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4WM - The Four Wise Monkeys.  In association with Selftrade.
In association with Selftrade.

Tue, 24 Feb 2009

Troy’s Blog

Researching stocks is quire mind boggling. Facts and figures that make the stock market a beast standing in front of me spitting never ending %’s and so many .’s not to mention the +’s and –‘s… I have a lot to learn.

Remembering the Monkeys scoff when I said that at least when betting on horses I have odds, unlike shares – “P/E ratings!” they said wisely. See what Wiki says about P/E’s and F P/E’s. This is the first of the figures that appear after the stocks that I have started to figure out. I think!

Price-to-Earnings are what the analysts predict the company will be trading at in the future. But as with everything this isn’t as simple as it looks. See what WIKI says about PE’s - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PE_ratio