Successful investing is all about building the right portfolio, populating it with stocks that will generate solid returns over the long run. Sounds simple, right? The only ‘trick’ is finding stocks that fit that profile, and the key is right in front of us, waiting in the raw data of the stock market. Therein lies the rub. The markets toss up a huge volume of information, based on thousands of traders dealing in thousands of stocks – the result is millions of transactions every day, and it’s th