Step by step approach to research a stock from scratch

Many of you might have heard others saying “Apple is a great company” or that “3M is risky as it has severe legal overhangs regarding its earplugs lawsuits.” You might be wondering to yourself: “How do I go about learning about such things about a particular company?” In this article, I will be sharing with you how I go about researching a company using free resources online that are available to everyone. I like to think of this process as similar to solving a mystery; throughout the journey of researching the company, I am playing the role of a detective trying to uncover clues that will hopefully allow me to solve the case of the mysterious company at the end. In today’s article, I will be using Adobe as an example. Curiously, I have never done a dive into...