Foolish Small Cap 8 Screen

The foolish 8 Small Cap screen is among the common screens to scan good small cap companies. It has a set of 8 parameters which filter out the winners from the loosers. Historically, small caps have tend to outperform large caps even if the significant risk involved. This method of screening small stocks was founded by David and Tom Gardner founders of Motley Fool, called the Foolish 8. Hence this strategy uses a set of Business and Market related factors to ascertain the eligibility of the stock for this screen.