1. Is the net income of a year the money the company made that particular year or is it a number whose significance is quite doubtful? 2. Is depreciation the loss of value of fixed assets? 3. The so-called "cash flow" (net income plus depreciation) is a flow of cash, but is it a flow to the shareholders or to the company? 4. The dividend is the part of the net income that the company distributes to shareholders. As the dividend represents real money, the net income is also real money. Is that true? 5. The part of the net income that is not distributed to shareholders goes to reserves (shareholders' equity). As dividends represent real money, reserves are also real money. Is that true? 6. Does the shareholders' equity represent the savings a company has accumulated through the years? 7. Is book value the best proxy to the value of the shares? 8. Is a valuation realized by a prestigious investment bank a scientifically approved result which any investor could use as a reference? 9. Is it possible for a company with a positive net income and which does not distribute dividends to find itself in suspension of payments?