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
Inhaltsverzeichnis
Introduction 1
Part 1: Getting Started with Fundamental Analysis 5
Chapter 1: Understanding Fundamental Analysis 7
Chapter 2: Getting Up to Speed with Fundamental Analysis 19
Chapter 3: Gaining an Upper Hand on Wall Street: Why Fundamental Analysis Gives Investors an Edge 37
Chapter 4: Getting Your Hands on Fundamental Data 55
Part 2: Performing Fundamental Analysis Yourself 75
Chapter 5: Analyzing a Company's Profitability Using the Income Statement 77
Chapter 6: Measuring a Company's Staying Power with the Balance Sheet 97
Chapter 7: Tracking Cash with the Statement of Cash Flow 115
Chapter 8: Using Financial Ratios to Pinpoint Investments 133
Chapter 9: Mining the Proxy Statement for Investment Clues 155
Part 3: Making Money with Fundamental Analysis 173
Chapter 10: Looking for Fundamental Reasons to Buy or Sell 175
Chapter 11: Finding a Right Price for a Stock Using Discounted Cash Flow 197
Chapter 12: Using the Annual Report (10-K) to See What a Company Is Worth 215
Chapter 13: Analyzing a Company's Public Comments and Statements 237
Chapter 14: Gleaning from the Fundamental Analysis Done by Others 249
Chapter 15: Performing "Top-Down" Fundamental Analysis 267
Part 4: Getting Advanced with Fundamental Analysis 279
Chapter 16: Digging into an Industry's Fundamentals 281
Chapter 17: Pinpointing Trends Using Fundamental Analysis 297
Chapter 18: Avoiding Investment Blowups with Fundamental Analysis 313
Chapter 19: Marrying Fundamental Analysis with Technical Analysis 329
Part 5: The Part of Tens 349
Chapter 20: Ten Things to Look at When Analyzing a Company 351
Chapter 21: Ten Things Fundamental Analysis Cannot Do 359
Index 369