Questions to ask yourself while doing your detective work

Does the company have any identifiable consumer monopolies or brand-name products.

Do you understand how it works?

Is the company conservatively Financed? 

Are the earnings of the company strong and do they show an upward trend? 

The company allocates capital only to those businesses within its realm of expertise?

 How frequently does the company buy back its own shares?

 How does the management spend the retained earnings of the company?

 The company’s return on equity above average?

 Is the company free to adjust prices to inflation?