WEST CAPITAL INTERNATIONAL JAPAN: THE MEANING OF RISK

WHAT IS THE MEANING OF RISK? THAT DEPENDS ON WHO YOU ASK The word risk is defined as the relative potential of gaining or losing something that has value. Another way to look at it is a deliberate interaction with uncertainty. An astronaut might consider risk to mean the dangers at launch and reentry or the long-term health repercussions after a lengthy period in space. The primary and immediate risk is engine failure at liftoff and that is why it...

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WEST CAPITAL INTERNATIONAL JAPAN: FUNDAMENTAL VS. TECHNICAL ANALYSIS

“Information is the resolution of uncertainty.” Claude Shannon, cryptographer and ‘father of information theory’ There are staunch adherents to both fundamental and technical analysis that are so entrenched in their beliefs that they seem to regard one another like warring states. In simplest terms, fundamental analysts crunch numbers and technical analysts read charts. According to West Capital International, people tend to have a bias one...

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