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Visit the SEC website ( http://www.sec.gov ) and familiarize yourself with the various filings the company has made through the Edgar Online application. 10Q or 10QSB (quarterly report) and 10K or 10KSB (annual report) are filled with all kinds of details about a company's operations, risks in their business sector, profit/loss margins, and other information about a companies operations. These are especially useful to the investor for lesser known companies, but even some interesting surprizes can be found in that of larger companies. There are other filings you might run across which may prove useful too. Don't be afraid to look them all over and get a good understanding of what types of things they describe as they often can give a good hint as to the nature of the business.

One other thing to pay attention to is how marketable is a company so far? If people are regularly trading stock in the company, your ability to do so will be easier. (Larger companies typically will have a more liquid stock price than smaller and lesser known ones.)

Anyway, thats a start. I hope it helps.

2007-02-22 20:43:16 · answer #1 · answered by G A 5 · 0 0

It depends on your goals really. A company like GE will never give you alot of profit in ths short run.. but they are very large and stable. there is no real danger of them going out of business. So for long term inevsting you want to look at large, well established companies with solid financial records. A companies bond rating is often a good indicator.
If you are looking to make more in the short term you will be taking on more risk. There is no way around that. With that being said, look for smaller companies in emerging markets.
It also pays to consult the experts. Look at sites like Morningstar.com for analyst ratings on the companies as well. They might have access to information that the average person can't afford.

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2007-02-21 11:45:46 · answer #3 · answered by dinu_pawar 5 · 0 0

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