fundamental analysis

Fundamental analysis studies products, markets, management, earnings, market share (among other factors) of a company.  Fundamentals help investors spot undervalued opportunities. (…)

Technical analysis is a way to study investments only using prices.  By comparison, fundamental analysis is a way to study the value of an investment using practically everything else.  Prepared as charts, some forms of technical analysis use (or incorporate) trading volume and moving averages, rates of change, among other measures.  But the primary measure for technical analysis is price. (…)

There are two basic ways to analyze investment opportunities:

Fundamental analysis, and
Technical analysis. (…)

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Fundamental analysis will never tell you when to get out of an investment. Never.

The Treasury Department said Friday that Sun Bancorp Inc. of Vineland, New Jersey, repaid $89.3 million, money it originally received on Jan. 9. They gave back the TARP money. Does that make it a good investment?

Did you know General Electric (GE) posted record revenues last quarter?  That has not really helped their stock, has it?   Remember always, price is the ultimate indicator, which is why I rely more and more on charts.  Fundamental analysts and company management can pontificate all day long about market share, earnings and revenues.  If the market doesn't like it, the stock is going down. (…)

Warren Buffett writes an annual letter to the shareholders of Berkshire Hathaway each year.  If you've never read them, you really ought to.  They are priceless gems.  Not a laugh a minute, but an interesting observation on what's happening. (…)

When I was in college, I loved listening to a local college radio station (WFUV, Fordham) that had a sports-talk show on Sunday nights.  The show featured something new: phone calls from listeners!  This was more than 25 years ago, before WFAN in New York, ESPN Radio and all the other sports outlets we have today. (…)

There's a great story I read in the New York Times. It’s part business/part technology. (…)

Exxon reported nearly $12 billion in profits for the previous quarter recently. $12 billion! More net profits in one quarter, than ever recorded in the history of mankind.
And what did the stock do? (…)

Ever heard of Bill Miller? He runs the Legg Mason Value Trust (LVMTX). Miller is literally splattered all over CNBC and other media outlets. (…)

Do you remember the television program, "Who wants to be a Millionaire"?The show was actually featured in a terrific book "The Wisdom of Crowds" by James Suriowiecki. (…)

The period we're in now is not necessarily a "bull market" or a "bear market" but more like a structurally "fair market." I didn't make that up on my own — Tom Dorsey, from Dorsey Wright and Associates in Richmond coined that term. (…)

Most Wall Street recommendations to buy are based on projected future revenues and/or projected future earnings. Projected. Or you could say, "predicted". (…)

The beauty of the Point & Figure chart is that the chart has no preconceived bias. (…)

Hanging onto a stock because your broker says "it's a good value" doesn't help when you're losing money, right?
Look, much ink has been spilled lately about the stock market. (…)

 

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