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Long Term Investing vs Speculation
Posted on 19. Feb, 2011 by TheFreeInvestor.
A lot of people when they think about investing in stocks, they imagine trading stocks. So, let’s try to get the basics cleared up about what I mean when I say “investing” on this site. At a very basic level, there are two distinct ways to profit from the stock market – 1) exploit the […]
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Stock Valuation Flow Chart
Posted on 02. Feb, 2011 by TheFreeInvestor.
Even with all its shortcomings, discounted cashflow (DCF) valuation is one of the most widely used/abused stock valuation approaches. However, the plain vanilla DCF model needs a number of adjustments to be practically useful as a valuation tool. I captured the end to end process in this flow chart – (Note: Click on the image […]
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Bought Initial Position: Discovery Communications (DISCK)
Posted on 23. Jan, 2011 by TheFreeInvestor.
After cleaning up my portfolio couple of weeks ago, I bought few shares of Discovery Communication Class C shares (DISCK) few days ago. I have been analyzing this company for few weeks now. This investment falls into the same category of Digital Entertainment portfolio that I have been building for sometime. The company has three […]
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When to sell?
Posted on 10. Jan, 2011 by TheFreeInvestor.
As I invest for long run, I had very little realized gain/loss in 2010. So, at the end of the year, I didn’t have to do many tax loss related selling. However, in the new year, I am critically reviewing my holdings to see whether each of my investment thesis are playing out as expected. […]
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Stock Screening Services
Posted on 28. Dec, 2010 by TheFreeInvestor.
[Photo by: danielfoster ] Most of the time, for stock screening, I leverage a few select newsletters to get a list of interesting stock ideas. From that list, I proceed to perform my own detailed due diligence on those stocks and decide whether to invest or not. However, recently I have been looking around for a versatile […]
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