Fundamental Analysis

Fundamental Analysis/ Stock Market Fundamentals

         Latest Market Info
         Financial Research Sites
         SEC Filings
         Insider Trading
         Market Commentaries
         Earnings
         Splits
         Economic Data
         Mergers & Aquisitions

Technical Analysis

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Market News

FUNDAMENTAL ANALYSIS/ STOCK MARKET FUNDAMENTALS

Here are some of the related fundamental analysis sites that could be of help when analysing the performance or potential of a certain stock.

Latest Market Information
Before you start jumping into a particular stock, it is wise to understand the happenings of the day or even week as this will show you what the attention of the market is leaning towards. As option pricing is affected by time factor, time of entry and exit to and from the market can spur critical gains or losses.

Financial Research Sites
To start off the analysis, these research sites are a great place to start finding out the details and the general picture of the industry, company and competition that the compnany faces. Studying these sites would give you a quick overview of the company details to see if there is any potential for you to investigate the company further.

SEC Filings
Companys file their quarterly reports and annual reports to SEC(Sercurities Exchange Commission). These filings shows great details of the companies including major partners, customers and country of operation. The profit/Loss figures are also shown in the filing. It is a good indication of the company's financial status as the annual filings are audited.

Insider Trading
Under SEC rules, the transaction of the company's stock that is carried out by it's employee needs to be filed and these would be reflected in insider trading.

Market Commentaries
There are many experts in the market that gives opinions about certain companies and industries, it is good to seek their opinions and use them to create better understanding on the industry or company especially for companies that you have litte experience in dealing with.

Earnings
The health of the company can be reflected on the earnings report and also the guidance forecast. Each company will announce earnings once every quarter and this presents and opportunity to log into their webcast to hear their opinions on their industry and their business plans.

Splits
Stock splits have pronoun effect on the stock prices over a period of time from the announcement up to the split. Find out where to go to get information about this.

Economic Data
Economic data describes inter-relationships between variables in the economy, and they indicate certain economic conditions and development that is useful to understand certain picture of the consumer sentiments.

Mergers and Acquisition
Overpaid or undervalued. M&A have the potential to compliment or contradict a company’s business strategy.

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