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… Analysis – the world of infinite facts and opinions
Analysts Reports – experts yes, objective maybe
Annual Reports – facts and management pitch
Averaging Down – a strategy to avoid
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Basic Investing – single and multiple investing lessons
Basic Numbers – understand financial statements
Basic Time – the time commitment of investors
Blog – all posts listed in reverse chronological order
Bonds …
Cash flows money goes!
… Understanding that information is a very helpful aid to understanding the company.
Make use of all parts together to gather excellent and useful information to use when making investment decisions.
This completes the White Top View Series, Basic Numbers as an introductory overview to understanding financial statements.
Share: Cash flow money goes!
Investors look …
Financial statement numbers exposed
… very basic introduction to financial statements.
Understanding financial statements gives you another powerful and useful investment research tool! With a little time and effort on your part, this series can help you get comfortable looking at, reading and understanding financial statements.
The Basic Numbers For Investors
Anyone that reads product labels for nutrition and content
3 basic stock market strategies
… accepting high risks. They take a pass on the many high-risk situations that offer little or no chance of producing any return. No matter what the numbers are, situations that are more likely to lose money have too much risk. Just avoid them to develop the positive record of a superior investor!
In every …
Income statement bottom lines
… many questions to ask management. Their answers always help improve your understanding of the business.
Finally, anything left over gets to the bottom line! The profit!
Compare numbers year by year to understand the income statement message
As when we looked at the balance sheet, the numbers from the previous year help us better understand …
Unlock market patterns with chart reading
… number-crunching can produce junk. Especially when the numbers are thin because our sample is small or we are trying to extract data where none exists. Trying to make something from no data can lead to expensive trading mistakes.
And that can also be a major and expensive rub. Especially if we take aggressive …
Buying ETFs accelerates returns
… sharp cost reduction puts the difference into your pocket. Do that for a few years and the compound difference has a huge impact on your wealth!
Most basic ETF holdings are very much like mutual funds. That means ETFs can give exactly the same market exposure. And as the ETF industry grows, compared to mutual …
Shorting stocks has risks
… a very hands-on active strategy requiring active management. Shorts get no time off! Advanced topics like the techniques of effectively managing short positions are beyond any basic discussion of shorting and are covered in other lessons.
Management’s counterattack tools
Short sellers must expect a very aggressive counterattack orchestrated by management. Management deploys many …
Daily buyer-seller battles
… and disagree
The stock market needs both buyers and sellers as well as both agreement and disagreement. To make the market work well we also need significant numbers of buyers and sellers willing to trade significant numbers of shares.
Both sides of a transaction must agree on price. Buyer and seller must each be ready …
Top 4 Ways to find money to invest
… Take it!
Cost control
Getting costs under control is the 3rd of the top 4 ways to find money to invest. Cost control ranks among the most basic business principles and applies to our private or personal finances.Live within your means to get costs under strict control and build your financial security by putting …