Picking Winning Shares Simple Ways For The Intelligent Investor To Combine Fundamental And Technical Analysis To Pick Winners

Author : Mick Pavey
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 186 pages
File Size : 44,6 Mb
Release : 2011
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 0956489907

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Picking Winning Shares - Simple Ways for the Intelligent Investor to Combine Fundamental and Technical Analysis to Pick Winners by Mick Pavey Pdf

Picking Winning Shares Author: Mick Pavey FROM THE BACKCOVER This book is written for the thousands of investors who are seeking market beating returns from their investments. In a time of low interest rates and rising inflation, this book reveals simple winning strategies that work again and again for the ordinary intelligent investor. Picking Winning Shares contains ground breaking and innovative ways, to combine Fundamental and Technical Analysis. Using the simple techniques contained herein, author Mick Pavey has achieved real annual growth, in his Self - Invested Personal Pension (SIPP), averaging 46% over the past three years. In doing so, he has out-performed the all share index which has fallen by 6.3% over the same period. He believes that anyone can learn to become a great DIY- Investor and beat the markets. Inside you will learn how to: Find big profits by investing in bruised, battered or depressed shares Use a combination of technical and fundamental filters to pick winners Recognise common winning technical patterns Identify the key fundamental ratios Avoid common mistakes Improve your consistency as an investor Know when is the right time to sell a share This "How to" book will benefit the following groups of people: Novice Investors Experienced investors looking to improve their results People looking to make their money work for them and gain free time Those in their 40's and 50's who are late starting a pension Anyone needing to create a deposit to get on the property ladder Families wishing to provide for their children(s) school or university places Business owners looking for increased returns from retained earnings Retired people looking for better returns on their savings Picking Winning Shares reveals the secret (legal) money making system that only the wealthy know Using many examples, illustrated with graphs and diagrams throughout, you will easily gain a clear grasp of the author's techniques. Chapter 16 contains examples, of the application of key principles contained in this book, using fully detailed case studies based on real investments made by the author. CONTENTS 1 Is This Book for You? 2 Why Another Book on Investing? 3 What You Will Gain From Reading This Book 4 Understanding Company Finances 5 The Life Span of a Public Company 6 Strategies for Picking Winning Shares 7 The Reasons Big Winners Come From Low Priced/Depressed Stocks 7.1 Common Sense? 7.2 Off the Radar Screen 7.3 Low Valuations & Low Priced - Why Do They Do Better? 7.4 What Can We Learn From Graham, Buffet, Lynch etc? 8 Using Simple Technical Analysis 8.1 Trends 8.2 Moving Averages 8.3 Other Indicators 8.4 Turning Points 8.5 Typical Patterns 8.6 Lateral Breakouts 8.7 Explosive Breakouts 8.8 Summary of Simple Technical Analysis 9 How to Use Key Aspects of Fundamental Analysis 9.1 It's all in the numbers 9.2 Balance Sheet 9.3 Turnover and PSR 9.4 Profit 9.5 Earnings and Price to Earnings 9.6 Cash Flow and Price-to-Cash Flow 9.7 Summary of Simple Fundamental Analysis 10 How to Blend Technical and Fundamental Analysis to Pick Winning Shares 11 Filtering to Create Your "Watchlist" 11.1 Initial Selection 11.2 Fine Tuning 11.3 What to Choose? 12 Research 13 Ready to Buy? 14 Monitoring Your Investment Portfolio 15 Selling 15.1 Selling Manually or Automatically? 15.2 Holding Winners and Cutting Losers 15.3 Deciding to Sell 15.4 Stop Losses 15.5 Pre-Set Sell Orders 15.6 Dealing with the Proceeds of Sales 16 Case Studies 17 Keep Your Profits, Limit Your Losses 17.1 Having a System 17.2 Keeping the Gains 17.3 What the Wealthy Know - the Secret (Legal) Money-Making System 17.4 Record Keeping Appendices 1 & 2, Index & About the Author

Author : Charles D. Kirkpatrick II
Publisher : FT Press
Page : 186 pages
File Size : 54,8 Mb
Release : 2008-08-25
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9780132703284

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Beat the Market by Charles D. Kirkpatrick II Pdf

