11.   Pilgrim said neither his stock selection abilities nor his attention to the fund has flagged.

12.   Prior to that he was vice president, chairman of the stock selection committee and director of equity research at Acorn Asset Management Corp.

13.   So distinctive is the gaudy style favored by members of the Russian mafia that high-end boutiques in Paris and Berlin stock selections pitched exclusively to their trade.

14.   Suppose you could pick an accomplished mutual fund manager and concentrate your investment on his very best stock selections.

15.   The Fidelity viewpoint, as he put it, is an amalgamation of manager stock selections.

16.   They now meet about every six weeks, and maintain a fairly relaxed attitude to stock selection with an emphasis on new issues.

17.   Though he seems focused on stock selection, Paquelet hesitated to say he would ignore economic indicators in the future.

18.   When these same advisers have tried their hands at market timing or stock selection, most of them have also failed to beat the market.

19.   Yet more and more strategists are warning investors to temper their expectations and be more careful about their stock selection.

20.   Yet even those who rely on share tips in the personal finance pages of newspapers for stock selection would be wise to validate the recommendations with their own research.