The stock market is a forward-looking machine, with a motor that just won't quit. So when it comes to figuring out whether a stock is worth buying, investors care most about where profits are headed, ...

J.B. Maverick is an active trader, commodity futures broker, and stock market analyst 17+ years of experience, in addition to 10+ years of experience as a finance writer and book editor. Forward P/E ...

Trailing 12 Months, or “TTM,” is a financial data format. It refers to a set of data that covers the past 12 months. Investors can use a TTM analysis for any metric they would like to analyze, from ...

A trailing stock loss is an order that executes when the price of a security moves a percentage or dollar amount in a specified direction. Investors use trailing stop orders to protect gains. A ...