Equity Instruments: Newsletter – February 4, 2012

Where we are in class…

Where you should be in the project…

What you might have missed in class..

Handouts: (1) Syllabus (2) Project Description (3) Intro to Valuation. You can get all three online.

Data Notes…

You can get your firm's 10-K and other Edgar filings by going into the official SEC site:

http://www.sec.gov/edgarhp.htm

You can get a substantial amount of information on comparable firms at

http://www.reuters.com/finance/stocks

For a taste of equity research, you can try one of the brokerage houses and hope that they let you try out their research for free.

In fact, to see how much of their research is now outsourced, click on independent providers (the link at the bottom).

Miscellaneous FAQs

I am not in a group yet. What do I do?

Send me an email and let me know. If you registered very recently for the class, try to find others in the class who are in groups already and see if you can be added on to a group.

When do the web casts get online?

The webcasts are usually available about an hour after the class ends…

Do I need to read all your emails? (They are getting a little tiresome)

I know that you are busy and do not always read your emails. I will be putting the emails on the web, chronologically arranged. That way, if you do miss a bunch of emails, you can go back and find them.