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Fire Your Stock Analyst: Analyzing Stocks On Your Own
- By Harry Domash
- Published Jan 30, 2006 by FT Press.
- Copyright 2006
- Dimensions: 6x9
- Pages: 416
- Edition: 1st
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- ISBN-10: 0-13-226038-7
- ISBN-13: 978-0-13-226038-1
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- ISBN-10: 0-13-205490-6
- ISBN-13: 978-0-13-205490-4
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This is simply the world's most useful book for personal investors who want to rely less on the so-called "experts" and more on their own intelligence and knowledge. The author presents systematic value and growth strategies that draw on the best ideas from more than 20 of the world's leading money managers -- and shows you how to implement each strategy step-by-step, using free or low-cost information available on the Internet. Domash introduces never-before-published advanced analysis strategies, shows how value investors really pick stocks, and presents new ways of quantifying a stock's risk. This book covers issues most books simply ignore, including how to evaluate a company's business plan and true financial strength, how to set your own target prices, and most important, when to sell .
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80 of 84 people found the following review helpful
So good I paid retail at the bookstore..., By
This review is from: Fire Your Stock Analyst: Analyzing Stocks On Your Own (Hardcover)
Let me be honest about my biases. I strongly prefer technical analysis when it comes to analysing stocks. Price is determined by PERCEPTIONS about fundamentals. By studying price and volume, the chartist can understand what the general market sentiment is regarding these fundamentals, and figure out, with a reasonable degree of confidence, which stocks to buy, and which to sell. With enough capital, skill, and the discipline to cut inevitable losses, you can make money. Despite the benefits of technical analysis, I can see the value (no pun intended) in understanding the fundamentals on their own. Fundamentals complement the technicals, and any rational investor will compare market action with fundamental data to come to a profitable conclusion. My problem: I've tried to read various books on fundamental analysis, but most put me to sleep. This book is different. It is packed with solid, step-by-step directions on how to perform your own fundamental analysis. Tips... Read more
45 of 48 people found the following review helpful
A thorough, organized method of stock analysis, By Rich Duprey "foolishcop" (Teaneck, NJ United States) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Fire Your Stock Analyst: Analyzing Stocks On Your Own (Hardcover)
In clear prose, Harry Domash lays out a concise step-by-step guide to evaluating and analyzing growth and value stocks. I had no intentions of buying a book when I entered the store, but after looking over this book I was compelled to buy it. Yes! Another one who gladly paid retail. In only a week's time the pages are dog-eared and highlighted.Mr. Domash covers in depth each of the tools you need to find and evaluate good stocks. Not only does he cover the topics you'd expect a book like this to cover--profit margins, ROE and ROA, and inventory and A/R analysis--but he also gives you tools to look at the quality of a company's management, whether it has a solid business plan and whether it's a candidate for bankruptcy, but also some technical analysis tools too. He doesn't stop there though. "Fire Your Stock Analyst!" also gives you a complete tutorial on how you would go about using all the tools he provides to analyze growth stocks and value stocks. Moreover, he shows you... Read more
18 of 18 people found the following review helpful
Solid guide to fundamental analysis, By Q (The Continuum) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Fire Your Stock Analyst: Analyzing Stocks On Your Own (Paperback)
This book will help you to evaluate and decode the stock information available on free financial websites likeYahoo! Finance and MSN Money. This is a thick book, very detailed and in-depth, with tons of useful information to help you can find the stocks that will generate solid returns. For example, Domash explains the difference between Return on Equity (ROE), Return on Assets (ROA), and Return on Capital (ROC). The author is obviously a very experienced stock analyst with a wealth of practical techniques for readers to use.The main weakness is that Domash never really gives the reader a practical strategy for choosing stocks. He does give a generic "value" and "growth" approach, but never says which approach he uses or why. Also, there are many different kinds of value and growth investing; the strategies he lays out are so generic that they are of quite limited usefulness. Hardly anyone uses a "pure" value or growth approach. Overall, this is one of the best... Read more |
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Introduction
Table of Contents
Introduction xix
Acknowledgments xxvii
Part One Getting Started 1
Chapter 1 The Analysis Process 3
Chapter 2 Evaluating Risk 13
Chapter 3 Screening 27
Part Two Analysis Tools 43
Chapter 4 Analysis Tool #1: Analyzing Analysts’ Data 45
Chapter 5 Analysis Tool #2: Valuation 67
Chapter 6 Analysis Tool #3: Establishing Target Prices 79
Chapter 7 Analysis Tool #4: Industry Analysis 95
Chapter 8 Analysis Tool #5: Business Plan Analysis 109
Chapter 9 Analysis Tool # 6: Management Quality 123
Chapter 10 Analysis Tool #7: Financial Fitness Evaluator 129
Chapter 11 Analysis Tool #8: Profitability Analysis 169
Chapter 12 Analysis Tool #9: Detecting Red Flags 211
Chapter 13 Step 10: Ownership Considerations 235
Chapter 14 Tool # 11: Price Charts 241
Part Three: The Analysis Process 249
Chapter 15 Quick Prequalify 251
Chapter 16 Value Investing: The Process 261
Chapter 17 Growth Investing: The Process 287
Part Four: More Tools 321
Chapter 18 Earnings Reports & Conference Calls 323
Chapter 19 Detecting Scams, Frauds, and Pump & Dump 327
Appendix A How to Read Financial Statements 333
Appendix B Analysis Scorecards 343
Appendix C Glossary 355
Index 363
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