Book description
Pick stocks, create a portfolio, and build a nest egg
Ever wonder how the pros pick the stocks they invest in? Well, most of them use some form of fundamental analysis, a popular method for assessing securities. In Fundamental Analysis For Dummies, you'll get a crash course in valuating publicly traded companies based on their financial statements, overall health, competitors, markets, and the overall economy. You'll also get easy-to-follow advice on how to protect your investments and diversify your portfolio so you can reduce risk without sacrificing returns.
Inside...
- Learn fundamental analysis basics
- Discover why fundamental analysis works
- Get your hands on important data
- Perform a fundamental analysis
- Understand financial statements
- Construct financial ratios
- Read proxy statements
- Valuate and price stocks
Table of contents
- Cover
- Title Page
- Copyright
- Introduction
- Part 1: Getting Started with Fundamental Analysis
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Part 2: Performing Fundamental Analysis Yourself
- Chapter 5: Analyzing a Company’s Profitability Using the Income Statement
- Chapter 6: Measuring a Company’s Staying Power with the Balance Sheet
- Chapter 7: Tracking Cash with the Statement of Cash Flow
- Chapter 8: Using Financial Ratios to Pinpoint Investments
- Chapter 9: Mining the Proxy Statement for Investment Clues
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Part 3: Making Money with Fundamental Analysis
- Chapter 10: Looking for Fundamental Reasons to Buy or Sell
- Chapter 11: Finding a Right Price for a Stock Using Discounted Cash Flow
- Chapter 12: Using the Annual Report (10-K) to See What a Company Is Worth
- Chapter 13: Analyzing a Company’s Public Comments and Statements
- Chapter 14: Gleaning from the Fundamental Analysis Done by Others
- Chapter 15: Performing “Top-Down” Fundamental Analysis
- Part 4: Getting Advanced with Fundamental Analysis
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Part 5: The Part of Tens
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Chapter 20: Ten Things to Look at When Analyzing a Company
- Measuring How Much of a Company’s Earnings Are “Real”
- Considering How Much Cash the Company Has
- Making Sure You Don’t Overpay
- Evaluating the Management Team and Board Members
- Examining the Company’s Track Record of Paying Dividends
- Comparing the Company’s Promises with What It Delivers
- Keeping a Close Eye on Industry Changes
- Understanding Saturation: Knowing When a Company Gets Too Big
- Avoiding Blinders: Watching the Competition
- Watching Out When a Company Gets Overly Confident
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Chapter 21: Ten Things Fundamental Analysis Cannot Do
- Ensure You Buy Stocks At The Right Time
- Guarantee You’ll Make Money
- Save You Time When Picking Stocks
- Reduce Your Investing Costs
- Protect You from Every Fraud
- Easily Diversify Your Risk Over Many Investments
- Predict the Future
- Make You the Next Warren Buffett
- Protect You from Your Own Biases
- Overcome the Danger of Thinking You’re Always Right
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Chapter 20: Ten Things to Look at When Analyzing a Company
- Index
- About the Author
- Connect with Dummies
- End User License Agreement
Product information
- Title: Fundamental Analysis For Dummies, 3rd Edition
- Author(s):
- Release date: May 2023
- Publisher(s): For Dummies
- ISBN: 9781394159697
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