Fundamental and Technical Analysis: Rapid Fire

What this video covers

• Why a balance sheet is a snapshot at a point in time while the income statement and cash flow statement cover a period of time, and where land depreciation fits in
• How FIFO versus LIFO inventory accounting affects reported earnings and taxes in rising prices, and why LIFO is barred under International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS)
• The total capitalization formula: long-term debt plus preferred stock plus common equity, and the trap of dropping preferred stock
• Why the quick ratio (acid test) strips inventory from current assets, and what each liquidity ratio measures
• Support as floor and resistance as ceiling, including role reversal when either level breaks
• What a golden cross and death cross signal, and why contrarian indicators like the put/call ratio and VIX read bullish at extreme fear
• The 40 Bond Index standardizing to a 6% coupon and publishing daily, versus weekly publication for the 11 Bond, 20 Bond, and Revdex-25
• Tender offer rules: the bidder can buy target shares, material nonpublic information bars trading for everyone else, and short tendering is prohibited
• Why an unqualified audit opinion is the best possible outcome, and why stabilization bids must sit at or below the public offering price