An investment strategy that relies on the selection of individual stocks as opposed to trying to achieve a balanced weighting in a range of market sectors. If a fund uses a bottom-up approach to its investments it will focus on the performance and management of particular companies rather than on general economic or market trends. The opposite of t [..]

A design philosophy exemplified by FORTH. If you wanted to control a robot, you would write some words, (aka methods) to perform the various micro-movements the robot was cabable of. Then you would im [..]

A strategy in which investments are focused on management and performance rather than market trends or economics. 

An investment style where stock selection is based on recognizing favourable characteristics of individual companies rather than the economy and industries. See also Top Down.

An investment strategy in which companies are considered on their own merit, without regard for industry trends or economic conditions. This approach entails examination of a company's management [..]

an integration strategy for integration testing in the small where the lowest level components are tested first, then used to facilitate the testing of higher level components. The process is repeated until the component at the top of the hierarchy is included.

An investment strategy in which companies are considered based simply on their own merit, without regard for the sectors they are part of or the current economic conditions. A person following this st [..]