Getting Started in Investment Analysis

LOOKING AT INVESTMENT DATA

Getting Good Data

Identify Visual Correlations

QUANTITATIVE DATA APPLICATIONS 

Types of Data 

Probability

Plots and Distributions 

Testing Variables Data

Testing Proportional Data 

QUANTITATIVE EVALUATION OF STOCKS, THE MARKET, AND INVESTING PRACTICES 

Is a Stock or the Stock Market Overpriced? 

Using Investment Analysis to Estimate When an Economic Bubble Will Break 

The U.S. Consumer Has Been Reducing Savings, Drawing Out Home Equity, and Increasing Debt. So, Should an Investor Be in the Stock Market?

SPECIFIC ANALYSIS ISSUES RELATED TO RETIREMENT INVESTING 

Quick-Use Baseline Retirement Numbers 

Adjustments for a Pension, a Lower Savings Level, or a Reduced Retirement Budget 

Assumptions/Rationale in Savings Calculations 149

Understanding Logarithmic Charts