Stocks that meet my two stock-picking criteria are: AMD MU SNDK And one I missed: DELL Go back and review the K-lines of these stocks yourself—when they go up, it’s a straight line up with no dips. But most retail investors lack K-line analysis skills. They just focus on shortages, buying a bunch of highly volatile gambling stocks. When they drop, they sell; when they rise, they chase. In the end, they get cut so badly in a bull market that their principal gets halved, leaving them questioning life.