Fundamental analysis is like looking "under the hood" of a company. Investors who use this strategy focus on the business itself – its financial health, products and services, industry position, and future growth prospects. They dig into balance sheets and income statements, study profit margins, debt levels, and management performance. The idea is to estimate […]

Owning quality businesses is the key to long-term success in the market. But figuring out what makes a quality business is hard to do. You need a company that gushes free cash, consistently increases dividends, has a strong balance sheet, can maintain and grow market share, and to top it off... you need to make […]

Instead of studying businesses, technical analysis means studying stock prices and trading patterns. Technical analysts believe that all the fundamental information is already reflected in the stock's price. So they look for recurring patterns or signals that indicate where the price might go next. To a well-known technical analyst like Greg Diamond, "The ups and […]