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Friday, January 19, 2018

Facebook Company Information

Stock Name: Facebook, Inc. (FB), Nasdaq

Business Description
Facebook, Inc. provides various products to connect and share through mobile devices, personal computers, and other surfaces worldwide. Its solutions include Facebook Website and mobile application that enables people to connect, share, discover, and communicate each other on mobile devices and personal computers; Instagram, a mobile application that enables people to take photos or videos, customize them with filter effects, and share them with friends and followers in a photo feed or send them directly to friends; Messenger, a messaging application to communicate with people and businesses across platforms and devices; and WhatsApp Messenger, a mobile messaging application. The company also offers Oculus virtual reality technology and content platform, which allow people to enter an immersive and interactive environment to play games, consume content, and connect with others. As of December 31, 2016, it had approximately 1.23 billion daily active users. Facebook, Inc. was founded in 2004 and is headquartered in Menlo Park, California.

Financial Result
Year 2015 - 2017








Reference:
https://finance.yahoo.com/quote/FB?p=FB
https://s21.q4cdn.com/399680738/files/doc_financials/2017/Q3/Q3-'17-Earnings-Presentation.pdf
https://investor.fb.com/financials/default.aspx




Thursday, January 18, 2018

Rules of Investing - How to Check Undervalue Stock

Rules of Investing

  1. Understand the business
  2. Will people continue to use the product in 20 years? Stock must have long term prospects.
  3. A stock must be managed by vigilant leaders.
  4. Does the company have a low-cost durable (lasting) competitive advantage?
  5. Is the company recession proof?
  6. Has the company had consistent earnings growth? Generally the EPS growth must be at least 8%
  7. Growing sales.
  8. Has the company had consistent dividend growth? Generally the dividend growth must be at least 8%.
  9. Does the company have a low payout ratio? Must be 75% or less.
  10. Is the company cash rich?
  11. Does the company have low debt? Must be less than 70%.
  12. Does the company have a good credit rating? Must have a min S&P Credit Rating of “BBB+”.
  13. Does the company actively buy back its shares? (optional)
  14. Is the stock undervalued? 
    1. The P/E Ratio must be 25 or below.
    2. Is the current dividend yield higher than the average dividend yield of 5 years?
    3. The P/B Ratio should be 3 or less
  15. Keep emotion out of investing.
    1. Discipline and patience are the keys to successful investing.








Sunday, December 3, 2017

What is Redemption?

To "redeem" means to free or release from the slavery or bondage of sin by the payment of a ransom.




To

reconcile means to remove enmity, making peace between enemies.

Friday, November 17, 2017

The Power of Knowledge

Proverbs 1:7
The fear of the LORD is the beginning of knowledge; Fools despise wisdom and instruction.

Proverbs 1:5
A wise man will hear and increase in learning, And a man of understanding will acquire wise counsel,

Proverbs 24:5
A wise man is strong, And a man of knowledge increases power.

Job 12:12
"Wisdom is with aged men, With long life is understanding.

Proverbs 15:14
The mind of the intelligent seeks knowledge, But the mouth of fools feeds on folly.

Proverbs 10:14
Wise men store up knowledge, But with the mouth of the foolish, ruin is at hand.

Proverbs 11: 9
With his mouth the godless man destroys his neighbor, But through knowledge the righteous will be delivered.

Proverbs 18:15
The mind of the prudent acquires knowledge, And the ear of the wise seeks knowledge.

Proverbs 21:11
When the scoffer is punished, the naive becomes wise; But when the wise is instructed, he receives knowledge.