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9780452284739

The Neatest Little Guide to Stock Market Investing (RevisedEdition)

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    9780452284739

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    0452284732

  • Edition: Revised
  • Format: Paperback
  • Copyright: 2003-12-30
  • Publisher: Plume
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From the time of its first publication five years ago, The Neatest Little Guide to Stock Market Investinghas established itself as a clear, concise, and highly effective approach to stocks and investment strategy. Since the dot.com crash and ensuing bear market, significant changes have come about in the investing world, and The Neatest Little Guidetakes this into account. In this revised edition, readers will learn: Strategies on how to double the Dow with one simple investment and the latest products required for this approach Methods investors can use to avoid disasters such as Enron and WorldCom Thoroughly updated reference lists, including new websites, new software, new brokers, and new publications With the right information for investors to keep pace, and rooted in the principles that made it invaluable from the start, The Neatest Little Guide to Stock Market Investingis a resource that no serious investor can be without.

Author Biography

Jason Kelly is the author of the bestselling Neatest Little Guide series

Table of Contents

Speak the Language of Stocksp. 1
Why Stocks Are Good Investmentsp. 1
Stocks Allow You to Own Successful Companiesp. 2
Stocks Have Been the Best Investments over Timep. 3
How Stocks Tradep. 3
Preferred Stock vs. Common Stockp. 4
How You Make Money Owning Stocksp. 5
Through Capital Appreciationp. 5
Through Dividendsp. 5
Total Returnp. 6
All about Stock Splitsp. 6
Why and How a Company Sells Stockp. 8
Selling Stock Is a Great Way to Raise Moneyp. 8
Going Public Raises Even More Moneyp. 9
New York Stock Exchange (NYSE)p. 10
American Stock Exchange (AMEX or ASE)p. 10
National Association of Securities Dealers Automated Quotation System (NASDAQ)p. 10
Working with an Investment Bankerp. 11
Making a Secondary Offeringp. 11
What People Mean by "the Market"p. 12
How to Choose a Broker to Buy Stocksp. 14
Three Types of Brokerage Firmsp. 14
Full-Service Brokerage Firmsp. 14
Discount Brokerage Firmsp. 16
Deep Discount Brokerage Firmsp. 17
The Case for Discounters and Deep Discountersp. 17
Technology Has Made Full-Service Brokers Obsoletep. 17
You Need to Double-Check Full-Service Informationp. 18
You Should Monitor Your Own Investmentsp. 19
How to Evaluate Stocksp. 20
Growth Investing vs. Value Investingp. 20
Growth Investingp. 20
Value Investingp. 22
Fundamental Analysis vs. Technical Analysisp. 23
Fundamental Analysisp. 24
Technical Analysisp. 24
Some Fundamental Stock Measurementsp. 25
Cash Flow per Sharep. 26
Current Ratiop. 26
Dividend Yieldp. 27
Earnings per Share (EPS)p. 28
Net Profit Marginp. 29
Price/Book Ratiop. 30
Price/Earnings Ratio (P/E or Multiple)p. 31
Price/Sales Ratio (P/S or PSR)p. 32
Quick Ratiop. 33
Return on Equity (ROE)p. 34
Some Technical Stock Measurementsp. 34
Betap. 34
Max and Min Comparisonp. 35
Relative Price Strengthp. 36
Volumep. 36
How to Read the Stock Pagesp. 37
Three Stock Classifications You Should Knowp. 39
Company Sizep. 40
Industry Classificationp. 41
Growth or Valuep. 42
How the Masters Tell Us to Investp. 43
Meet the Mastersp. 44
Benjamin Grahamp. 45
Market Fluctuation and Emotionp. 45
Stock Valuationsp. 46
Margin of Safetyp. 47
What You Should Retain from Grahamp. 48
Philip Fisherp. 49
Characteristics of Superior Companiesp. 49
Characteristics of Superior Investorsp. 51
What You Should Retain from Fisherp. 52
Warren Buffettp. 53
The Stock Marketp. 54
Buying Quality Companies at Bargain Pricesp. 54
Attributes of a Quality Companyp. 56
Determining a Bargain Pricep. 57
Managing Investmentsp. 58
