This is the daily discussion, so anything stocks related is fine, but the theme for today is on fundamentals, but if fundamentals aren't your thing then just ignore the theme and/or post your arguments against fundamentals here and not in the current post.
Some helpful day to day links, including news:
- Finviz for charts, fundamentals, and aggregated news on individual stocks
- Bloomberg market news
- StreetInsider news:
- Market Check – Possibly why the market is doing what it's doing including sudden spikes/dips
- Reuters aggregated – Global news
Most fundamentals are updated every 3 months due to the fact that corporations release earnings reports every quarter, so traders are always speculating at what those earnings will say, and investors may change the size of their holdings based on those reports. Expect a lot of volatility around earnings, but it usually doesn't matter if you're holding long term, but keep in mind the importance of earnings reports because a trend of declining earnings or a decline in some other fundamental will drive the stock down over the long term as well.
See the following word cloud and click through for the wiki:
If you have a basic question, for example “what is EBITDA,” then google “investopedia EBITDA” and click the Investopedia article on it; do this for everything until you have a more in depth question or just want to share what you learned.
Useful links:
- Investopedia page on fundamental analysis including Discounted Cash Flow analysis; see definition here and read their PDF on the topic.
- FINVIZ for fundamental data, charts, and aggregated news
- Earnings Whisper for earnings details
See our past daily discussions here. Also links for: Technicals Tuesday, Options Trading Thursday, and Fundamentals Friday.
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