Stock Valuation
Ask The Expert: How Can The EPS Ratio Help Me Grow My Portfolio?Here's how to profit from using this handy ratio -- and others like it.
The Secret Ratio That Predicts Winning Stocks Time And AgainInvest like the big boys with this little-known ratio.
3 Types Of Explosive-Growth Companies -- And Why They're DangerousDon't buy "the next Google" without reading this first.
The #1 Rule Every New Stock Investor Needs to KnowThe world of investing is large, complex and intimidating. But many of those convoluted formulas boil down to a just a handful of simple ideas.
SWOT Analysis: A Practical Guide to Analyzing CompaniesWhat's the biggest mistake investors make? Analyzing a company's prospects without paying any attention to the bigger picture. With that in mind, here's how to assess the big picture so you can make the right call.
Using Porter's Five Forces to Lock In Long-Term ProfitsWarren Buffett won't even sniff at a company without a moat to protect its returns on capital.
Decoding the Dividend Yield FormulaThe Pythagorean Theorem isn't going to make you any money. Nor the quadratic equation. But there is a financial formula -- an immutable law of investing -- that can help you choose stocks that will pay a double-digit yield for as long as you own them.
YOY is short for year over year, which refers to the mathematical process of comparing one year of data to the previous year of data. In business, note that a fiscal year does not always go from January 1 to December 31; many companies have fiscal years beginning at other times.
