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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 ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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Where can I research corporate convertible bonds?
I am trying to research corporate convertible bonds online, but I have not found a site that provides this information.
Does anyone know where I can find information online, e.g. ...
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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 ...
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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, ...
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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 ...
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Are fund manager names listed in Edgar filings?
Does anyone know if the fund manager names are listed in any Edgar filings and if so which form type they are listed in?
Thank you
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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 ...
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How to select a bank based on availability in two areas?
Suppose I will be frequently moving back and forth between Country A and Country B. I would prefer to work with a bank which has many offices and ATMs (so I can avoid the fee for using another bank's ...
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How are investment funding valued when invested in a company before it goes public?
Is there are particular method for banks or individuals when their capital is invested in the company before going public?
To make it more clear, how was the Facebook Inc. and Goldman Sachs deal ...
