What are 'fundamentals'? Definition & meaning

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Accounting standards

The rules a company follows when preparing financial statements.

Quick ratio

Learn what quick ratio stands for in financial terms and how to calculate it.

Value Investing

The art of buying shares which trade below their value, according to the analysis of the value investor.

Hypothesis Testing

A mathematical test used to determine whether a claim is true or false.

Global Investment Performance Standards (GIPS)

A set of standards which investors use to present their investment results.

Diversification

An investment strategy in which money is put into a variety assets.

Securities

Bonds and stocks.

Alpha

The percentage by which an investor outperforms a relevant benchmark.

After-hours trading

Trading outside of a stock exchange's opening hours.

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Fundamentals