Stock Profits: Getting to the Core--New Fundamentals for a New Age - Hardcover

As millions of investors have discovered the hard way, companies sometimes distort the operating results that investors depend upon for accurate analysis. In Stock Profits, Michael C. Thomsett offers a new approach to fundamental analysis that reveals exactly what's real -and what isn't. Thomsett shows you how to strip away misleading data that distorts a company's true "core earnings," growth curves, and business realities. Then, drawing on that information, he walks you through trend discovery, interpretation, and confirmation. You'll learn powerful new ways to manage market risk by assessing a stock's fundamental volatility. Whether you're already using fundamental analysis, technical analysis, or a dartboard, Stock Profits can help you achieve higher, more consistent returns. Includes step-by-step examples Actual companies, start-to-finish case studies Trend discovery: uncovering and interpreting emerging change Discovering where your target company is really headed Powerful new ways to identify growth potential Uncovering and quantifying your best long-term market opportunities Fundamental volatility analysis: redefining market risk Understanding the real risk associated with any equity investment

MICHAEL C. THOMSETT has written more than 55 books, including Getting Started in Options, Fifth Edition (over 200,000 copies sold). His books also include Mastering Fundamental Analysis, Mastering Technical Analysis, Mastering Online Investing, The Mathematics of Investing, and J. K. Lasser's Buy, Sell, or Hold. His Investment and Securities Dictionary was named Outstanding Academic Book by Choice Magazine.