Your goal for your first few years in the market should have nothing to do with making money.
Your only goal should be to try and survive all the mistakes that you'll inevitably make.
I've researched 406 companies in the last few months. I managed to cull that list down to only 69.
Odds are, of the 69, 2-3 will eventually make it into my portfolio.
It's a lot of work for a few stocks but you only need 1 big winner to make your year (or decade).