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How can I remove the movement of the stock market as a whole from the movement in price of an individual share?
I think it would be useful to have a chart that shows how much a specific share out- or under-performs the composite index, e.g. Apple compared to the Nasdaq-100. I think (though I may be naive about ...
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What does “more buyers than sellers” in technical analysis of stocks actually mean?
I often hear/read technical analysts looking at volume and price action on a chart and claiming that there are "more buyers than sellers" or vice versa.
Since every trade requires a buyer and a ...
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What could cause a stock to trade below book value?
A company's book value is the worth of all their assets. What would cause a stock to trade below book value?