Metrics for stock evaluation

[amoeba]

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To be honest, it sounds like you have a very long way to go before picking good individual stocks.

I would just invest in some type of fund.

Looking at individual metrics alone is a terrible idea.

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I am mostly invested in funds but would like to start on individual stock investment.

If metrics is a terrible way to go, then what do you look at with regards to the evaluation of individual stock?