Stock Tips Before Buying :

Enter the company’s symbol, example: yhoo for yahoo and orcl for oracle. If the symbol is not known,

click on "symbol lookup". The following schedule will appear :

Symbol	Last Trade	Change	Volume	More Info	Trade
YHOO	Apr 20 19.85	-0.11 -0.55%	12959500	Chart, News Msgs, Profile Research, Insider, Options	Choose Brokerage
ORCL	Apr 20 19.75	-0.57 -2.81%	60473500	Chart, News Msgs, Profile Research, Insider, Options	Choose Brokerage

The following information is obtained by clicking on the "More Info" column above.

Item	Explanation
Sector and Industry	Check the Sector’s/Industry’s behaviors in the market
News	Check the companies news, mergers, bankruptcy, CEO…
Dividend	See how much the company pays quarterly dividends
Financial Summary	Check income and revenue for past quarters/years
Ownership	Check who owns the company, %age of insider’s
Insider	See if insider people are buying shares
Institutions	Their buying and selling affect the share price
Graphs	View the 3 months, 12 months and 5 years charts
52 Week High / Low	Price on the lower half is a bargain provided no financial trouble
Total Cash	More cash available protects the company from market troubles
Debt / Equity Ratio	Less than 50% is good, the lower the better
Price / Book Value Ratio	Indication of the stock’s value compared to its book value
Price / Earning Ratio	Avoid low and high P/E ratios. 15 to 20 is OK (Relative value)
Average Volume Traded	Avoid companies that has low trade volumes
Beta	Measure of risk. A little above or below 1.00 is OK