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Mar 19, 2025 5:34 PM - Sanzhi Kobzhan
How to Use the FMP Ratings Snapshot API to Find Great Stocks
Investing in stocks requires careful research and analysis. One of the most effective ways to evaluate a company’s financial health is by using key financial metrics. The FMP Ratings Snapshot API provides a quick and easy way to analyze companies based on critical financial scores, helping investors...
Mar 14, 2025 5:15 PM - Sanzhi Kobzhan
How Investors Can Benefit from the Senate Trading Activity API
The Senate Trading Activity API endpoint provides real-time access to stock transactions made by U.S. senators. This is a valuable resource for investors looking to gain insights into how politicians are investing their money. Lawmakers often have access to high-level economic and regulatory informa...
Mar 11, 2025 4:47 PM - Sanzhi Kobzhan
How Investors Can Use Institutional Ownership Filings to Make Better Investment Decisions
When it comes to investing, one valuable strategy is to track the movements of institutional investors. Institutional investors, such as hedge funds, mutual funds, and pension funds, are often thought to have more resources, knowledge, and experience than individual investors. The Institutional Owne...
Jan 7, 2025 10:00 AM - Sanzhi Kobzhan
Understanding ESG and How to Use It in Your Trade Ideas
In today’s market, sustainable investing is more than just a buzzword—it’s a way for investors to align their portfolios with companies that demonstrate responsible practices. That’s where an ESG score comes in. ESG stands for Environmental, Social, and Governance—three key areas that capture a comp...
Dec 15, 2024 5:21 PM - Sanzhi Kobzhan
How to Start Analyzing Stocks for Smarter Investments
If you are new to the world of investing, understanding how to analyze a stock can feel overwhelming. However, by breaking it down into a few simple steps, you can start to get a better sense of whether a company is worth your money. Let’s look at a few key factors—EPS, social sentiment, and analyst...
Dec 11, 2024 4:38 PM - Sanzhi Kobzhan
How to Choose Top Stocks for 2025 Using Financial Modeling Prep’s APIs
When it comes to investing in the stock market, many people wonder how to find the top stocks for the future. While no one can predict the future with perfect accuracy, there are ways to gather helpful information that can guide our decisions. One great tool is the Financial Modeling Prep (FMP) API,...
Dec 6, 2024 2:34 PM - Sanzhi Kobzhan
How to find great undervalued stocks with amazing growth potential using Google Sheets and Financial Modeling Prep endpoints.
Stock selection is a very important process, as correct stock selection together with the right asset allocation can bring you positive return over the longer term. In this article let's focus on stock selection and how to choose great stocks with amazing growth potential. A lot of investment ana...
Nov 26, 2024 3:33 PM - Sanzhi Kobzhan
How to monitor your stocks' target prices change and undertake appropriate actions depending on the stock's fair value change.
Stock target price represents a valuable indication of companies' fair value based on companies' financials and peer comparisons. If you know the stock target price, you can understand analyst and traders' sentiment towards this stock and undertake appropriate actions depending on the stock target p...
Nov 25, 2024 12:57 PM - Sanzhi Kobzhan
How to analyze stocks quickly using the Stock Price Change API and how this API endpoint can help you in your trading
If you're interested in how stocks are doing over different time periods, the Stock Price Change API from Financial Modeling Prep can be a handy tool. Here’s how you can use it and what kind of analysis you can do with the data it provides. What is the Stock Price Change API? The Stock Price C...
Oct 21, 2024 8:03 PM - Sanzhi Kobzhan
How to Track Cryptocurrency Prices Using Financial Modeling Prep's API and JavaScript
Are you interested in tracking cryptocurrency prices and building your own simple app, but have no coding experience? Don't worry! This guide will walk you through how traders and analysts can use Financial Modeling Prep's Full Crypto Quote API to build a simple app that tracks prices using JavaScri...
Oct 15, 2024 11:33 AM - Sanzhi Kobzhan
Stock Fair Value Calculation Using DDM Equity Valuation Model
As you may know, there are three main equity valuation models. The Discounted Cash Flow (DCF) model discounts a company's free cash flow by the WACC (weighted average cost of capital), calculates the company's Terminal Value, discounts it by the WACC, sums up the result to get the Enterprise Valu...
Oct 11, 2024 5:04 PM - Sanzhi Kobzhan
Equity selection process, a complete guide. From stock selection and risk management to trade execution, asset allocation, and portfolio evaluation.
Equity selection consists of multiple stages. Investment analysts and traders go through different stages when selecting stocks for their investment portfolio. In this article, we will dive deep into this process, and by the end of this article, you will be able to select stocks like professional in...
Oct 10, 2024 1:57 PM - Sanzhi Kobzhan
How to define the strength of the trend with Exponential Moving Average (EMA)
The Exponential Moving Average (EMA) is a widely used indicator in Technical Analysis, designed to help smooth out price data and identify trends by placing greater weight on recent prices. This makes it particularly valuable in fast-moving markets, as it quickly responds to price changes while mini...
Oct 8, 2024 8:26 AM - Sanzhi Kobzhan
How to Choose the Right ETF
Exchange-Traded Funds (ETFs) are financial instruments that offer diversification, flexibility, and cost-efficiency and track different assets. They can track stocks, bonds, FX, or have mixed instruments. When you buy an ETF, you buy a financial instrument, and the performance of that ETF is the wei...
Oct 7, 2024 2:41 PM - Sanzhi Kobzhan
How to Build a Recession-Proof Stock Portfolio
Investing during a recession can be challenging, but with the right strategies, you can protect your investments and even find opportunities to grow your wealth. A recession-proof stock portfolio focuses on companies that remain stable and perform well even when the economy is struggling. This guide...
Oct 7, 2024 11:50 AM - Sanzhi Kobzhan
How to Perform Financial Statement Analysis to Identify Great Stocks
Financial statement analysis is essential in selecting the best stocks, as it provides insights into a company’s financial health, profitability, and growth potential. This article outlines a comprehensive approach to financial statement analysis, utilizing key metrics and Financial Modeling Prep (F...
Aug 31, 2024 2:27 PM - Sanzhi Kobzhan
What are API endpoints and how can traders use them?
Dear traders, how do you obtain stock market data? Everyone should access fresh and accurate data to analyze investments and define great trading strategies. As you may know, buying a stock based on its price level is not the best option because buying a stock is all about buying a company. You shou...
Aug 27, 2024 10:24 AM - Sanzhi Kobzhan
What Are Japanese Candlesticks and How to Use Them to Get Valuable Trade Signals?
Japanese candlesticks are a popular tool used by traders to analyze stock prices and make trading decisions. These candlesticks provide a visual representation of price movements over a specific time period, helping traders see the patterns that emerge. The technique originated in Japan over 300 yea...
Aug 11, 2024 12:05 PM - Sanzhi Kobzhan
How to pick great stocks: complete guidance!
Today, I will show you how my stock selection process looks and what steps you need to go through in order to pick great shares. Before we start, I need to tell you that there is no secret formula for picking stocks that will always be rising or companies that will always be great. There is no formu...
Jul 21, 2024 1:21 PM - Sanzhi Kobzhan
How to minimize market risk or portfolio management options for equity investors.
When it comes to market risk minimization, two principles come into play: diversification and right asset allocation. First, let's start with diversification. You may have heard the expression, "don't put all your eggs in one basket." This applies to the diversification principle, meaning that it is...
