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Common base year analysisThe representing of accounting information over multiple years as percentages of amounts in an initial year.Common base year analysis Similar MatchesElectronic Data Gathering, Analysis and Retrieval SystemElectronic Data Gathering, Analysis and Retrieval SystemIn the US, EDGAR, the Electronic Data Gathering, Analysis, and Retrieval system, performs automated collection, validation, indexing, acceptance, and forwarding of submissions by companies and others who are required by law to file forms with the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). Its primary purpose is to increase the efficiency and fairness of the securities market for the benefit of investors, corporations, and the economy by accelerating the receipt, acceptance, dissemination, and analysis of time-sensitive corporate information filed with the agency. Multiple discriminant analysis (MDA)Multiple discriminant analysis (MDA)Statistical technique for distinguishing between two groups on the basis of their observed characteristics. Discriminate analysisDiscriminate analysisA statistical process that links the probability of default to a specified set of financial ratios. Fundamental analysisFundamental analysisAn approach to investment that focuses on analysis of a company's financial and business strengths, and how its performance has been converted into share price movements in the past.So fundamental analysis is primarily concerned with:turnovercompetitive advantagemanagementprofitabilityassetscash flowearningsrelative strength of the share priceOn the basis of these, analysts forecast:the future growth rate of a company's earningshow long the expected growth rate will lastWith those figures, the analysts predict the stream of future dividends from the company, discount them backwards to get their current value, and arrive at a figure for what the shares are currently worth.Critics of this sort of analysis argue that the figures are highly conjectural given that no-one knows how quickly a company will grow, nor how long it will carry on growing.Fundamental analysis is often contrasted with technical analysis which focuses less on the business per se than on pure share price movements and how they are influenced by market sentiment. As far as technical analysts are concerned, the value of a share has less to do with a mathematical computation of future earnings than it does with the mood of the market and 'what people will pay'. Mean variance analysisMean variance analysisEvaluation of risky prospects based on the expected value and variance of possible outcomes. Further Suggestionsregression analysisScenario analysis Time series analysis Regression analysis Regression analysis Force Field Analysis Cross sectional analysis Quantitative analysis Factor analysis Rescaled Range (R or S) Analysis Quantitative analysis Comparative credit analysis Horizontal analysis Prospective analysis Comparative market analysis Market analysis Decision Break Point Analysis technical analysis Common size analysis Ex ante analysis Ex post analysis Technical analysis Cluster analysis Trend Ratio Analysis Retrospective analysis |
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