Strategy

Learn how to value a stock with P/E, price to sales, free cash flow, book value, DCF and margin of...

Dollar cost averaging means investing a fixed amount on a schedule. See how it works, when it helps, and what...

How dividends really work: the four key dates, yield and payout ratio, growth versus high yield, reinvesting, taxes, and mistakes...

A careful introduction to calls, puts, premiums, expiration and the risks that make options different from stocks.

A repeatable process to research any public company, from reading its filings to checking cash, debt, growth and risks.

A plain guide to what a newswire does, who the main services are, and what a small public company should...

Five questions small public companies should ask a newswire or PR firm before they spend money on distribution.

How investors build income with dividend paying companies, and the traps to avoid.

Two classic approaches to picking stocks, how they differ, and why many investors blend them.

A covered call earns income on shares you already own. Here is how it works and what it gives up.