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Enron, once lauded as the most innovative firm for six years, plummeted from a $60 billion market value to bankruptcy in just three months.
Choose funds wisely: clarify goals, assess risk. Understand stock and bond funds; study manager backgrounds and past performance.
The EPS metric is used to measure corporate earnings and represents earnings per common share. High EPS is more attractive, and its disadvantages include not considering the stock price and being affected by special factors.
The Bank of England was the world's first central bank, founded in 1694. It was the earliest to fully play the function of a central bank, marking the rise of the modern banking industry.
The Williams Indicator (WR) is used to measure overbought and oversold conditions in the market, providing a potential market reversal signal. It can be comprehensively analyzed with other technical indicators.
On December 11, 2008, Wall Street icon Bernard Madoff was arrested by the FBI, admitted to losing billions, and got a 150-year prison sentence.
The Fear & Greed Index (FGI) is an indicator used to measure market sentiment for investment decisions. A high greed index indicates that market investors are too optimistic, and a high fear index indicates that market investors are too fearful.
ROI refers to the return on investment, which is used to measure the benefits and returns of an investment or expenditure. A higher ROI is considered a better investment, depending on different investment objectives and risk tolerance.
The London Stock Exchange, although not the first stock exchange in the world, was the foundation of Britain's emergence as an international financial center, from London's Jonathan's Café, to the stock exchange.
The ROE metric is the return on shareholders' equity, which is used to measure the company's profitability and shareholder value creation ability. A higher ROE is usually considered good but must be considered along with industry standards.
A stock market provides venues and rules for trading securities and is designed to facilitate transactions between buyers and sellers. It has functions of supervision, management and market data release.
Profitability indicators reflect the ability of a business or investment to achieve profitability in a specific period of time, and assess economic conditions, financial health, and risk levels, and help investors select profitable company stocks.
Trade balance is the difference between exports and imports of a country or region in international trade, which can be divided into trade surplus and trade deficit. It is closely related to net exports, trade balance and capital outflow.
Market sentiment indicators are used to reflect the emotions and confidence levels of market participants, helping investors understand changes in market sentiment and potential turning points in the market.
The Purchasing Managers' Index (PMI) reflects the economic activity in both the manufacturing and non-manufacturing sectors of a country or region. It is a leading economic indicator that can predict economic and market trends.