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9780735606500

Online Investing

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    9780735606500

  • ISBN10:

    0735606501

  • Edition: 2nd
  • Format: Paperback
  • Copyright: 1999-09-01
  • Publisher: Microsoft Pr
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Summary

"Online Investing" is intended to help investors learn how to build wealth and manage their finances online in under 30 minutes a day. The book is a lively guide packed with up-to-date information about online trading issues--a must-have resource for discovering new investment ideas online.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgmentsp. XI
Introductionp. XIII
Building Model Portfolios
Introduction to Model Portfoliosp. 3
Improve Your Oddsp. 4
Determine Success Factorsp. 4
The Yeartraderp. 5
Building Yeartrading Modelsp. 9
Momentum Modelsp. 17
Understanding Momentum Stocksp. 18
Finding the Best Momentum Stocksp. 19
The Original Flare-Out Growth Modelp. 20
New Flare-Out Growth Screen: Quality Momentump. 25
Creating the Screen in Investment Finderp. 26
Growth Investing Modelsp. 33
How to Build Large-Cap Growth Modelsp. 35
Redwood Growth: Bigger Is Betterp. 36
How to Build Defensive-Growth Modelsp. 43
RBI Growth--Bat 'Em In!p. 43
Value Investing Modelsp. 49
Growth and Value: What's the Difference?p. 49
How to Build Value Stock Modelsp. 51
Using News and Commentary
Web News Organizationsp. 67
The Nightly Roundp. 68
Touring Yahoo! Financep. 68
The Yahoo! Finance Home Pagep. 69
U.S. Marketsp. 70
World Marketsp. 77
Researchp. 79
Editorialp. 82
Financial Newsp. 83
Touring CBS MarketWatchp. 83
Touring MSN MoneyCentral Investorp. 85
SuperModelsp. 86
Jubak's Journalp. 87
Strategy Labp. 88
Touring Briefing.comp. 89
Stock Analysisp. 91
Touring TheStreet.Comp. 94
Market Updatesp. 95
Commentaryp. 96
Conference Coveragep. 97
Mutual fundsp. 97
Touring Bloomberg.comp. 98
Financial Newsp. 98
Columnsp. 100
Touring Other Sitesp. 100
Newspapers and Magazines Onlinep. 103
Los Angeles Timesp. 104
New York Timesp. 104
Washington Postp. 105
Dallas Morning Newsp. 107
The Wall Street Journal (and Family)p. 108
Barron's Onlinep. 109
SmartMoney.comp. 110
Forbesp. 111
Fortunep. 114
Other Notable Publicationsp. 115
Newslettersp. 117
INVESToolsp. 119
Getting Startedp. 120
Get Philosophical--Study the Missionp. 120
Get Practical--Take a Samplep. 121
One Favorite: The Chartistp. 121
The Financial Centerp. 124
One Favorite: Bert Dohmen's Smartfaxp. 125
Fination.comp. 126
One Favorite: Bedford and Associatesp. 127
Other Notable Newslettersp. 129
Researching Investment Ideas Online
Fundamental Analysisp. 133
What does the company do?p. 134
Hoover's Onlinep. 134
SEC Filingsp. 136
How much does the company sell?p. 137
Revenuep. 138
How much does the company earn?p. 141
Types of Earningsp. 141
How profitable is the company?p. 147
How is the company's financial health?p. 150
Debt/Equity Ratiop. 150
Current Ratiop. 153
Quick Ratiop. 154
Interest Coveragep. 154
Leverage Ratiop. 154
Book Valuep. 155
What's the company's return from investments?p. 155
Return on Equityp. 156
Return on Assetsp. 157
How efficient is the company's management?p. 158
Income and Revenue Per Employeep. 159
Inventory Turnoverp. 160
How does a company's stock price compare to its earnings and sales?p. 161
Price/Earnings Ratiop. 161
Price-to-Sales Ratiop. 170
Price/Book Ratiop. 170
Price-to-Cash Flow Ratiop. 171
Conclusionp. 172
SEC Documentsp. 173
Retrieving the Forms Onlinep. 174
The Original EDGARp. 174
FreeEDGARp. 175
Edgar Onlinep. 180
EDGAR on the Financial Portalsp. 182
Primer on the Formsp. 184
Forms 10-Q and 10-K--Quarterly and Annual Reportsp. 184
Proxiesp. 192
Form S-1--IPO Registrationp. 194
Forms 4 and 144--Insider Tradingp. 196
Analyst Recommendationsp. 201
What Analysts Dop. 202
MSN MoneyCentralp. 203
Yahoo! Financep. 210
Zacks, First Call, and I/B/E/Sp. 211
Where to Find Analysts' Reportsp. 212
BancBoston Robertson Stephensp. 212
Prudential Securitiesp. 215
Gruntal and Co.p. 216
Bear Stearnsp. 217
S.G. Cowenp. 218
Lehman Brothersp. 218
Salomon Smith Barneyp. 219
Multex.comp. 219
Discount Brokeragesp. 222
Technical Analysis: Following and Forecasting Trendsp. 225
Charting Enginesp. 226
MSN MoneyCentralp. 227
BigChartsp. 230
ClearStationp. 238
Volume and Money Flowp. 242
The Source of Volumep. 243
Why Volume Worksp. 246
Communityp. 247
Bulletin Boardsp. 248
Silicon Investorp. 248
ClearStationp. 251
The Motley Foolp. 253
Yahoo! Financep. 254
Chat Roomsp. 257
Yahoo! Chatp. 257
MSN MoneyCentral Chatp. 258
Internet Relay Chatp. 258
Managing Your Portfolio
Buying and Tracking Stocksp. 265
Choosing an Internet Brokerp. 267
Rating Servicesp. 267
Narrowing Downp. 270
Getting Startedp. 274
Advanced Online Trading--ECNsp. 275
Online Portfolio Managersp. 276
MSN MoneyCentralp. 277
ClearStationp. 282
The 30-Minute Investorp. 285
Creating a Portfoliop. 286
Ideal Portfolio: 7 to 15 Namesp. 286
Setting Expectationsp. 287
Investing Online in 30 to 60 Minutes a Yearp. 287
Investing Online in 30 to 60 Minutes a Monthp. 288
Investing Online in 30 to 60 Minutes a Weekp. 289
Investing Online in 30 to 60 Minutes a Dayp. 290
Appendixes
Using MSN MoneyCentral's Investment Finderp. 293
Pre-Defined Screensp. 293
The Ideas Rosterp. 294
Set Up a Search of Your Ownp. 296
Simple Stock Searchp. 296
Advanced Stock Searchesp. 296
More Advanced Custom Searchesp. 299
Compare Search Results with Specific Stocksp. 304
Compare Search Results with Your Portfolio Accountsp. 304
Change the Columns Displayed in Finderp. 305
Compare Search Results with an Indexp. 306
Managing Finder Searchesp. 307
Save and Rerun a Searchp. 307
Send a Search by E-Mailp. 307
Export a Result Set to a Spreadsheet Programp. 308
Quarterly Flare-Out Growth Portfolios, 1998-1999p. 309
1998 Second Quarterp. 309
1998 Third Quarterp. 310
1998 Fourth Quarterp. 311
1999 Second Quarterp. 313
CNBC Top 100p. 314
Original Flare-Out Growth Screenp. 315
Stop Limits for Model Portfoliosp. 317
Placing Stop Limitsp. 318
Indexp. 321
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