Matt Krantz is a nationally recognized financial journalist who specializes in investment topics and personal finance. He's the management editor for Investor's Business Daily, and his work has appeared in USA Today and Money magazine.

Introduction 1
 
Part 1: Getting Started with Fundamental Analysis 5
 
Chapter 1: Understanding Fundamental Analysis 7
 
Chapter 2: Getting Up to Speed with Fundamental Analysis 19
 
Chapter 3: Gaining an Upper Hand on Wall Street: Why Fundamental Analysis Gives Investors an Edge 37
 
Chapter 4: Getting Your Hands on Fundamental Data 55
 
Part 2: Performing Fundamental Analysis Yourself 75
 
Chapter 5: Analyzing a Company's Profitability Using the Income Statement 77
 
Chapter 6: Measuring a Company's Staying Power with the Balance Sheet 97
 
Chapter 7: Tracking Cash with the Statement of Cash Flow 115
 
Chapter 8: Using Financial Ratios to Pinpoint Investments 133
 
Chapter 9: Mining the Proxy Statement for Investment Clues 155
 
Part 3: Making Money with Fundamental Analysis 173
 
Chapter 10: Looking for Fundamental Reasons to Buy or Sell 175
 
Chapter 11: Finding a Right Price for a Stock Using Discounted Cash Flow 197
 
Chapter 12: Using the Annual Report (10-K) to See What a Company Is Worth 215
 
Chapter 13: Analyzing a Company's Public Comments and Statements 237
 
Chapter 14: Gleaning from the Fundamental Analysis Done by Others 249
 
Chapter 15: Performing "Top-Down" Fundamental Analysis 267
 
Part 4: Getting Advanced with Fundamental Analysis 279
 
Chapter 16: Digging into an Industry's Fundamentals 281
 
Chapter 17: Pinpointing Trends Using Fundamental Analysis 297
 
Chapter 18: Avoiding Investment Blowups with Fundamental Analysis 313
 
Chapter 19: Marrying Fundamental Analysis with Technical Analysis 329
 
Part 5: The Part of Tens 349
 
Chapter 20: Ten Things to Look at When Analyzing a Company 351
 
Chapter 21: Ten Things Fundamental Analysis Cannot Do 359
 
Index 369

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