Introduction
The biggest part of fundamental analysis is the financial statement analysis which is also known as quantitative analysis. What do you do here? You look at historical performance date so that you can estimate the future performance of stocks. Those who follow this process of analyzing gathers as much data as they can find on revenue, expenses, assets, liabilities and everything else about the financial aspects of a company. The fundamental analysist look at this info so that they can gain insight on a company's future performance. Afterall, this is what fundamental analysis is all about -- focusing on the patterns, trends in order to determine a company's potential future growth.
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