Joan,
you said:
" (Point three is, I think, hopeless for the amateur investor: where would one get the data for it?)"
I think I can help you here! Have you heard of "The Value Line Investment Survey"? It's an absolute goldmine of data. Many public libraries carry it. Unfortunately, it's not online, so you have to search through it the old fashioned way - flipping pages. For about 2000 companies, each updated every three months on a rolling basis (each week, a particular group of stocks is updated), you get 15-20 years of financial data and some qualitative commentary on news and prospects. Very good stuff. You can calculate Intel's ROE, FCF, net margin, debt/equity, etc from 1983 if you want to! I track down promising companies online, then go copy their Value Line page at the library. They do have a website - and they sell a Windows CD-ROM with all the data on it. Pricey though, so I do it the hard way.<g>
I'm going to go check out some of those links you suggested.
Andrew |