What You Should Retain from Buffettp. 59
Peter Lynchp. 60
Use What You Already Knowp. 61
Know Your Companiesp. 62
Categorize Your Companiesp. 62
Components of a Perfect Companyp. 63
Know Why to Buyp. 66
What You Should Retain from Lynchp. 68
William O'Neilp. 69
Use the CAN SLIM System to find Growth Stocksp. 69
C: Current Quarterly Earnings per Share Should Be Acceleratingp. 70
A: Annual Earnings per Share Should Be Acceleratingp. 70
N: New Something or Other Should Be Driving the Stock to New Highsp. 70
S: Supply of Stock Should Be Small and Demand Should Be Highp. 71
L: Leaders in an Industry Should Be Your Targetp. 71
I: Institutional Sponsorship Should Be Moderatep. 71
M: Market Direction Should Be Upwardp. 71
Ignore Valuationp. 72
Managing a Portfoliop. 73
Automate Buying and Sellingp. 73
Focus, Make Gradual Moves, and Track Your Winnersp. 75
What You Should Retain from O'Neilp. 76
Gary Pilgrimp. 77
Automate Growth Rankings to Avoid Emotionp. 78
Elements of Good Growth Stocksp. 78
High Earnings Expectations and Positive Earnings Surprisesp. 79
High Earnings Acceleration Ratep. 79
Strong Balance Sheetp. 80
Ignore Valuationp. 80
Managing a Portfolio as an Individual Investorp. 80
It's Dangerous to Pursue Earnings Momentum Like PBHGp. 81
A Value Approach Might be Better for Individualsp. 81
You'll Fail Trying to Get Information Quicker Than the Prosp. 82
Strategies to Adopt as an Individual Investorp. 83
What You Should Retain from Pilgrimp. 85
Where the Masters Agreep. 87
Automate Your Strategy with Proven Criteriap. 87
Look for Strong Income Statements and Balance Sheetsp. 88
Look for Insider Stock Ownership and Company Buybacksp. 88
Compare Stocks to a Proven Profilep. 89
Conduct Thorough Researchp. 89
Know Why to Buyp. 90
Buy at a Price Below the Company's Potentialp. 91
Buy More of What's Workingp. 93
Take Advantage of Price Dipsp. 94
What You Should Retain from This Sectionp. 95
How History Tells Us to Investp. 97
Testing Popular Measurementsp. 98
The Best Value Measuresp. 99
Price/Salesp. 99
Dividend Yieldp. 99
The Best Growth Measure--Relative Price Strengthp. 100
Combining the Measurementsp. 101
Cornerstone Value Strategyp. 101
Cornerstone Growth Strategyp. 103
Combining the Strategiesp. 104
What You Should Retain from History's Lessonsp. 106
Dow Dividend Strategiesp. 108
A Short, Sweet Look at the Dowp. 109
Dow Companies Will Endurep. 111
High-Yield Dow Companies Make Great Investmentsp. 112
How to Invest in High-Yield Dow Stocksp. 113
Listing the Ten Highest-Yield Dow Stocksp. 114
The Dow 10p. 116
The Dow 5 Plainp. 117
The Dow 5 Focusp. 118
The Dow 2p. 120
The Dow 1p. 121
Choosing a Dow Strategyp. 121
Get Ready to Investp. 123
Know Why You're Investingp. 123
Precisely Define Your Goalsp. 123
Make Them Specific and Exhilaratingp. 124
Write Them Downp. 124
Assign Time Frames to Those Goalsp. 124
Choose Acceptable Risk Levels for your Goalsp. 125
Choose a Discount Brokerp. 126
Ceresp. 126
E*Tradep. 127
eBrokerp. 127
Fidelityp. 128
Jack White and Companyp. 128
Schwabp. 129
Othersp. 129
Get Money to the Brokerp. 130
Your Core Accountp. 130
Putting Money into Your Core Accountp. 131
Asset Transferp. 131
Direct Depositp. 131
Electronic Bank Transfersp. 132
Place Ordersp. 132
Bid, Ask, and Spreadp. 132
Ordersp. 134
Marketp. 134
Limitp. 134
Stopp. 136
Ways to Place Ordersp. 137
By Phonep. 137
By Computerp. 138
In Person--How Quaint!p. 140
Research to Richesp. 141
Publicationsp. 141
Magazinesp. 142
SmartMoneyp. 142
Worthp. 142
Kiplinger'sp. 143
Newspapersp. 143
The Wall Street Journalp. 143
Investor's Business Dailyp. 144
Earnings per Share Rankp. 145
Relative Price Strength Rankp. 145
Accumulation/Distribution Rankp. 146
Volume Percent Changep. 146
Barron'sp. 146
Newslettersp. 147
Dick Davis Digestp. 147
John Dessauer's Investor's Worldp. 148
Louis Navellier's MPT Reviewp. 148
The NeatSheetp. 148
Louis Rukeyser's Wall Streetp. 148
The Outlookp. 149
Outstanding Investor Digestp. 149