“The author introduces an investing methodology with proven results and easily applied unequivocal decision making. Particularly impressive is the way he includes a selling discipline, not just a buying discipline. This book is a must for any concerned investor.” Richard Arms, Analyst, Author, and Inventor of The Arms Index “This is one of the best new investing books of the decade: succinct, practical, and timeless. Built on a foundation of 40 years of market wisdom, it combines technical analysis and portfolio construction that is supported by excellent research. It should be required reading for everyone from new investors to the most sophisticated hedge fund managers.” Linda Raschke, President, LBRGroup, Inc. “The author is an award winning Technical Analyst. In this book, he covers the basic principles, definitions, safeguards, pitfalls, and risks of investing. Believing in active management, he recognizes the benefits of multiple tools (fundamental and technical) and disciplines there-on, to construct a portfolio methodology with guidelines for both buying and selling, for maximum gain. This is a valuable book for any serious investor.” Louise Yamada, Managing Director, Louise Yamada Technical Research Advisors, LLC. “In this book, Charles Kirkpatrick demonstrates just how powerful a tool relative strength is, deftly combining technical and fundamental analysis to produce a superior long-term approach. This isn’t just theory, but the real-time work of a practitioner with an outstanding track record. For many years a small group of knowledgeable investors has known about this work, now you can too.” John Bollinger, CFA, CMT, President, Bollinger Capital Management “The author presents a clearly written, time-tested formula for investor independence and success through applying relative price strength for stock selection and portfolio construction.” Hank Pruden, Golden Gate University Over the past 25 years, Charles D. Kirkpatrick’s exclusive stock-picking technique has outperformed the S&P 500’s performance by a whopping 7.7 times. That’s right: If you’d invested $10,000 in the S&P 500, you’d have $130,000 now...but if you’d followed Kirkpatrick’s published picks, you’d have $1,000,000! If that’s not amazing enough, Kirkpatrick’s system is remarkably easy to use. In this book, he teaches you all you need to put it to work in your portfolio! Kirkpatrick reveals why an active strategy based on relative stock rankings is the surest route to profit, and how just a few pieces of publicly available information enable you to create rankings that virtually guarantee exceptional performance. You’ll learn how to use his techniques to organize stocks into a portfolio that maximizes returns while reducing risk...uncover trigger points that tell you when to buy and sell...and systematically protect yourself against bad stocks and bad markets. Why the conventional wisdom about investing is flat-out wrong What’s wrong with diversification, “random walks,” and the efficient markets hypothesis Don’t even try to predict the markets: you don’t have to! Discover what the markets are actually doing: then react fast, with discipline Invest the intelligent way: with “relatives” Measure what really matters: a stock’s relative strength and growth compared with the rest Start using the market’s reliable investment triggers Recognize what to buy, what to sell, and when to make your moves Mitigate the risks associated with broad market declines Intelligently decide when to move assets into cash

Author : Jason Zweig
Publisher : PublicAffairs
Page : 256 pages
File Size : 41,9 Mb
Release : 2015-10-13
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781610396066

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The Devil's Financial Dictionary by Jason Zweig Pdf

Your Survival Guide to the Hades of Wall Street The Devil's Financial Dictionary skewers the plutocrats and bureaucrats who gave us exploding mortgages, freakish risks, and banks too big to fail. And it distills the complexities, absurdities, and pomposities of Wall Street into plain truths and aphorisms anyone can understand. An indispensable survival guide to the hostile wilderness of today's financial markets, The Devil's Financial Dictionary delivers practical insights with a scorpion's sting. It cuts through the fads and fakery of Wall Street and clears a safe path for investors between euphoria and despair. Staying out of financial purgatory has never been this fun.

