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Glossary

Every term is defined twice: once the way a filing would put it, and once the way somebody would explain it to you across a table. The second one is usually the one that sticks.

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Turnaround

Fundamental analysis

A broken business bought on the expectation that it will be repaired.

In plain terms

A success might triple; a failure approaches zero slowly while absorbing more capital each time you average down. Credible ones show operating cash flow improving before profit does.

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Investment policy statement

Risk & psychology
Also called: IPS

A written document setting out objectives, allocation, constraints and the rules for changing them.

In plain terms

The climber's turnaround time. Written on a calm Sunday so the version of you reading panicked commentary has an instruction rather than a decision.

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Indian stock market glossary · Market Vidyalaya