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post #1 of 8
11/30/06 at 7:50pm
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Ok so I read this book called The 'Little Book of Value Investing' and although it was a good read, Im still unclear on a few things.

1. P/E- I know we are to divide price to projected earnings to get the P/E ratio, but where can I find this information? (Well not the price, Im not that dumb :])

2. Book Value- Again, where the hell do I find what a company owns and how much is owes and all that stuff?

3. Foreign Stocks- Is there anything special I have to do when buying a foreign stock?

4. Fundamental- Do I scour the pr's of the company?

Please help!
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post #2 of 8
12/1/06 at 1:02am
First of all, if you want a really good fundamentals book, read Jim Cramer's Sane Investing in an Insane World. I've seen it for like 10 or 15 bucks at Walmart (cheap ).

Second, look here:
http://finance.yahoo.com/
and here:
http://www.marketwatch.com/
annnnnnd here:
http://www.thestreet.com/

Type in your stock symbol and they list things like P/E ratio and companies financials (balance sheets, income statements, cash flow).

If you're buying purely on fundamentals, then yes, you need to read through the important PRs and skim through (at least) the less important ones. Not asking you to spend your life reading PRs but be somewhat up to date with them.

Have no clue about the foreign stock question, although if it's a foreign company that trades on American Exchanges (NYSE, NASDAQ, AMEX), there are no problems buying/selling it. (Dividends work too) Sony, for example, is a Japanese company but trades under an American stock symbol SNE.

*tips hat* G'day.
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post #3 of 8
12/1/06 at 1:12am
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Originally Posted by ReyBob
Ok so I read this book called The 'Little Book of Value Investing' and although it was a good read, Im still unclear on a few things.

1. P/E- I know we are to divide price to projected earnings to get the P/E ratio, but where can I find this information? (Well not the price, Im not that dumb :])

2. Book Value- Again, where the hell do I find what a company owns and how much is owes and all that stuff?

3. Foreign Stocks- Is there anything special I have to do when buying a foreign stock?

4. Fundamental- Do I scour the pr's of the company?

Please help!

Just to be clear in the vast majority of cases this does NOT apply to pennies.

That being said, value investing is a great way to build a solid long term portfolio.

Yahoo!Finance will have all that information as should your broker. Ameritrade just came out with a new fundamental screener and information system (very similar to what Etrade has).
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post #4 of 8
12/1/06 at 1:51am
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Originally Posted by ReyBob
Ok so I read this book called The 'Little Book of Value Investing' and although it was a good read, Im still unclear on a few things.

1. P/E- I know we are to divide price to projected earnings to get the P/E ratio, but where can I find this information? (Well not the price, Im not that dumb :])

2. Book Value- Again, where the hell do I find what a company owns and how much is owes and all that stuff?

3. Foreign Stocks- Is there anything special I have to do when buying a foreign stock?

4. Fundamental- Do I scour the pr's of the company?

Please help!
go back two steps.... and read "the intelligent investor" by benjamin graham...

best book on value investing according to Warren Buffet...
this book will explain all the factors of share price... how to tell if its a bargin or not...

i dont know about Jim Cramer's Sane Investing in an Insane World

dont follow him at all...
but i do know you cant go wrong with Warren Buffet...
this is the book warren buffet learned alot of his fundamentals for picking stocks... was originally published in 1949 and still holds true in todays markets... it also has been revised many times to show some examples of todays markets and how it still holds true...

warren buffet to this day still proclaims this is the best book ever on investing...

only reason i recommend this book is because i was blown away when reading it...
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post #5 of 8
12/1/06 at 1:55am
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Originally Posted by Jonathan
First of all, if you want a really good fundamentals book, read Jim Cramer's Sane Investing in an Insane World. I've seen it for like 10 or 15 bucks at Walmart (cheap ).

Second, look here:
http://finance.yahoo.com/
and here:
http://www.marketwatch.com/
annnnnnd here:
http://www.thestreet.com/

Type in your stock symbol and they list things like P/E ratio and companies financials (balance sheets, income statements, cash flow).

If you're buying purely on fundamentals, then yes, you need to read through the important PRs and skim through (at least) the less important ones. Not asking you to spend your life reading PRs but be somewhat up to date with them.

Have no clue about the foreign stock question, although if it's a foreign company that trades on American Exchanges (NYSE, NASDAQ, AMEX), there are no problems buying/selling it. (Dividends work too) Sony, for example, is a Japanese company but trades under an American stock symbol SNE.

*tips hat* G'day.
Let me add another great book that I have read two times and I will probably read it again.

Jim Cramer's Real Money.

He explains everything with great description.

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post #6 of 8
12/1/06 at 1:57am
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Originally Posted by bigbull
Let me add another great book that I have read two times and I will probably read it again.

Jim Cramer's Real Money.

He explains everything with great description.
check out the intelligent investor...

seriously u will make money if you stick to the rules...
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post #7 of 8
12/1/06 at 2:01am
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Originally Posted by bigbull
Let me add another great book that I have read two times and I will probably read it again.

Jim Cramer's Real Money.

He explains everything with great description.
Isn't "Real Money" just the words right before the full title.....

http://www.amazon.com/Jim-Cramers-Re...e=UTF8&s=books

"Jim Cramer's Real Money : Sane Investing in an Insane World" That's what I suggested up there ... the only other book he has is Confessions of a Street Addict... but it probably wouldn't be as relevant.

And yes, the Warren Buffet books are probably good too.
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post #8 of 8
12/1/06 at 3:21am
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Thanks guys!
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