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The FASB Accounting Standards Codification is the source of authoritative generally accepted accounting principles (GAAP) recognized by the FASB to be applied by nongovernmental entities. They provide updates from time to time about different topics. An example: Archer Daniels Midland I was reviewing this company and how the free cash flow turned negative in 2017. … Read more

ICB is an industry classification taxonomy launched by Dow Jones and FTSE in 2005. The ICB uses a system of 10 industries, partitioned into 19 super-sectors, which are further divided into 41 sectors, which then contain 114 sub-sectors. In tradingview.com you can show these indicators. For instance 9500 technologies.  

This page contains a lot of information that you can consult about US economy: https://www.federalreserve.gov/monetarypolicy/bst_recenttrends.htm The recent communications of the Federal Reserve announcing the use of 2.3T$ can be seen and compared with 2008 figures: There are many other charts and information you can see. My problem: I first have to increase my knowledge to … Read more

This is the basic classification that Morningstar propose depending on the economic sensitivity. This is important for my buy and hold portfolio.

This video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d3cRr318ve4, is the annual shareholder meeting of Fundsmith. Apart of presenting the results of the year, they review a set of economic fundamentals and behaviors that are communicated in a very didactic way. Basic strategy principles The investment strategy has three pillars that are summed up by the acronym ODD: Only invest in … Read more