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These 5 Stocks Aren't As Cheap as They Look Don't be misled by the attractive valuations of these stocks: Cardinal Health... Discover... Sunoco... U.S. Steel... Tenet Healthcare... |
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The Market's Most Dangerous Bargains Buying the cheapest-looking stocks can be a really bad idea. Relative valuation can be an indicator of value, but it should go hand-in-hand with other valuation techniques and solid understanding of the fundamentals of the business. |
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Will Earnings Season Make Stocks Look Cheap? Earnings season is upon us, but will it give us reason to buy? This year's fourth-quarter earnings season should bear little resemblance to last year's. |
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Forget the Bears: There Are Still Stocks You Should Be Buying Here's how you can find great opportunities in the stock market right now. |
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How to Use the P/E The price-to-earnings ratio is a widely used -- and misused -- investing metric. Do you use it correctly? |
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The Market May Be Cheaper Than You Think Look ahead, and it doesn't look so bad. |
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Stocks for the Really Long Term Yes, stocks are the long-term investment of choice. But at any price? |
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A Better P/E Ratio for the Recession We usually look at P/Es based on past earnings, but maybe we'd be better off during these recessionary days looking at "forward" P/Es, based on the coming years' expected earnings. |
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Don't Get Caught in the Growth Trap Paying too much for growth can cost you. |
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Your Friend, the P/E Ratio The P/E is informative, but don't rely on it too much. There are many other numbers to examine when studying a stock. |
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October 14, 2011
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Stocks for the Long, Long Run Inside the mind of Jeremy Siegel, Wharton's famed finance professor, about his book, Stocks for the Long Run. |
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Your Friend, the P/E Ratio Let it help you evaluate stock prices. |
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How the Wrong Stocks Can Get You in Trouble Price-to-earnings ratios only tell you part of the story. |
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The Best Buying Opportunity in 12 Years? The mere decline of stock prices, even if severe, does not in and of itself make for a buying opportunity. However, with the S&P 500 P/E at its lowest level since 1995, is it time to load up? |
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Beware of "Bargain" Stocks Before you go picking cheap stocks willy-nilly, make sure you're not cutting corners on your research -- or you could get a nasty shock in the future. |
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Stocks Are a Good Investment Now; Here's Why If you've been sitting on the sidelines while the stock market slides, here are some companies to consider getting your feet wet in. |
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Meet the P/E Ratio You're about to get to know the most maligned metric in investing, the P/E. Why all the hate? Investors, read on. |
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August 23, 2007
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What Does a Low P/E Ratio Mean? Investors, remember that the P/E isn't everything. Other metrics are also worth considering. |
The Motley Fool
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$294,935 Better Than Average Valuation matters, and it matters a lot. Remember, Cheap stocks are good, but the cheapest stocks aren't necessarily the best stocks. |
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July 21, 2009
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Watch Out for the Book Value Trap With record losses making P/E unreliable, can book value give a better indication of value? |
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November 3, 2010 |
Don't Be Afraid of Heights: The One Thing You Need to Know About High P/E Ratios Companies with high P/E ratios are simply being rewarded for what the market sees as future profit potential. |
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What Are Your Stocks Really Worth? Stop flying blind or your portfolio could end up on the side of a mountain. |
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Drilling for Value The price-to-sales ratio suggests that Transocean and Diamond Offshore aren't bargains. the drilling business is highly volatile. If earnings fail to materialize, investors will likely feel a lot of pain. |
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Plugging the P/E While the P/E ratio gets a bad rap, it doesn't mean investors should steer clear of using it. Watch what it can do. |
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A Red Hot Sector Play for 2011 I think there are several sectors that should do well in 2011, including financials and health care, but the one I'm most excited about is information technology. Mutual funds are the way to go. |
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Dueling Fools: Intuitive Surgical Bull Rebuttal On the bull side, experience, coupled with the company's future earnings and revenue prospects, may indicate that Intuitive Surgical has yet to reach its zenith. |
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Income Ideas: 20 Most Undervalued S&P 500 Companies In the great search for value investments we offer a list of S&P 500 companies that appear to be undervalued. |
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Are Valuations Too High? Will current valuations get in the way of a long bull run? |
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Dividend and Conquer The historical data make a fairly convincing case that the current market is not too friendly to investors counting on growth and P/E expansion. But there are two things investors can focus on to position themselves well. |
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Understanding "Multiples" Understanding multiples can help you evaluate a stock's attractiveness. |
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How Cheap Is IBM Stock Right Now? Let's take a look at how cheaply shares of IBM are trading, how consistent its performance has been, and what kind of growth profile it has -- both on an absolute and a relative basis. |
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Get 2-for-1 Stock-Price Growth This one-two punch can lead to serious gains. Stocks that offer both earnings growth and P/E growth can help you rack up knockout returns over the long haul. |
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Why the P/E Ratio Is Dangerous Using P/E as a standalone valuation tool could cost you big-time. Isolating on any single metric, for that matter, is a recipe for disaster. |
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P/E Ratio Dynamics There's some logic for investors behind seemingly wacky P/E ratios. |
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5 Stocks to Beat the Permabull Be careful following along with someone who is always bullish on the stock market. |
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Expect the Unexpected Unexpected Returns, the very insightful book by Crestmont Research's Ed Easterling suggests the long-term rise in the market obscures the realities that affect almost every investor. |
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Understanding "Multiples" Multiples can help you evaluate stock prices. Here's what they mean. |
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How Much of a Bargain Is Apple Stock Right Now? What can price multiples, consistency of past earnings, and amount of growth expected tell us about Apple's true value? |
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These Companies Are Cheaper Than You Think Don't let high P/E ratios trick you into overlooking winners. |
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Finding True Value: Relative Valuation Don't invest a dime before you figure out what that company really is worth. |
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Are Earnings About to Collapse? No -- the reports are not as bad as they sound. |
