, February 8
Wednesday, February 8, 2017 4:43 AM EDT
Every week the government and other entities release economic reports that cover all areas of the economy - from retail sales to housing, to international trade to consumer sentiment.
In this article: ALL, LII, TAST, ROST, VRSK
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Why Stocks Are Poised To Soar
Goldman Sachs forecast that the market will hit 4,300 by the end of next year (+16.3% from here); and 4,600 by the end of 2022 (that’s another +7.0% on top of that). All in all, that represents a 24.4% increase from where we are today.
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Top Stocks With Big Potential Catch-Up Moves
Given the recent run-up in the market last week, here's a screen I've been using recently for my own stock picking. First, it focuses on the top Zacks Ranked Sectors and Industries.
In this article: CW, HLS, PKI, CSGP, INGN
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Finding #1 Stocks: Screening, Backtesting and Time-Proven Strategies
Kevin Matras
Wiley
04/26/2011

Practical trading tools and techniques developed by Zacks Investment Research

While there are many stock trading systems on the market today, that use a variety of different approaches and indicators, the approach used by Zacks Investment Research is built around the number one driver of stock prices: company earnings.

Based on Zacks Research Wizard product, this book provides you with market beating stock selection techniques and advice on how to build your own stock selection system. This practical guide discloses several trading methods that have outperformed the market for a long period of time and shows you how to screen stocks and develop selection criteria to build various types of stock portfolios, such as aggressive growth; growth and income; momentum; and value.