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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You Can Beat The Market, Even In Times Like This
Friday, May 6, 2022 5:41 PM EDT
After a fantastic year of gains in 2021, this year couldn’t have started out any worse.
In this article: CVX, KR, LMT, SBUX, FB
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Bull Markets, Corrections, Recession And Stagflation
Wednesday, May 4, 2022 10:57 PM EDT
While pullbacks and corrections are never fun when they’re happening, if you know these are commonplace moves, you can instead look at them as opportunities to buy rather than places to sell.
In this article: SPY
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Getting Ready For The Next Leg Up
Tuesday, February 22, 2022 5:41 AM EDT
With the market coming off of its correction lows from late January, now’s the time to start getting ready for the next leg up. After heady gains last year, the market was ripe for a pullback. And we finally got it.
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End Of Year Rally And Multiyear Boom
Wednesday, November 17, 2021 10:13 PM EDT
With Q4 GDP expected to accelerate into the end of the year, stocks are poised for a strong end-of-year rally.
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Bull Markets, Pullbacks And Corrections
Sunday, October 3, 2021 6:57 PM EDT
What’s important to know is that pullbacks and corrections are common. Every bull market has them.
In this article: QQQ, DIA, SPY
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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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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.