I pay $400 per hour
If he finds a problem I get off less than 1k
If it's fundamentally sound it costs a lot
And the analysis doesn't stop just because you bought it
I don't advise any individual to trade individual stocks unless he can devote about 16 hours day to it
but then again, I don't advise anybody to trade anything they can't devote their life to
A very short amount of time to choose/analyze what stock(s) to trade -- but if you want to get technical...a very long amount of time to come to that realization point.