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Fundamental vs technical analysis

Technical analysis and fundamental analysis are the two main schools of thought in the financial markets. Watch this video to find out more.

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Technical analysis and fundamental analysis are the two main schools of thought in the financial markets. Technical analysis looks at the price movement of security and uses this data to predict its future price movements. Fundamental analysis, on the other hand, looks at economic factors known as fundamentals.

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