Edgar : The Investor's Guide to Better Investments

by Walden, Gene

• ISBN13: 9780071410380
• ISBN10: 0071410384
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2003-04-14
• Publisher: McGraw-Hill

Summary

Techniques of the pros for getting fast, free, and valuable data using the SEC's Web-based EDGAR system More than one million investors each week rely on the SEC's EDGAR (Electronic Data Gathering, Analysis, and Retrieval) system to learn what is really going on inside publicly traded companies. But because the dense boilerplate and legalese is often more arcane and confusing than informative, many come away with little useful information. EDGAR: The Investor's Guide to Making Better Investments shows investors how to quickly find--and interpret--the data they need. Explaining how to look for essential facts in obtuse SEC filings, this do-it-yourself investor's handbook discusses: Methods for starting out and using EDGAR How to understand what is--and isn't-- being said Methods for quickly finding key information

Author Biography

Gene Walden is the author of 20 bestselling investment books, including The 100 Best Stocks to Own in America. A contributor to publications from the Wall Street Journal to Consumer Reports, he appears regularly on CNN, NBC, PBS, and other nationwide networks.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments
Introduction
Where The Truth Can Be Found	p. 1
The Role of the Securities and Exchange Commission	p. 3
What is EDGAR? A Day Spent Watching the Filings Accumulate	p. 20
Annual Reports: Getting Past the Fluff	p. 31
Key Measures of Financial Strength	p. 44
Analyzing the Key Reports	p. 61
Form 10-K: Getting to the Meat of the Matter	p. 63
The 10-K Financials: The Acid Test	p. 99
Checking up on the Directors and Executives	p. 126
New Offering in Town: the Registration Statement and Prospectus	p. 157
Combine the 10-Q for the Latest Quarterly Developments	p. 204
The 11-K: Employee Savings and Investments	p. 219
The 8-K: Reporting Significant Changes and Developments	p. 229
Gems on the Web: Other Sites to See for Vital Stock Research	p. 237
Appendix	p. 245
SEC Offices	p. 245
Useful Telephone Numbers at the SEC	p. 247
SEC Directory	p. 249
Principal Offices	p. 249
Complete Alphabetical List of SEC Publications	p. 251
Index	p. 253
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