Author : Kevin Matras
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
Page : 327 pages
File Size : 42,5 Mb
Release : 2011-04-26
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9780470903407

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Finding #1 Stocks by Kevin Matras Pdf

Practical trading tools and techniques developed by Zacks Investment Research While there are many stock trading systems on the market today, that use a variety of different approaches and indicators, the approach used by Zacks Investment Research is built around the number one driver of stock prices: company earnings. Based on Zacks Research Wizard product, this book provides you with market beating stock selection techniques and advice on how to build your own stock selection system. This practical guide discloses several trading methods that have outperformed the market for a long period of time and shows you how to screen stocks and develop selection criteria to build various types of stock portfolios, such as aggressive growth; growth and income; momentum; and value. Highlights several of Zacks trading methods that have outperformed the market for extended periods of time Discusses how to create customized systems incorporating elements of the Zacks approach with other types of fundamental and technical data Includes a 30-day free subscription to Zacks Research Wizard software Written with the serious investor in mind, Finding #1 Stocks will put you in a better position to excel in today's dynamic markets.

Author : Jack Hough
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
Page : 256 pages
File Size : 43,5 Mb
Release : 2007-10-26
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9780470117934

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Your Next Great Stock by Jack Hough Pdf

A comprehensive look at how to profit from the power of stock screening With thousands of stocks to choose from, how can you find the best ones to invest in? Simple: start with a handful of clues that tend to predict outstanding returns, and then search the entire market in seconds for stocks that are producing those clues. That's stock screening, and it's the best way—the only way, really—to consistently beat the market. Written by experienced investment journalist Jack Hough, Your Next Great Stock reveals the most powerful screen strategies ever produced. The strategies are easy to follow. If you have Internet access and can balance a checkbook, you can find winning stocks with this book as your guide. You'll learn how to find young companies poised for explosive growth, mature companies whose true profit potential is temporarily hidden, and more. Stop relying on overrated stock tips. Start using proven screening strategies to find your next great stock.

Author : Dhun H. Sethna
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 212 pages
File Size : 55,9 Mb
Release : 2001
Category : Business enterprises
ISBN : 007137566X

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Investing Smart by Dhun H. Sethna Pdf

Author : Phil Oakley
Publisher : Harriman House Limited
Page : 214 pages
File Size : 54,8 Mb
Release : 2017-05-22
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9780857196071

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How to Pick Quality Shares by Phil Oakley Pdf

How To Pick Quality Shares provides a three-step process for analysing company financial information to find good investments. The three steps boil down to finding quality companies, avoiding dangerous or risky companies, and not paying too much for companies’ shares. Applying the in-depth techniques described here will give investors a better understanding of companies, and an edge over other investors, including professional investors and analysts. Phil Oakley, an experienced investment analyst and private investor, guides the reader step-by-step through these three stages: 1. For the first step, he shows how to identify the kind of high-quality companies that are capable of being profitable investments over the long term. Important themes are how much a company earns on the money it invests, reliable measures of profit and the importance of cash flow. 2. Next, he shows how to spot the dangers and risks that could lead to a company being a bad investment. Here the focus is on how to analyse debt, in particular hidden debt and pension fund deficits. 3. Lastly, he shows how to value a company’s shares and determine what is a reasonable price to pay to invest in that company. Phil shows why some common shortcuts to valuing shares are not very useful and how to use cash profits to value shares more reliably. At each stage, Phil explains where the investor needs to look in company financial statements to get the information they need and how to analyse this information. Illustrative examples of analysis of real company financial statements are used throughout. If you have a company’s latest annual report and its current share price you have all the information you need to be a successful investor. How To Pick Quality Shares shows you how.

Author : Phil Town
Publisher : Crown Currency
Page : 405 pages
File Size : 47,9 Mb
Release : 2006-03-21
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9780307345752

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Rule #1 by Phil Town Pdf

#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • “The clearest and best book out there to get you on the path to riches. This one’s special!”—Jim Cramer, host of CNBC’s Mad Money “Great tools for anyone wanting to dabble in the stock market.”—USA Today Phil Town is a very wealthy man, but he wasn’t always. In fact, he was living on a salary of $4,000 a year when some well-timed advice launched him down a highway of investing self-education that revealed what the true “rules” are and how to make them work in one’s favor. Chief among them, of course, is Rule #1: “Don’t lose money.” In this updated edition to the #1 national bestseller, you’ll learn more of Phil’s fresh, think-outside-the-box rules, including: • Don’t diversify • Only buy a stock when it’s on sale • Think long term—but act short term to maximize your return • And most of all, beat the big investors at their own game by using the tools designed for them! As Phil demonstrates in these pages, giant mutual funds can’t help but regress to the mean—and as we’ve all learned in recent years, that mean could be very disappointing indeed. Fortunately, Rule #1 takes readers step-by-step through a do-it-yourself process, equipping even the biggest investing-phobes with the tools they need to make quantum leaps toward financial security—regardless of where the market is headed.

