It's Earnings That Count Finding Stocks with Earnings Power for Long-Term Profits

by Heiserman, Hewitt

• ISBN13: 9780071463997
• ISBN10: 0071463992
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2005-10-05
• Publisher: McGraw Hill

Summary

It's Earnings That Countintroduces the Earnings Power Boxtrade;- a tool for identifying companies with a wide gap between their accrual performance and earnings. Features include six ratios investors can use to make smarter decisions, techniques for identifying companies poised to outgain the market over the next five to ten years, and more.

Author Biography

Hewitt Heiserman Jr., is a veteran quantitative research analyst with firms including Fidelity Investments and American Holdco. He is a columnist for TheStreet.com and the founder of EarningsPower.com.

Table of Contents

Foreword	xi
John C. Bogle
Acknowledgments	xxi
Introduction	xxiii
Obstacles for the Growth Investor	1	(10)
How to Read the Accrual Income Statement	11	(20)
Opposing Personalities	31	(10)
The Five-Minute Test	41	(14)
The Defensive Income Statement	55	(12)
The Enterprising Income Statement	67	(16)
The Earnings Power Chart	83	(24)
Earnings Power Archetypes	107	(14)
The Best Chart: A Staircase	121	(8)
There Are No ``One Decision'' Stocks	129	(12)
Earnings Power Ratios	141	(10)
Measuring Management	151	(14)
Graham's Classroom	165	(14)
Get Started Today	179	(14)
Afterword	193	(2)
Notes	195	(2)
Index	197	(12)
About the Author	209