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How easy is for a bot to read fundamentals? I do not know if there is some place to gather this kind of data.

I mean, in "The intelligent investor" the author points out that lots of companies bury important information in side notes in their annual reports, that can totally change their attractiveness.

I wonder how easy is to check these things nowadays.


That data set is harder to come by, which really sucks... morningstar has something like that - historical fundamentals - and they charge a ton. But I think Quantopian gives access to it? Not sure if others do. And there might be ways for other services to bundle it somehow across many subscribers.


Yes, this is a constant thing in Spain too.

Tech companies whining about worker shortage hit the news several times every year, yet working conditions and salaries never get better.


Then, do not go for a degree in Computer Science if that is all you want. I am sure there are cheaper and better ways to become a practician than going through college.

Becoming a software developer is just one of the possible career options after a CS degree.


I doubt that there are cheaper and better ways to become a practician than going through college. In India, where I live, most companies are not interested in you unless you have a degree. The normal path to a career in programming is to get a CS degree. And the normal outcome from a CS degree is a career in tech. So, they are much more closely related than you acknowledge, at least in my part of the world (things may be different in yours).


Yes, it happens also in Spain: companies want college degrees for their software factories, and at the same time complain that colleges do not teach anything useful.

It's not colleges fault, in my opinion.


Stock market is not that risky in the very long term, say, 10 years or more, if done well.

And by "done well" I do not mean predicting ups and downs, but having a diversified portfolio (investing everything in one company is not a good idea, does not matter how promising or established it looks), which is doable with all the investment funds out there that ask for a very low minimum investment.

Check these books:

http://www.amazon.com/Intelligent-Investor-Definitive-Invest...

http://www.amazon.com/Little-Book-Common-Sense-Investing/dp/...


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