Spotting Them LOSERS!

In light of what happened to TransMile and Megan Media, I would recommend the following articles again.

http://articles.wallstraits.net/articles/1061

Most investors look for the following telltale signs of concern to determine if a particular stock might become a 'loser':

• Declining sales quarter-to-quarter and year-to-year
• Rising debt levels
• Declining profit margins
• Rising inventory levels
• Changes in regulatory or legal environment
• Emerging competitiors or technologies
• Rising interest rates
• An emerging overall bear market
• Events that negatively impact future earnings
• Mergers and acquisitions
• Management changes
• Institutional or insider selling
• Dividend cut or elimination
• Concerns over accounting procedures

And the best articles I have ever read about the issue about Financial Shenanigans was posted on Wallstraits.com. Know how NOT be cheated via accounting numbers!

• 1) FINANCIAL SHENANIGANS VII: SPECIAL CHARGES
  In the seventh and final article in our creative accounting series, we explore how managers shift future expenses to the current period as a speical charge...
  URL : http://www.wallstraits.com/main/viewarticle.php?id=218
  Last indexed on : 9/14/2002
  
  2) FINANCIAL SHENANIGANS VI: REVENUE SHIFT
  In the sixth article in our series, we explore how creative accountants sometimes shift current revenue to a later period to boost future profits...
  URL : http://www.wallstraits.com/main/viewarticle.php?id=217
  Last indexed on : 9/12/2002
  
  3) FINANCIAL SHENANIGANS V: LIABILITIES
  In the fifth part of our series on creative accounting tactics, we explore how accountants fail to record or improperly reduce liabilities...
  URL : http://www.wallstraits.com/main/viewarticle.php?id=215
  Last indexed on : 9/11/2002
  
  4) FINANCIAL SHENANIGANS IV: EARLY REVENUE
  In the fourth article of our series on creative accounting, we take a look at shifting current expenses to a later or earlier period...
  URL : http://www.wallstraits.com/main/viewarticle.php?id=214
  Last indexed on : 9/10/2002
  
  5) FINANCIAL SHENANIGANS III: ONE TIME GAINS
  Like a magician tapping a magic wand to make a rabbit appear from a hat, managers create profit from thin air...
  URL : http://www.wallstraits.com/main/viewarticle.php?id=208
  Last indexed on : 9/9/2002
  
  6) FINANCIAL SHENANIGANS II: BOGUS REVENUE
  In our second in a series of creative accounting articles, we explore the many ways a company can create bogus sales to boost short term results...
  URL : http://www.wallstraits.com/main/viewarticle.php?id=207
  Last indexed on : 9/6/2002
  
  7) FINANCIAL SHENANIGANS I: EARLY REVENUE
  The year 2002 may go down as the year of creative accounting disclosures. The collapse of Enron was a wake up call to investors to learn more about financial shenanigans...
  URL : http://www.wallstraits.com/main/viewarticle.php?id=205
  Last indexed on : 9/5/2002