The Five Rules for Successful Stock Investing

Morningstar's Pat Dorsey on reading a company before buying its stock.

Dorsey was director of stock analysis at Morningstar when he wrote this. He covers how to read a balance sheet, how to spot a durable competitive advantage and how to think about valuation, then works through ten sectors one at a time.

John Wiley & Sons, 2004, paperback. Old enough that the example companies have changed. The analytical framework is what people still buy it for.