I need help on economics!!?

Question

hey, ive got an economics test in a couple of days and i really need help. I dont know how to interprete a media trade report....is there an easy way for me to understand?( these are the ones with buy, sell, stock, code, last sale, up/down...etc).There is also this one practice essay question which i dont really understand.....Outline the ratios used by a fundamentalist in determining which shares to purchase.
I would really appreciate it you could explain to me. thanks

Answer 1

I had a professor from the London School of Economics.

Buy = BID PRICE
SELL = ASK PRICE

Stock = Each Of The Company Shares Of The Total Outstanding

CODE = The COMPANY SYMBOL THAT IT IS TRADED UNDER IN THE PARTICULAR EXCHANGE

UP = DAY's HIGH
DOWN = DAY's LOW

LAST SALE = THE LAST PRICE AT THE MARKET CLOSE

RATIOS fundamentalist --

P/E = PRICE OF STOCK / BY LAST 12 MONTHS EARNINGS

P/S = PRICE of THE STOCK / BY 12 MONTHS REVENUE

EPS = LAST 12 MONTHS EARNINGS * TOTAL SHARES OUTSTANDING

EXPECTED EARNINGS = ANALYST or COMAPNY FORECASTED EARNINGS FOR THE QUARTER OR FULL YEAR

10K REPORT = COMPANY ANNUAL REPORT
10Q REPORT = COMPANY QUARTERLY REPORT

GO TO YAHOO FINANCE
PUT IN ANY STOCK SYMBOL (MSFT) AND LOOK AT THE LEFT HAND COLUMB -- KEY STATS
USE THIS AS AN EXAMPLE FOR fundamentals in your essay