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Questions tagged [research]

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Does doing your "research"/"homework" on stocks make any sense?

One thing about investing has always bothered me. You constantly hear people saying you need to "do your research" or "do your homework" on a company before buying their stock. I rarely watch Mad Money but I heard Jim Cramer saying this on there…
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How to evaluate stocks? e.g. Whether some stock is cheap or expensive?

What kind of information do you obtain before buying (or selling) a stock? I know the PE ratio is very important, but not the only thing. Are there any rules of thumb to determine whether some stock is cheap or expensive? Or do you simply listen to…
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What should I look at before investing in a start-up?

A friend from college (and middle school and elementary school, for that matter) has talked to me a little about his company, a start-up working on technology tangentially related to Internet advertising. He's recently mentioned an opportunity for…
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What constitutes illegal insider trading?

The SEC defines illegal insider trading as: [...] buying or selling a security, in breach of a fiduciary duty or other relationship of trust and confidence, while in possession of material, nonpublic information about the security. So far so…
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How can I find stocks with very active options chains?

I frequently trade options on Tesla, which has an expansive and very active options chain, with large numbers of puts and calls available to be bought or sold at a wide range of prices expiring weekly. By comparison, other stocks have smaller…
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How would I use Google Finance to find financial data about LinkedIn & its stock?

According to Google Finance here (at time of writing): LinkedIn has a price earning ratio of 2104.71 : 1. It also says it has a market capitalisation of 7.22 billion dollars. Using this question's answer, does that mean that LinkedIn only earned…
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How can I lookup the business associated with a FEIN?

I have a FEIN (Federal Employer Identification Number) and need to locate the business or non-profit that has been assigned that number, how can I look that up only given the FEIN number?
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What are the key facts to research before buying shares of a company?

This is a general question so I will create a test case to give it a bit more direction. Let's consider that I am intersted in buying shares of MadeUpCompany Inc - a tech company that has been around for a while. I don't know much about them apart…
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Gnucash: How to find transactions of a specific amount?

I've got a Gnucash credit card account in which I'd like to find all transactions of a specific amount. The Find window doesn't have the Charge Amount field in it, and I don't see any relevant information in Help. Is this something that I can do in…
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Where to find the 5 or 10 year returns for a mutual fund?

I’m researching some mutual funds and am trying to find the 5 or 10 year return. However, all I can find is the YTD return. For example, Yahoo Finance shows the Yacktman Focused Svc (YAFFX) has an 8.33% YTD return, but when I click the “5y” link,…
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Where can I get interesting resources on Commodities?

I have a reasonably good background in Quantitative Finance, but I have a small experience in the markets themselves. I would like to be able to start developing my own view on the commodity markets, not only from a technical or quantitative point…
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Is Weiss Research, Inc. a legitimate financial research company?

I've seen two advertisements for so-called "well known" financial analysts and reporters purporting to have inside information on grave threats to the economy. I visited the websites advertised in the commercials just to see what all the hype was…
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Do online repositories of publicly traded companies' financial statements exist?

I'm currently managing my own Roth. I've made some stock purchases but I'd like to get much more in depth information and run my own top level research - even if it's not to the level of large financial institutions. Companies release their…
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Obtaining Private Prospectuses

I am interested in obtaining business model information about private companies. Specifically, I would like to know about things like, areas of growth, short falls, challenges and guidance. How can I get quarterly information about private…
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How to do thorough research into a company to better understand whether to buy stock?

I recently read the book "One Up on Wall Street" by Peter Lynch. It was a very readable book and I feel as if I learnt a lot which built on my beginner level knowledge. Whilst reading I made notes and I'm looking to compile a 'cheat sheet' of the…
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