Getting Started in Fundamental Analysis

I decided to learn about the stock market because I invest a portion of my paycheck in my company's stock. I've saved a couple grand through the program and want to decide whether to hold or sell. For a total investing newbie, this book gave a great overview of fundamental analysis, technical analysis and the strengths and weaknesses of each. I came away with the tools I needed to begin comparing and analyzing potential stocks. In addition, it made me want to learn a bit more about technical analysis. I used to think that analyzing prospective stocks was too difficult for me, now, I have the confidence I need to get started.

This book is what it says. A guide to getting st....... Goes thru account keeping practises used, price ratios, and all those other things fundamental analysts use to convince themselves of where a stocks price should be, based on their expectations and calculations. This book covers the important and useful aspects of fund analy, however the author writes from the viewpoint of an "investor" not a "trader" and the section at the end of the last chapter really made me laugh with "buy low, sell high" and a few other things investors are always bagging traders about. Overall I found the book very easy going, with review bubbles on each aspect as it was covered to reinforce it and I recommend it to anyone who wants to know about balance sheets,crooked accounting practices, profit, loss and sales tracking, price ratios and all the other guff up rampers are always crankin on about when they're wishing their BHP (buy , hold, pray) method to possible fruition. Great book, great for future reference, glad I bought it.