Stock Selection Processes

Feb 20th, 2010

There are actually two strategies involved in the analysis of the trading industry, and those are known as fundamental and technical analysis. Traders will rely on these kinds of analytical strategies in making their decisions. It must then be noted that each of the stock will have its own trends and the influencing factors; hence there is no specific strategy that works for all.

Fundamental analysis will be used by the traders as a stock picking tip because of the desire to observe how solid the company is.  If their balance sheet, working capital, amount of debt and current management is strong, then the company is a good company to invest in.

However, the problem with this kind of strategy is that sometimes the investors in the stock market look at other sources of information to make their decisions on whether or not to buy shares in a company.  Sometimes a company can be very strong but for some reason traders choose to ignore the fundamental strengths of t he company.  The company may be in the wrong industry or something else may be happening globally that affects the price of the stock.

Due to this, traders may not be able to predict the price range of the stock.  By considering the various factors will also then create a noise in the analysis process. You need to take note that the market factors are also dynamic and it will not always cause the prices of the stocks to move in a specific direction in the market.

Technical analysis is the process that can be used to predict the future of the movement of the prices of stock is by using the historical trends that are made available to the traders. The traders will try and predict the movements of the particular stock they are studying based on what has happened in the past.  They will sometimes ignore the fundamental analysis of a stock and try to jump in at the time the stock is expected to move upward.  They are looking for a bounce based on what has happened before and where the price of the stock is in relation to its supposed cycles.

The smart investor will take advantage of both of these types of analysis.  They will look at the fundamentals of the company to determine if they are a good fit for their trading system and then use the technical analysis to determine the entry point.  Using this strategy will enable them to make money on their stock investments.

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