Author : Daniel A. Strachman
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
Page : 242 pages
File Size : 42,9 Mb
Release : 2002-10-15
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9780471273844

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Essential Stock Picking Strategies by Daniel A. Strachman Pdf

Beating the market is every investor's dream. Essential Stock Picking Strategies allows investors on Main Street to gain the consistent success (and profits) of the pros on Wall Street. Offering in-depth coverage of the most successful and popular strategies, including growth, value, and sector investing, this complete investment resource identifies successful stock-picking strategies and shares insights that help professional money managers make investment decisions. With profiles of several key money managers, including Gerald Frey, Warren Isabelle, Scott Black, Christopher Davis, and Samuel Isaly, Essential Stock Picking Strategies truly provides an "inside" look at how the professionals successfully pick stocks and win on Wall Street. By gaining a better understanding of how the professionals work, individual investors can start to invest as if they too were on Wall Street. Daniel A. Strachman is Managing Director of Answers & Company a New York-based money management firm that offers investment management services to individuals and institutions. Mr. Strachman is also the editor of The Sconset Report, a quarterly newsletter focused on applying fundamental analysis to investing in mutual funds. For the last eight year, he has worked in many capacities on Wall Street, including product development, marketing and sales focused in and around the money management industry. Mr. Strachman is the author of many articles on investment management and strategies in the popular and professional press as well as the book Getting Started in Hedge Funds (Wiley).

Author : Michael C. Thomsett
Publisher : Pearson Education
Page : 12 pages
File Size : 52,7 Mb
Release : 2010-01-15
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9780132466684

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Fundamental Criteria for Stock Selection by Michael C. Thomsett Pdf

This Element is an excerpt from The Options Trading Body of Knowledge (ISBN: 9780137142934) by Michael C. Thomsett. Available in print and digital formats. Five key “fundamentals” categories of stock analysis and how to use them to pick your own stocks. There are numerous possible fundamental criteria used for picking stocks. The individual risk profile will lead each investor to a range of attractive analytical tools. The following five categories provide a general overview of the analytical tools that are most useful for most investors....

Author : Matt Krantz
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
Page : 408 pages
File Size : 45,7 Mb
Release : 2016-04-08
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781119263609

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Fundamental Analysis For Dummies by Matt Krantz Pdf

Determine the strength of any business with fundamental analysis Have you ever wondered the key to multibillionaire Warren Buffet's five-decade run as the most successful investor in history? The answer is simple: fundamental analysis. In this easy-to-understand, practical, and savvy guide, you'll discover how it helps you assess a business' overall financial performance by using historical and present data to forecast its future monetary value—and why this powerful tool is particularly important to investors in times of economic downturn. It's more important than ever for investors to know the true financial stability of a business, and this new edition of Fundamental Analysis For Dummies shows you how. Whether you're a seasoned investor or just want to learn how to make more intelligent and prudent investment decisions, this plain-English guide gives you practical tips, tricks, and trade secrets for using fundamental analysis to manage your portfolio and enhance your understanding of shrewdly selecting stocks! Predict the future value of a business based on its current and historical financial data Gauge a company's performance against its competitors Determine if a company's credit standing is in jeopardy Apply fundamental analysis to other investment vehicles, like currency, bonds, and commodities With the help of Fundamental Analysis For Dummies, you just may find the bargains that could make you the next Warren Buffet!

