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Trend Ratio AnalysisThe comparison of the successive values of each ratio for a single firm over a number of years.Trend Ratio Analysis Similar MatchesQuantitative analysisQuantitative analysisAn analysis of the mathematically measurable figures of a company, such as the value of assets or projected sales. 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'. Ex ante analysisEx ante analysisAnalysis of the effects of a policy, such as trade liberalization or formation of a PTA, based only on information available before the policy is undertaken. Also prospective analysis. Prospective analysisProspective analysisEx ante analysis. Mean variance analysisMean variance analysisEvaluation of risky prospects based on the expected value and variance of possible outcomes. Further SuggestionsMultiple discriminant analysis (MDA)Comparative credit analysis Discriminate analysis Qualitative analysis Ex post analysis Common size analysis Factor analysis Decision Break Point Analysis Rescaled Range (R or S) Analysis Cluster analysis Common base year analysis Technical analysis Regression analysis Scenario analysis Retrospective analysis Electronic Data Gathering, Analysis and Retrieval System Comparative market analysis Credit analysis Quantitative analysis technical analysis Market analysis Cross sectional analysis Break even analysis Force Field Analysis regression analysis |
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