Monitor your Investments (6)

Monitoring shares

You should also monitor the company whose shares you have bought by

tracking its

i) profitability,

ii) earnings growth,

iii) gearing and

iv)dividend payouts.


Read the

a) company's announcements,

b) shareholders' circulars,

c) annual and interim reports and


focus on

i) closing dates of rights,

ii) warrants,

iii) takeovers,

iv) earnings,

v) auditor's report and

vi) the directors' interest.

You should also attend the annual general meetings to find out how the company is managed and to gauge its business prospects.