Author : Martin CFA,Nick Hansen,Scott Link,Rob Nicoski
Publisher : McGraw Hill Professional
Page : 320 pages
File Size : 52,5 Mb
Release : 2011-11-11
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9780071754569

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Benjamin Graham and the Power of Growth Stocks: Lost Growth Stock Strategies from the Father of Value Investing by Martin CFA,Nick Hansen,Scott Link,Rob Nicoski Pdf

Use a master’s lost secret to pick growth companies bound for success In 1948, legendary Columbia University professor Benjamin Graham bought a major stake in the Government Employees Insurance Corporation. In a time when no one trusted the stock market, he championed value investing and helped introduce the world to intrinsic value. He had a powerful valuation formula. Now, in this groundbreaking book, long-term investing expert Fred Martin shows you how to use value-investing principles to analyze and pick winning growth-stock companies—just like Graham did when he acquired GEICO. Benjamin Graham and the Power of Growth Stocks is an advanced, hands-on guide for investors and executives who want to find the best growth stocks, develop a solid portfolio strategy, and execute trades for maximum profitability and limited risk. Through conversational explanations, real-world case studies, and pragmatic formulas, it shows you step-by-step how this enlightened trading philosophy is successful. The secret lies in Graham’s valuation formula, which has been out of print since 1962—until now. By calculating the proper data, you can gain clarity of focus on an investment by putting on blinders to variables that are alluring but irrelevant. This one-stop guide to growing wealth shows you how to: Liberate your money from the needs of mutual funds and brokers Build a reasonable seven-year forecast for every company considered for your portfolio Estimate a company’s future value in four easy steps Ensure long-term profits with an unblinking buy-and-hold strategy This complete guide shows you why Graham’s game-changing formula works and how to use it to build a profitable portfolio. Additionally, you learn tips and proven techniques for unlocking the formula’s full potential with disciplined research and emotional control to stick by your decisions through long periods of inactive trading. But even if your trading approach includes profiting from short-term volatility, you can still benefit from the valuation formula and process inside by using them to gain an advantageous perspective on stock prices. Find the companies that will grow you a fortune with Benjamin Graham and the Power of Growth Stocks.

Author : Charles V. Payne
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
Page : 356 pages
File Size : 54,5 Mb
Release : 2007-05-04
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9780470075012

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Be Smart, Act Fast, Get Rich by Charles V. Payne Pdf

Praise for Be Smart, Act Fast, Get Rich "Charles Payne's book is blunt, provocative, and right on the money. This book is a lot like Charles himself: insightful and to the point. If you have time to read only one book on how to make money . . . this is the book." --Dr. Bob Froehlich, Chairman, Investor Strategy Committee Deutsche Asset Management, and Vice Chairman, DWS Scudder "Be Smart, Act Fast, Get Rich is a book for all investors from first-time stock buyers to seasoned investors. 'Be Smart' suggests you understand the fundamentals of the company you are purchasing. 'Act Fast' suggests that action must be taken if you are going to increase your wealth in the stock market. All too often we find interesting ideas to invest in but never have the confidence to act, only to watch the stock's price rise while others reap the benefits. This book is an easy read, and a must-read for all investors." --Tom Dorsey, President, Dorsey Wright & Associates and author, Point & Figure Charting "You should buy this book just for the super job Charles does in explaining everything you need to know about charts, graphs, and the other 'voodoo' of technical analysis that he makes so simple to understand. Charles really gives you a street fighter's education in the markets . . . I wish his book was around twenty-five years ago . . . it would have saved me millions in market mistakes I've made." --Tobin Smith, founder and Chairman, ChangeWave Research

Author : Michael Becket
Publisher : Kogan Page Publishers
Page : 184 pages
File Size : 41,9 Mb
Release : 2012-01-03
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9780749466411

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How the Stock Market Works by Michael Becket Pdf

Now more than ever, people are being affected by the fluctuations in the global economy and by financial uncertainty - with major impacts on their savings, portfolios and pensions. Fully updated for this fourth edition, How the Stock Market Works tells investors what is being traded and how, who does what with whom, and how to evaluate a particular share or bond in light of rival claims from critics and admirers. From the practical consequences of being a shareholder to a basic coverage of the taxation regime, the book provides a wealth of information on individual product types as well as the key players themselves.

Author : Benjamin Graham
Publisher : Harpercollins
Page : 340 pages
File Size : 50,6 Mb
Release : 1985
Category : Investments.
ISBN : 0060155477

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The Intelligent Investor by Benjamin Graham Pdf

Analyzes the principles of stock selection and various approaches to investing, and compares the patterns and behavior of specific securities under diverse economic conditions