Thursday, 7 March 2013

Stock Investing Strategies PART-3 (Technicals Vs Fundamentals)

Part 0, Part 1, Part 2


Welcome Readers,

As I said in previous parts that we will see how to read different sensex charts to determine the probability of making correct assumptions.  Before we apply any strategy to pick a particular stock it is common to do either technical analysis or fundamental analysis or for sound investment – both. 

So in this post I just make an attempt to bring one idea of what is technical analysis and fundamental analysis.
Going in detail, I can say these two are quite opposite, how? Technical analysis looks at price moments of stock in chart and estimates the future stock price movements. Whereas fundamental analysis is based on the economic factors of balance sheet, income statements, price ratios etc., ultimately in fundamental analysis tries to identify whether the company is potential for sound investing or not !!  Technical analysis is completely different to fundamental analysis, it assumes that all fundamentals included in the stock and then go for analyzing the price moments of stock in chart. 

Hope I make you clear on two different aspects, at the same time I think I made you confused. isn’t it!!

Yes, now in most of us should have raised a question that which one to go for – in picking a particular stock?    

Fundamental Analysis? , Technical Analysis?

Fundamentals are very important, without fundamentals market would not move. It gives a bird view of a company for understanding the balance sheets, income statements, Changes in management, environmental factors, Competitors strategies etc., by considering all these factors it gives a predicted value of future cash flow. 

Technical analysis starts with assuming all the fundamental factors included in stock and then go for identifying the trends in price moments and volumes to make a sound decision on predicting the future stock price.

Few tips got from experts: 

If you are planning to invest for a longer period then it is better to go for strong fundamental analysis. 

Suppose if you are expecting returns in short period of time (say 1 year) then go for fundamental analysis initially and at the time you feel to trade go for technical analysis for better returns. 

If you want immediate returns right after your investment then go only for technical analysis, i.e. trends in price moments and volumes. 

*As the period increases the fundamentals should be strong *  

That’s all for today
Have a blessed day

 

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