Checklist

Q1	Does the company have any IDENTIFIABLE CONSUMER MONOPOLIES OR BRAND NAME PRODUCTS
Q2	Do You UNDERSTAND HOW IT WORKS
Q3	Is the company CONSERVATIVELY FINANCED (Debt to shareholder's equity ratio should be very low)
Q4	Are the EARNINGS of the company STRONG and do they show an UPWARD TREND
Q5	Is company allocates capital only to those businesses within its REALM OF EXPERTISE
Q6	Is the company buying back its shares periodically
Q7	Is the retained earning increased EPS over time and therefore SHAREHOLDER VALUE
Q8	Is RETURN ON SHAREHOLDERS EQUITY ABOVE AVERAGE
Q9	IS THE COMPANY FREE TO ADJUST PRICES TO INFLATION
Q10	DO OPERATIONS REQUIRE LARGE CAPITAL EXPENDITURES TO CONSTANTLY UPDATE THE COMPANY'S PLANT AND EQUIPMENT
Q11	What bad news driving the price down
Q12	How much the share is affected by economic fluctuations
Q13	What's the beta value
Q14	Is it a public company
Q15	Do you understand how it makes money
Q16	Are you investing at a reasonable price
Q17	Will it last forever
Q18	Is it having limited debt
Q19	Is it having high barriers to entry
Q20	Is it immune to extrinisic factors (Events going around the world)
Q21	Is it having low reinvestment cost
Q22	Is it having controlling shareholders (Avoid such companies)
Q23	Have you analyzed the company’s financial statements for the past ten years?
Q24	Have you investigated all the company’s liabilities and risks?
Q25	Have you examined the track record of the management team?
Q26	Have you looked at the company’s competitors?
Q27	Have you considered the future of the market this company is in?
Q28	Have you looked at whether any insiders are selling their shares in the company?
Q29	Have you read all the footnotes to the company’s financial and cash flow statements?
Q30	Have you analyzed whether cash flow and costs match the reported revenue growth?