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| 438.1 | | DSSDEV::PIEKOS | Zoo TV | Mon Apr 05 1993 12:26 | 8 |
| Call the companies themselves. You can get their phone numbers at any good
library (US corporations books contain incorporation data such as ceo, board
of directors, address, phone number...).
Ask for "Investor Relations" and ask them to send you their 10-K (and annual
report and latest earnings reports).
John Piekos
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| 438.2 | .....10-K..... | WFOV11::CERVONE | | Mon Apr 05 1993 14:59 | 3 |
| Exacticaly what is a 10-K report..............!
Frank
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| 438.3 | | AOSG::GILLETT | Candidate for DCU Board of Directors | Wed Apr 07 1993 18:46 | 23 |
| re: .2, what is a 10K...
Well, not having read one I cannot speak with authority.
However, I've been told that a 10K contains financial
condition information, and other relevent data which
can be useful in determining the health of a company.
The reason I'm curious about them is I recently took
a risk (literally...) and bought a few shares (at 1-1/8)
of a small company based solely on the technical factors,
and a couple plugs in a newsletter (gasp, choke, wheez!).
The risk paid off quite handsomely when the stock made
a solid move from 1-1/8..1-1/2 to 2-7/8.
Unforunately, none of my usual library favorites (Value
Line, S&P Research, etc) cover any of these smaller companies.
Had I had better fundamental data, I might have made
a much larger, more aggressive investment - or I might have
run like a coward toward something far more reasonable.
Anyway, I'll take the advice in .1 and see what happens...
./chris
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| 438.4 | | SDSVAX::SWEENEY | Patrick Sweeney in New York | Wed Apr 07 1993 21:29 | 14 |
| A 10-K is the required annual disclosure of the financial condition of
a company to the SEC and to the public. 10-Q is the quarterly version.
It is different in composition from the annual report only as far as
certain trivial legal requirements go and tradition.
All 10-K's are public, but no company is obligated to provide them to
shareholders or to the public at no charge. I know of no comany that
will charge a shareholder for a 10K. Some companies however will not
send non-shareholders 10-K's under any circumstance.
Along with the annual report and proxy statement (especially important
for disclosure of executive compenstation), 10-K is the why the public
can evaluate companies.
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| 438.5 | hasn't been a problem | NOVA::FINNERTY | Sell high, buy low | Thu Apr 08 1993 12:47 | 10 |
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re: -.1
Patrick - I've never had a problem getting 10-Q's/10-K's from any
company, whether or not I own shares currently. How could a
company know its true shareholders' list when many stocks are held
in street name?
/Jim
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| 438.6 | | SDSVAX::SWEENEY | Patrick Sweeney in New York | Fri Apr 09 1993 12:31 | 7 |
| A company doesn't need to know its "true shareholder" list. Generally,
only the registrar and transfer agent need to know and that's only to
verify signatures on proxies and transfers of stock.
Companies with something to hide generally won't send out a 10-K on
demand. Companies that really have something to hide won't even file a
10-K.
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| 438.7 | | DSSDEV::PIEKOS | Zoo TV | Fri Apr 09 1993 13:41 | 5 |
| > Companies that really have something to hide won't even file a 10-K.
So the SEC goes "after" these companies?
John Piekos
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| 438.8 | | SDSVAX::SWEENEY | Patrick Sweeney in New York | Sat Apr 10 1993 19:55 | 4 |
| Sure, the SEC goes after companies that don't file.
However, the reason may not be fraud, the company may have had a good
reason not to file, or it's gone out of business.
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