In: Finance
Explain each of the following methods for the analysis of share prices:
Random walk theory
Technical (or chart) analysis
Fundamental analysis
| RANDOM WALK THEORY | |||||||||
| According to the random walk theory, stock prices take a random | |||||||||
| and unpredictable path. Therefore it is not possible to outperform | |||||||||
| the market. | |||||||||
| The random walk theory is consistent with the efficient market hypothesis. | |||||||||
| According to the efficient market hypothesis, the stock price reflect all | |||||||||
| available information and the market price of a stock is the intrinsic value of the stock. | |||||||||
| TECHNICAL ANALYSIS | |||||||||
| Technical analysis is the analysis that is used to predict future stock prices based on | |||||||||
| past market data primarily price and volume. | |||||||||
| FUNDAMENTAL ANALYSIS | |||||||||
| Fundamental analysis is the analysis of a stocks intrinsic value. | |||||||||
| In other words, the analysis involves analysis of the economy, | |||||||||
| analysis of the industry, and analysis of financial metrics of a company | |||||||||
| to be able to predict the stock price. | |||||||||
| Fundamental analysis is used to estimate whether a stock is undervalued | |||||||||
| or overvalued in the market. | |||||||||