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  1.

    How do I start using technical analysis?

  2. What is the difference between weighted average shares outstanding and basic weighted average shares?

  3. What is a cross hedge?

  4. What is the McGinley Dynamic?

  5. How do I value the shares that I own in a private company?

  6. Does the balance sheet always balance?

  7. What does it mean when "N/A" appears for a company's P/E ratio?

  8. What is the Coppock curve?

  9. What is the difference between return on equity and return on capital?

  10. What's the difference between "top-down" and "bottom-up" investing?

  11. What number of shares determines adequate liquidity for a stock?

  12. What is the difference between fundamental and technical analysis?

  13. Why are P/E ratios generally higher during times of low inflation?

  14. Where can I find the P/E ratios for the Dow and S&P 500?

  15. What is a split-adjusted share price?

  16. What's the difference between absolute P/E ratio and relative P/E ratio?

  17. What does it mean to use technical divergence in trading?

  18. Is it possible for a company to have a positive cash flow and a negative net income?

  19. How do I take qualitative factors into consideration when using fundamental analysis?

  20. What's the difference between old- and new-economy stocks?

  21. Is technical analysis used only to analyze stocks?

  22. What is the difference between fast and slow stochastics in technical analysis?

  23. Can a stock have a negative price-to-earnings (P/E) ratio?

  24. What is the weighted average of outstanding shares? How is it calculated?

  25. Can technical analysis be called a self-fulfilling prophecy?

  26. What is Fibonacci retracement, and where do the ratios that are used come from?

  27. Stocks with high P/E ratios can be overpriced. Is a stock with a lower P/E always a better investment than a stock with a higher one?

  28. What technical tools can I use to measure momentum?

  29. What is the difference between economic value added and market value added?

  30. I keep hearing about the 50-day, 100-day and 200-day moving averages. What do they mean, how do they differ from each other, and what causes them to act as support or resistance?

  31. When computing the PEG ratio for a stock, how is a company's earnings growth rate determined?

  32. Where do I place my target when the price of a stock breaks out of a technical chart pattern?

  33. Is maximizing stock price the same thing as maximizing profit?

  34. What do the bracketed numbers following a technical indicator mean?

  35. Does a strong trend (ADX > = 40) cause an increase in volatility?

  36. How do you determine a company's percentage of credit sales?

  37. What is the best method of analysis for forex trading?

  38. Can a company declare a dividend that exceeds its earnings per share?

  39. Which of the following terms are associated with the purchase/redemption of open-end investment company shares?

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  1.

    How do I start using technical analysis?

  2. What is the difference between weighted average shares outstanding and basic weighted average shares?

  3. What is a cross hedge?

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