The Red Chip Reviewp. 150
Value Linep. 150
The Parts of a Value Line Pagep. 151
The Rankingsp. 151
Price Projections and Insider Decisionsp. 154
P/E Ratio and Dividend Yieldp. 154
Price History Chartp. 154
Historic Financial Measuresp. 155
Capital Structurep. 155
Current Positionp. 155
Annual Ratesp. 156
Quarterly Financialsp. 156
Businessp. 156
Analysisp. 157
Where to Find Value Linep. 157
Limited Coverage in Value Linep. 158
Standard and Poor's Stock Guidep. 158
Companies Themselvesp. 159
Request an Investor's Packetp. 159
Read the Investor's Packetp. 160
Annual Reportp. 160
Balance Sheetp. 161
Assetsp. 162
Liabilitiesp. 162
Stockholders' Equityp. 163
Income Statementp. 163
10-K and 10-Qp. 164
Stock Databasesp. 165
Morningstar U.S. Equities OnFloppyp. 166
Power Investorp. 167
The Internetp. 169
Commercial Servicesp. 170
America Onlinep. 171
The Motley Foolp. 171
Morningstarp. 172
Company Researchp. 172
CompuServep. 172
The World Wide Webp. 173
Search Toolsp. 174
AltaVistap. 174
Excitep. 174
HotBotp. 174
Lycosp. 175
Webcrawlerp. 175
Yahoo!p. 175
Stock Researchp. 175
Quotes and Earningsp. 175
Fundamental Datap. 176
Small Companiesp. 177
Government and Stock Exchangesp. 177
Discussion Forumsp. 177
One-Stop Researchp. 178
Investment Organizationsp. 178
American Association of Individual Investorsp. 179
Investors Alliancep. 179
National Association of Investors Corporationp. 180
This Book's Strategyp. 181
Build a Core Portfoliop. 181
Maintain Your Stocks to Watch Worksheetp. 182
Find Companies to Watchp. 184
Personal Experiencep. 184
The Investment Grapevinep. 186
Investment Publicationsp. 187
Magazinesp. 188
Newspapersp. 188
Professional Publicationsp. 189
The Internetp. 189
Gather the Worksheet Criteriap. 190
Company Basicsp. 192
Company Name, Symbol, and Phonep. 192
Current Stock Price and 52-Week High/Lowp. 193
Market Capitalizationp. 194
Daily Dollar Volumep. 196
Salesp. 197
Company Healthp. 199
Net Profit Marginp. 199
Cash and Total Debtp. 202
Stock Healthp. 203
Sales per Sharep. 203
Cash Flow per Sharep. 205
Earnings per Sharep. 207
Dividend Yieldp. 208
Return on Equityp. 209
Insider Buys/Ownershipp. 210
Stock Buybackp. 212
Past Performancep. 212
EPS Rankp. 212
Relative Price Strength Rankp. 213
Five-Year Sales and Earnings Gainp. 214
Five-Year Price Appreciationp. 215
Projected Performancep. 216
Sales and Earningsp. 216
Projected Stock High/Lowp. 217
Rankingsp. 218
Value Line Timeliness/Safetyp. 218
SandP STARS/Fair Valuep. 219
Stock Ratiosp. 220
Current Price-to-Earningsp. 220
Average Price-to-Earningsp. 222
Price-to-Salesp. 222
Price-to-Bookp. 225
Current Ratiop. 226
Quick Ratiop. 227
Max/Minp. 227
Track Your Listp. 228
Compare Competitorsp. 228
Ask Whyp. 230
Store Company Information in Foldersp. 231
Keep the Information Currentp. 231
Use Your Reasons and Limits Worksheetp. 232
Discerning Growth from Valuep. 234
How to Use the Reasons and Limits Worksheetp. 235
Growth or Valuep. 235
Company Strengthsp. 235
Company Challengesp. 235
Why to Buyp. 236
Why to Sellp. 236
Buy Your Stocksp. 238
Choose a Market or Limit Orderp. 238
Make Gradual Purchasesp. 240
Buy That Baby!p. 241
When the Market's Up, Down, and All Aroundp. 241
Ignore the Gurusp. 242
Forecasting or Marketing?p. 243
We Could All Be Gurusp. 244
You Knew This Was Coming, So Why Worry?p. 244
Review Your Reasons and Limitsp. 245
Reverse Your Emotionsp. 246
Sell Your Stocksp. 247
Ignore Rumors and Popular Opinionp. 248
Rely on Your Reasons and Limitsp. 249
Review Your Stocks to Watchp. 250
Choose a Market or Limit Orderp. 251
Make Gradual Sellsp. 251
Sell That Baby!p. 252
Track Your Performancep. 253
Portfolio Profits, Losses, and Commissionsp. 253
The Fearsome Foursomep. 254
Good Buy Pointsp. 255
Good Sell Pointsp. 255
How to Improve Your Buy and Sell Pointsp. 256
Bon Voyage!p. 258
Reasons and Limits Worksheetp. 259
Stocks to Watch Worksheetp. 260
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