Click on any magazine to get your Free issues and discount. Many more selections are also available. Researching companies requires many hours of concentrated effort. It can't be done in a few minutes. Sure you can get a quick glimpse of a company's past performance by looking at it's chart however, if you're intending to invest money into a company you really need to spend the right amount of time.
Research requires a series of steps to get the overall picture of a company.
Keep in mind that even though a company looks really good on paper, its no guarantee that it will perform the way you expect. There are also many daily factors including company news, press releases, national news, buyers, sellers, and many more factors that affect a stock's movement each day. Developing your research skills and your trading strategy is a simple step by step process. However, you must be willing to devote the time required to master these skills. The following technique is one of many methods use in Technical Analysis.