Ask HN: Are you a part-time stock investor?

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by zhangela • 13 years ago

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If so, how do you test your stock investment strategy? Do you rely on intuition?

bryanwbh• 13 years ago

Hi Zhangela,

Yes I am. I utilize value investment methodology which is the brainchild of Benjamin Graham.

On the few aspects on stock evaluation, among them are: - Company's financial statements (Balance sheet, Cash flow statement and Income statement) - The company's management profile (from remuneration comparison from company-to-company to governance and each individual's background) - The company's activity as published by the Exchange - Overpriced/Underpriced compared to book value and also intrinsic value

In order to check the performance of my investments, I measure from two perspective: - Realized gains/losses - (dividends received and gains or losses from sale)/(amount of money put up to purchase the stock) - Unrealized gains/losses - (Mark-to-market gains or loss)/(amount of money put up to purchase the stock)

From the figures attained, I compare them with figures such as fixed deposits and performance of index funds

zhangela• 13 years ago

Thanks so much!!

Ask HN: Are you a part-time stock investor?

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