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GNP - value of all goods produced by national economy
GDP - output of goods produced by labor and property in nation |
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Rise in the prices of goods
Deflation - decline in prices of goods
Disinflation - reduction in level of inflation
Stagflation - high inflation and unemployment |
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avg manufacturing production
initial unemployment claims
new consumer goods orders
vendor performance
contracts and order for plant and equipment
building permits
S&P 500 stocks
Money supply
change in business credit
interest rate spreads (10 yr treasury - fed. funds)
consumer expectation |
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Coincident econ. indicators
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nonagriculture payrolls
personal income - transfer pmts
industrial production
manufacturing and trade sales |
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avg duration of unemployment
relationship of inventories to sales
labor cost per output of manufactured goods
prime rate charged by bank
commercial and industrial loans
consumer installment credit to personal income
CPI index |
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Large cap - >1B
Mid cap - 2-10B
Small cap - 300M-2B
Micro cap - 50-300M
Nano - <50M |
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| Government intervention is key for sustained economic growth through fiscal policy and taxation |
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| reducing taxes and size of gov. to stimulate economy by giving people money to invest |
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| control money supply and credit affecting interest rates and controlling economy |
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| amount of money set by Fed that banks need to keep on hand |
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| Fed sets rate that are charged for loans to banks |
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| short term loans from banks to banks that satisfy reserve requirements (very volatile) |
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investing in stocks that expect to grow faster than peers
high earnings and revenue
low dividends |
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| investing in stocks that are underpriced fundamentally to ratios |
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| growth at a reasonable price |
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combines value and growth
low P/E, low PEG, low price-to-book |
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| pricing moving in a certain direction will continue that way in near future |
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| buy and sell securities that are undervalued or overvalued |
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| investors search for companies in default and fund restructuring to cash in when company turns around |
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