Mastering Fundamental Analysis: How to Spot Trends and Pick Winning Stocks Like the Pros
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1998 |
Mastering Fundamental Analysis performs the valuable service of leading everyday investors into better investment decisions, while allowing them to learn at their own pace through the use of worksheets, graphs, sidebars, and step-by-step examples.
Introduction:
Mastering Fundamental Analysis, written for the nonaccountant who wants basic investment information, teaches you to master the essentials of fundamental analysis. These include studying financial statements, interpreting trends, using ratios, and making informed decisions based on tangible information. This is possible without having to take a course in highlevel accounting or statistical analysis.
Certainly, there is a need for technical communication among financial professionals. However, that does not address your needs as an investor. The gap in market information occurs invariably in communication, between experts who have the information and nonexperts who need the information. This basic, practical guide uses a series of tools to help break down technical ideas and concepts so that you can make practical use of the information. These tools include:
- worksheets and forms you can use to compile information about companies and compare it;
- graphs and charts to express the ideas behind columns and rows of numbers in a way that makes sense to help visualize results;
- checklists of action ideas and points worth remembering;
- examples that clarify and illustrate important points;
- definitions placed in context so that ideas come across clearly, so you can overcome jargon used by technical experts;
- key points set aside and highlighted for ease of recognition;
- walk-throughs to help with processes such as mathematical formulas.
Contents:
- Defining the Fundamentals-What You Need
- Timing of Financial Information-Yesterday’s News
- The Reliability Problem-Accuracy of the Numbers
- Financial Reporting-How They Do It
- Picking Apart the Financials-Easier Than You Think
- Ratios-What They Are, How They Work
- Trends-Your Secret Weapon
- Putting Market Services to Work
- How to Really Read the Stock Listings
- What Makes Stock Prices Change
- Economic Indicators or Gauging the Economy
- Different Drummer Investing or The March of the Contrarians
- Fundamentals in Specialized Markets
- Valuable Techniques for the Savvy Investor
Mastering Fundamental Analysis: How to Spot Trends and Pick Winning Stocks Like the Pros By Michael C. Thomsett pdf
9 reviews for Mastering Fundamental Analysis: How to Spot Trends and Pick Winning Stocks Like the Pros
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Sawyer Gallagher (verified owner) –
I think I was cheated by the name. This is NOT a good book, at all, IMHO. The book didn’t provide any pratical means to do the fundamental analysis. Most of the contents are explanation of concepts, things like company report, definition of ratios, which you can find a lot on the internet. Another feature of this book is its fake examples, which means there is no real example to illustrate how to do things in real world.
Kobe Guerrero (verified owner) –
The book has no useful value. It starts as a basic manual on Fundamental Analysis of companies, but quickly devolves into an unsystematic pile-up of various facts and opinions about investing, which have nothing to do with the topic of Fundamental Analysis. It is does not fit any specific level of the investment expertise. “Useless” pretty well sums it up.
Kynlee Roth (verified owner) –
The fundamentals deal with numbers, so a lot of books on the subject read like accounting primers. But this one led me through the green eye shade stuff and explained what it meant and how to put it to work to study companies. A good overall treatment of the topic, nice illustrations too.
Davis Duarte (verified owner) –
If you want to get in the stock market and want to choose stocks properly, this book will help a lot. However, it would be a lot easier to master the techniques if you have a little accounting background. Good book with simple and direct-to-the-point explanations and illustrations.
Alessandro Turner (verified owner) –
If what you want is an explanation of all the terms/ratio’s/metrics found in fundamental analysis, then this is a great book to have. I like the big idea books too, but my sense is that the vast majority of amateur investors do not know the basics covered in this book.
Margot Carr (verified owner) –
Good and easy to understand.
Roy Estrada (verified owner) –
A Great Text book for Stock Investing and Algorithmic Trading – Especially the use of “Key Point” Highlights throughout the book.
Marcos Martin (verified owner) –
The process of the textbook was easy to do, fast and quick. The textbook is in excellent condition, I would recommend anyone purchasing a text go through Sacred Traders website and order.
Brooklyn Ortega (verified owner) –
Great read