Creating a watch list from the thousands of stocks on offer is a daunting task. It’s hard to know where to start. But every investor should have a list of stocks to track in both good times and in bad, as growth stocks can move very fast. Timing your purchases is important. Failure to create a list can leave you sitting on the sidelines in the next great market uptrend, when top-notch growth stocks break out of bases in large numbers.