How to read an annual report?

vishwa · 1 How to read an annual report? Sun Aug 12, 2012 6:56 am

vishwa

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Experts what are the key points to look at in an Annual report?,, how to measure a particular stock is under or over valued based on the annual report?
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Redbulls · 2 Re: How to read an annual report? Sun Aug 12, 2012 12:50 pm

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I got the same question when I came to this forum.
Found couple of posts related to the topic.

http://forum.srilankaequity.com/t9196-analyzing-the-balance-sheet

http://forum.srilankaequity.com/t9197-analyzing-the-income-statement

More related topics could be find in the Charts Section.

Try also this link.
http://forum.srilankaequity.com/t11839-how-to-read-the-company-financials-to-select-counters-to-invest?highlight=read

anubis · 3 Re: How to read an annual report? Sun Aug 12, 2012 2:35 pm

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These might also help:

http://www.enotes.com/financial-statements-reference/financial-statements

https://www.tradeking.com/education (you need to find what you need to read here first though)

I've found that what I lack the most is persistence and time... I quickly get bored reading these stuff Sad

Another issue is that in a bear market, all forms of analysis begin to seem worthless because the price keep going down continually.... this can be frustrating.

May be these articles would help in a bear market: https://www.tradeking.com/education/bearish (I didn't check any of those though, too bored)

Cheers!