Cenovus Energy Inc. (CVE)

The next target selected was Cenovus Energy Inc. (CVE) based on the Piotroski F-Score and comparing its financial information to the industry. Due to the oil price dropped significantly couple years ago, most of the oil and gas companies were having difficult time. However, Cenovus is one of the companies that improves strongly financially once …

Addition on Spreadsheet Template – Piotroski F-Score

After reading more books and learning more, I realized that the financial ratios on my spreadsheet were not good enough for me choosing the companies to invest. The old version of my spreadsheet had only the basic information from the financial statement. If I have to analyze a company through its financial statement, a better …

Enbridge Income Fund Holdings Inc (ENF)

Another attractive stock I found was the Enbridge Income Fund Holdings Inc. (ENF). I also utilized the same strategy as follow: Annual Revenue Growth > 0% and Current data > Last 4 Quarters; Net Profit Margin – Average 3 Year & Average 5 Year > 10%; ROE – Average 3 Year & Average 5 Year …

Second Approach – Supremex Inc. (SXP)

After my own Excel spreadsheet template was generated, I saved a lot of time for search the companies that met the criteria. Supremex Inc. (SXP) was one of them. The requirements are below: Annual Revenue Growth > 0% and Current data > Last 4 Quarters; Net Profit Margin – Average 3 Year & Average 5 …

Generating Financial Spreadsheet

After reading some books on fundamental analysis, I learned that financial ratios are so important to understand how a company is performing. I started to look for more resources online finding the information I need. One of the books suggesting the financial requirements as follow: Annual Revenue Growth > 0% and Current data > Last …

Learn the Way to Invest

After the first attempt on investing, I felt like I know nothing about the company and the market but placing bet on the share price to be increased. I could feel the danger signal corroding me financially and mentally. My way of investing blindly had to be changed! I started with reading books from the …

Setting Up an Investment Account

This post is to provide some brief information on setting up an online investment account in Canada. I believe other countries should have similar procedures. I will not show the details step by step since you can find the information from the banks and brokers. I will address the questions I had when I first …

Analysis – Aurora Cannabis Inc. (ACB)

I performed an analysis on ACB today to justify my previous decision on selling it in November 2017 using the analysis spreadsheet I created for Growth and Value Analysis. First of all, let's take a look at the summary of the financial statements: Although the revenue of ACB is growing dramatically, its operating margin, net …

First Attempt – Aurora Cannabis Inc. (ACB)

Most of the time, things happen when you do not plan to. Although I have decided to invest in equities, I did not know where to start, and did not have a plan on it. One day at the beginning of 2017, one of my friends was talking about the pot stocks. Since Canada is …

Investing in Equities – Pros & Cons

From my personal analysis on Investing in Equities, I came up with the Pros & Cons as follow: Pros Low initial principal. You can start with only couple thousands bucks. Ease and time efficient on operation. Nowadays, you can setup an online account with bank or broker easily. You can also submit trade orders, perform …