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Peter lynch’s checklist
By Bully The Bear  •  May 17, 2008
By: La Papillion Here's a checklist from Peter Lynch's book, One up on wall street: Stocks in general:
  1. P/e ratio – is it low or high for this particular company and for similar companies in the same industry
  2. The percentage of institutional ownership
  3. Whether insiders are buying and whether the company itself is buying back its own shares. Both are positive signs
  4. The record of earnings growth to date and whether the earnings are sporadic or consistent (the only category where earnings may not be important are asset plays)
  5. Whether the company has a strong balance sheet or a weak one (debt-to-equity ratio) and how it’s rated for financial strength)
  6. The cash position. With $16 in net cash, I know Ford is unlikely to drop below $16 per share – floor of the stock Read more...
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By Bully The Bear
La papillion is french for butterfly. This blog chronicles my journey from an amateur in the stock market to where I am today. Have I turned into a beautiful butterfly? I don't know, but I think my metamorphosis is still on-going now :)
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