Unfortunatley I am not aware of any single course that would teach us all of these. Most of time the relevant portion is only 25% of the total material. Most of the unfortunate things with these courses is that the kind of exercise they expect investors to make is beyond the scope of any normal individual investor. For instance they would ask us to prepare a 5 year discounted cash flow method. Now 5 years is such a long period of time; companies could close down they could have competition grow faster then their peers or be over taken it leads to a lot of grey areas.
Individuals like us do not have access to all the management and above that we have limited time. SO if you opt for a formal training it would be difficult to put everything in practice.
ABout ratios no biography carries it all but there are very specific recalls of certain events in almost all the books. That is why I prefer to read them very slowly so that the concept sinks into my head. I must have read One up... at least 10 times! You could make out by the kind of stocks I wish to discuss on the forum.
Still you could check up on the CIIA course conducted by the ICFAi Hyderabad. It does have a greater proportion of practical study and there are a lot of case studies discussed as well. You would get it on their website.
Finally thank you so much for your kind words. But my formal education has played no role in the way I look at companies (I learnt the ratios there but applicatiuon is the trickiest part). I would owe my knowledge to
1) The books of the masters
2) Discussing things with like minded people - like we are doing here. Till date I did not know why Buffet did not buy Pepsi but coke. - Manish made it so easy. the next time I look at a company I will have this piece at the back of my mind.
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