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A 3 page paper answering 3 questions about security analysis. The paper includes a comparison of technical vs fundamental analysis, and comments on the effects of "what if" questions. Some of the topics are ROE; DuPont Identity; and effects of stock splits. Bibliography lists 5 sources.
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File: CC6_KSfinSecValu.rtf
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security analysis should be more straightforward than it is. Russel and Torbey (2002) quote Warren Buffett as saying, "Id be a bum in the street with a tin cup
if the markets were efficient." Clearly, Warren Buffett believes that markets are not efficient at all, that it is possible to find and exploit undervalued stocks and so maximize
investment return on those stocks. Those subscribing to the concepts of fundamental analysis "do not heed the advice of the random walkers and believe that markets are weak-form efficient.
By believing that prices do not accurately reflect all available information, fundamental analysts look to capitalize on perceived price discrepancies" (Fundamental Analysis, n.d.). 1. Security Analysis in Practice
By definition, the purpose of security analysis is to assess the various factors that may be able to affect a securitys value. Because
no one can know the future with absolute certainty, it is necessary to base analysis on historical fact combined with probable future changes.
There are two broad approaches to security analysis. Technical analysis uses "dozens of different quantitative metrics in order to predict stock prices" (Security Analysis, n.d.) but does not consider
any qualitative facts about the organization at all. Some of the metrics can be moving average, "support and resistance, advance/decline lines, relative strength, momentum, and volume" (Security Analysis, n.d.).
Fundamental analysis evaluates a stock more by qualities of the company and its markets than by the metrics of technical analysis. Some
of the values that fundamental analysis may include are "price/earnings ratio, PEG, dividend yields, book value, price/sales ratio, and return on equity" (Security Analysis, n.d.). As usual, in practice
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