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Re: ?? Free Portfolio Display ?? 

By: Zimbler0 in POPE 5 | Recommend this post (2)
Tue, 01 May 18 5:45 AM | 56 view(s)
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Micro > Do you have an online trading account with someone?


Yes, I do.
But I rarely use it. I really love my Direct Stock
Purchase plans.

What I really want, is to get the share prices (by ticker)
and certain metrics - like trailing P/E and dividends
and dividend yields. Then I punch the share prices
into my spreadsheets and see where I am.

By the way, in case some people don't realize it, what
the 'internet' calls P/E ratio is a figment of some
ANALysts imagination.

The P/E ratio usually published on financial web sites
is based upon an 'earnings prediction' of an analyst.
And they can be bought.

I once owned shares in a power company . . . first they
cut the dividend . . then they ended the dividend. Silly
me, the internet was saying they had a nice low P/E . . .
And I made decision based upon it. Two years later and
still no dividend check, I started asking 'What's wrong
with this picture'? And learned that the company had
had negative earnings the previous three years. . .
'They' LIED!

Trailing P/E is (supposed to be) based upon reality -
what the company's price and earnings really were
last year. Granted, it can be a year out of date,
but at least it is based upon reality.

Zim.




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Re: ?? Free Portfolio Display ??
By: micro in POPE 5
Mon, 30 Apr 18 4:22 PM 		Msg. 00498 of 62138

Sir Zim,

Be sure to purchase the products from those companies you own stock in to support the sales and earnings! (If you use those things of course)

With PG it is difficult if not impossible for anybody to not have some of their products in their homes.
Same with Clorox.

Moringstar is an excellent ratings company and has good data. They are the go to source for financial info...

Do you have an online trading account with someone?

You likely could have had that info available there as well. I know mine does...

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