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Annualised EPS: reading a quarterly result on the same footing as a year
A third-quarter EPS covers nine months. Before you compare it with last year's annual figure or divide the price by it, it has to be put on a twelve-month basis — here is how, and when not to.
Read the postBook close, cum-date and ex-date: when to buy to receive a bonus or right
Settlement takes two trading days, so the last day to buy is not the book-close date. How the cum-date is worked out and what happens to the price on the ex-date.
Read the postReading broker flow: what the floorsheet can and cannot tell you
Every trade has a buying broker and a selling broker, so the market's net flow is always zero. What matters is who is on each side — and how to read that without over-reading it.
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