Inside the market of equities, fundamental analysis intends on measuring the true value of a company, in order to base their investment on calculations of this sort. To a certain extent, the same activity is performed in the market of retail Forex were fundamental traders evaluate different currencies and countries, along with companies and economic announcements, in order to have an idea of what’s the true value of the currency.
All of the economic data, political events and news reports which come out regarding a particular country are analyzed in a similar fashion to news which come out about a certain stock – they are used by investors as a way to determine value. Naturally, that value changes according to a wide array of factors such as financial strength and economic growth. Fundamental traders often look at all this type of information in order to evaluate the currency in a certain country.