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8 Aug 12:37am
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I know that stocks are cheaper than bonds.I know that bond market indicators show lower long rates in the near future.I know that lower bond rates support higher stock prices.I know that it is likely there will be another 25 basis point hike this week.I know that it is very likely that this will be the last 25 basis point hike this week.I know that commodity prices are somewhat correlated to the interest rates.I know that commodity prices tend to move together (if gold and silver goes down, so...
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Investing Tips: Know The Financials! The Company's Bible

Tags: Financial Statements, Financial Analysis
3 Aug 12:26am
Posted by kevinster
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With recent earnings releases, do you really understand what's going on?  When analysts talk about EPS of this much, or Revenues of that much, do you go, ah yes!, or huh what's going on?Know Financials!A company's financial statements are just about as important as ABC when it comes to investing.  Financials are probably the best indicators of a company's health, their performance in the past and a benchmark to how good they would do in the future.  A prudent investor would seek...
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Investing Tips: Trailing P/E or Forward P/E?

Tags: Investing Techniqes
29 Jul 12:02pm
Posted by kevinster
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A few quick pointers when choosing a stock that everyone should think about.  It's quick, it's simple, and the best part is that is works:* Trailing P/E or forward P/E: what's the best way to value a company? Well I don't want everyone punching in their numbers into their cash-flow models (...yet).  Think P/E ratios!  Formulized as the price of a stock over its EPS; the higher the P/E, the more expensive the stock, and the opposite for the lower the P/E.  This information i...
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Tomorrow's Stock Watch

Tags: General Electric, Cal-Amp, Electro Scientific, Cintas, EMC, 2nd Quarter Earnings, CTAS, ESIO, GE
14 Jul 11:47am
Posted by kevinster
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About to call it the day, but did a bit of stock researching for some movement activity for tomorrow.  Stocks have been dropping for the entire week, I don't really expect much of a difference for tomorrow, but look at these ones I've dug up: General Electric (Ticker: GE), is reporting tomorrow.  Analysts are looking for $0.47, they've never let me down before, but also like before, don't expect their prices to soar like mad.Cal-Amp (Ticker: CAMP), had missed expectations by $0.03 a...
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