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Fundamental Analysis 1:
Economic Analysis
Company Specific
Factors
Sales
Competitive strength
Industry demand/
supply
Less Costs
of sales
Operating efficiency
Industry wage
Levels:
Industrial
infrastructure
Import-export policy
Capital
Structure/financial
leverage policy
Industry cost of
capital
Earnings Before
Interest
Depreciation
& Taxes (EBIDT)
Less Interest
Industry
Factors
Macro-Economic
Cont.
Less
Depreciation
Less Tax
Operational leverage
policy
Tax Planning and
Management
Industry practices
Industrial lobby
Fiscal Policy
Net Earnings
After Tax
(NEAT)
Less
(Preference
Dividend)
Capital Structure
Policy
Industry Practices
Interest Rate
Structure, Capital
Conditions
Distributable
Earnings
Less
Equity Dividend
Dividend Policy
Industry Practices
Retained
Earnings
Money supply
Industrial production
Capacity utilisation
Unemployment
Inflation
Growth in GDP
Cont.
Institutional lending
Stock prices
Monsoons
Fiscal deficit
Credit/Deposit ratio
Industrial wages
Industrial wages
Technological innovations
Cont.
Infrastructural facilities
Interest rates
Foreign investments
Macroeconomic Analysis
The government employs two broad classes of macroeconomic policies,
viz. demand-side policies and supply-side policies.
Fiscal Policy
Fiscal policy is concerned with the spending and tax initiatives of the
government. It is the most direct tool to stimulate or dampen the economy.
Monetary Policy
The main tools of monetary policy are:
Bank rate
Reserve requirements
Economic Forecasting
Economic forecasting is a must for making investment decision.
Forecasting techniques can also be divided and categories: Short-term
forecasting techniques and Long-term forecasting techniques.
Techniques used
Economic indicators
Diffusion index
Surveys
Cont.
Anticipatory Surveys
This is very simple method through which investors can form their
opinion/expectations with respect to the future state of the economy. This
is a survey of expert opinions of those prominent in the government,
business, trade and industry. Generally, it incorporates expert opinion with
construction activities, plant and machinery expenditure, level of inventory
etc. that are important economic activities. Anticipatory surveys can also
incorporate the opinion or future plans of consumers regarding their
spending. So long as people plan and budget their expenditure and
implement their plans accordingly, such surveys should provide valuable
input, as a starting point.
Diffusion index
an expansion or contraction.
Research, USA.
Cont.
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5. Thus the GNP model building involves all the details described
above with a considerable amount of judgment.
6. What has accounted for this suddenly revived economy? One
likely answer is definitely a cut in customs and a corresponding
reduction in excise, which has helped reduce the cost structure of a
number of products. This has made a number of products cheaper in
domestic market and expanded the demand for them in the process.
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