Company Data Web Scraping with Python Selenium

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Hi readers, this post is a continuation of using Python Selenium to get public company list in Indonesia. I suggest to read that piece first before you continue. You can read the previous post here.

After we get the company list, the next logical question will be, how are they performing as a business. Sure, each of them will publish their financial report every quarter in their websites. In addition, there are also many free apps that we can use to create a watchlist. However, selecting good companies is tricky, not only we need to select those with strong historical performance, but we also need to ensure they have potential growth for the next few years. I am saying next few years and not forever because everything can happen. In addition, world is never the same after Covid-19 strikes in early 2020. Hope this post can give you a glimpse on how to select fundamentally strong companies.

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Why I leave Gojek group

Hi all, it’s been a while since my last post for sure. I have been struggling to keep up with the pace in my current workplace and looks like it has taken its toll. This post is dedicated on explaining why I took this hard decision to leave the company. Hint: health is the most important thing, please maintain it well so we can enjoy our life not from hospital bed.

Disclaimer: all of the content here are my own opinion and does not reflect the whole company situation.

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Web Scraping with Python Selenium

There are lots of data in the internet and it will keep growing as we speak. Sometimes, we want to analyze it but wondering what are the options and how we can do that. In addition, we may also want to automate this so we don’t have to run it manually in our local. This post will explain an example on how to get publicly listed company list from Indonesian Stock Exchange (IDX). Selenium was chosen because we need to interact with the page in order to get what we want and this tool supports that purpose. Let’s get into more details.

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Understanding Financial Report – Part III

This is the third and final part of understanding financial report of a company called Cashflow report. You can catch up with the first part here and the second part here. Knowing the full part of the report can help us to find which companies have good fundamental performance so we can invest our money later and avoid fishy reporting that some companies may attempt to. Go check it out!

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Understanding Financial Report – Part II

Hi all, it’s been a while since my last post about personal finance. This is the second part of understanding financial report which called Profit-Loss report (P/L), you can check the first post about understanding Balance Sheet, here. This is the most interesting part for me since we can imagine the numbers by using simple examples. In addition, there are many major information related with how well a company operates at a glance only by using this report. Let’s go check it out!

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Second (and Last) Year of High School (2003-2004)

It’s been a while since my last post. I guess my work has started to take its toll with crazy long hours and whatnot. I write this by taking a day off from work since I think I really need to. As promised, I’ll share my story about my last year during high school and the preparation for my senior high school. Read on for more ups and downs story in my life.

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Acquisition during Covid, What to Expect?

Hi guys, sorry I don’t write much recently. I guess Covid really takes its toll because it’s still showing increasing trend in Indonesia while some other countries also see what we called a second wave. As you all may know, my current company Moka was acquired by Gojek around April 2020. Without Covid, I guess the acquisition itself already impact in many aspects. Now that we are doing it during Covid, I think this provides me with the unique experience which worth to share to many of you. Read on to know more about both opportunities and challenges I face nowadays.

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Artificial Intelligence (AI) Definition

This post is part of my speak back in 10 June 2020. I will describe the chunk of this session bit by bit in the next few articles. If you want to check the deck directly, you can download it below. This part will focus on the definition of AI itself which somehow getting popular in recent years. Read on for more details.

Introduction to AI for Business Download

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First Year in High School (2002)

Hi there! Been a while since the last post about my school journey. This part will focus on the first year during my junior high school. I will talk about the first few days and how I eventually got into a weird class so I can finish my high school in two years rather than three.

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Statistics 101

Intro

Now that we have the data at hand, rhe next question will be: what’s inside it? In this post, I will explain about some basic terms to get basic understanding of numerical data. Example in real life can be exam results, and everything with a price tag on it like house, car, or stock. Let’s go dig deeper on that.

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