Trading Basics
Earnings Per Share
Also EPS. Its the net earnings of a company divided by the number of shares in issue.
Other Trading Basics
Analysts
Those that conduct analysis on markets, with the view of providing insights to market participants.
Bear Trap
When a piece of analysis points to the market falling and the price instead goes up, trapping the bears.
Book Value
A valuation of something using its net assets on the balance sheet.
A very rough way of valuing an asset because it ignores the intangibles.
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