Many books and websites write about analyzing stock performance, fundamental analysis and financials. However, many forget to include where to find all this information. I thought it would be logical to first write about the various resources available, before digging into the details of fundamental analysis.
Official annual / quarterly reports
If you want to know more about a company, the first place you might think of are official publications of that particular company. This usually includes the annual and quarterly reports. The main benefit of such reports is that they are …

I consider long-term investing in stocks/shares as a crucial element of building wealth; in fact, you will most probably find this confirmed by most personal finance blogs on the internet. This also brings a number of interesting questions, such as how we can pick the best investment opportunities, and on what do we base our investment decisions. In the next few weeks, I intend writing a number of articles, focussed on how to analyze company stocks and investment pportunities.
Currently, there are two main methodologies for analyzing and possibly predicting the …

In his book Outliers, Malcolm Gladwell takes a closer look at what makes people so successful, and why. In an entertaining and well written way, Outliers explains the relationships between hard work, ambition, passion, and pure luck, using many real-life examples, such as that of Bill Gates. All examples and theories described in the book are the result of extensive research.

Knowing how to read financial statements is the absolute key to analyzing the health and potential of corporations. Mary Buffett and David Clark have written this book to help readers find their way through the maze of financial statements.

As I was watching the news this morning, I saw a report about a large number of credit cards, of which the data had been stolen in spain, and how this impacted many cardholer, who had made purchases in Spain. Being a specialist within the industry myself, I could not resist to write an further article on credit card data theft, and how you can deal with it as a credit card holder. This article is based on Visa and MasterCard issued credit cards only.
Each credit card transaction follows a strict procedure and …