Stock investment tips.

So certain events have occurred and I've decided to be a millionaire instead of a nurse, mainly to avoid any misunderstandings, since any misunderstandings would be big misunderstandings.

Anyway, I have my flaws, people misunderstand me, which I believe I have mentioned, perhaps I also am impatient and prefer to go my own way when learning things and end up out of the loop, not using the right terms and lingo, however on the plus side I have often been called a good judge of people/character and I believe I am quite competent and intelligent when I am committed.

What would be the absolute raw basics of investment then? I believe that I have the potential to become exceptional if I apply my finely honed reasoning skills to this task. I shall have my million in no time.

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I have a tdameritrade account that I never use and I suppose I could make some token trades, what I am really interested in is developing a clear and full understanding of the economy, learning how successful investors conduct their research, making predictions of my own and observing how they play out.

Armco and Anika are both in sectors you would expect to be expanding. China's economic development was held back by tyranny and the state let go of the reigns in the late 80s allowing it to follow a text book sigmoid curve growth pattern, which we are apparently in the center of.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sigmoid_function

Technology is continuing to develop rapidly, most notably computing but also cellular biology, nanotechnology and materials science, pharmaceuticals and certain niche industries are going to benefit.

I think I mentioned graphene in the imageboard thread, there have been some very interesting developments recently that are worth repeating.

Graphene batteries.
http://www.wimp.com/supersupercapacitor/

Graphene solar power.
http://cleantechnica.com/2013/02/25/graphene-breakthrough-one-photon-can-be-converted-into-multiple-electrons/

' They also have 3 million in stock in Apollo minerals an Australian mining company.

I've heard of Australia's booming trade in minerals with the ever hungry China, that is probably good to see.

I am confident in my broader view of the economy, I am able to hone in on areas of growth but need to step up my game if I intend to find specific companies like Armco and Anika. The only way I could imagine doing so would be to pour over dozens of stock reports looking for businesses that might be undervalued and investigating further hoping I stumble across on. How did you come across these companies?

We discussed market capitalization ratios, you also looked at other indicators, revenue, profits, cash in hand and book value. As you mentioned, even though microsoft has a low market-capitalization/enterprise-value it is a large business that dominates its sector and pays dividends and may be a good investment. I am now wondering what other factors might change how someone should interpret these indicators. I am guessing the simplest way would be to compare the business to its competitors.

I gather that the 2 most important factors for future growth are the products of the business and the behavior of investors, both of which seem to dominate your analysis of these 2 companies. The actual practical activities of the business and the products or services it sells are fundamental of course, why you went to such lengths as flying over the China to check up on Armco, if more investors did this there would be far less bubbles and ponzi schemes destabilizing the economy and costing people jobs. The financial aspects are a major factor anchored to the practical elements of a business.