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Stock Prices |
Stock prices are set by buyers and sellers. If investors feel that the company's prospects are bright, its share prices will go up. If investors feel the outlook for the company is not promising, the price of its shares will be pushed down. Essentially, the stock price reflects investor sentiment. The stock market is generally efficient at discounting the bulk of a company's developments. To make money from stock investing, the astute investor will have to recognize opportunity in the company before others.
Stock prices currently represent the value investors put on a corporation. Stock prices are quoted from the exchanges where stocks trade. The major stock exchanges include the New York Stock Exchange, the NASDQ and the American Exchange. These exchanges have regulatory and listing requirements. For less stringent requirements, Over The Counter Bulletin Board and Pink Sheets fill the gap
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| What Are Small Cap Stocks? |
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| The meanings of "big cap"
and "small cap" are generally understood by
their names: big-cap stocks are shares of larger companies
and small-cap stocks are shares of smaller companies.
Labels like these, however, are often misleading. If
you don't realize how big "small-cap" stocks
have become, you'll miss some good investment opportunities.
Small-cap stocks are often cited as good investments
due to their low valuations and potential to grow
into big-cap stocks, but the definition of small cap
has changed over time. What was considered a big-cap
stock in 1980 is a small-cap stock today. This article
will define the "caps" and provide additional
information that will help investors understand terms
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| SMALL CAP NEWS |
MARKET NEWS |
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U.S. Savings Rate to Increase?
In recent years much has been made about how the savings rate in this country was hovering around (or even below) zero. More and more, Americans have been living beyond their means via credit.
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See-Saw in Financials to Continue
I can't say I was surprised that AIG (AIG) reported bad results. The extent of how bad it was is the surprising thing, and the market is responding accordingly. I've not been an advocate of buying these types of stocks for many reasons:
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Five Strategies for a Rough Market
"We've come up with five ways to protect you assets and still make a little money during these rough market environments," says Glenn Rogers. The market analyst and contributing editor to Internet Wealth Builder looks at raising cash, hedging energy and basic materials, and rotating into health care and financials. Here's his five-point plan to "make it through the next few months."
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| Boeing Firms Up Asia Foothold |
Boeing ( BA :NYSE - news - research ) is making important progress on plans to sell more than $7 billion worth of 787 Dreamliner passenger jets to Chinese airlines.
Four airlines -- Air China, China Eastern, Shanghai Airlines and Xiamen Airlines -- have signed definitive firm orders for 42 Dreamliners with list prices totaling $5.04 billion, China's official Xinhua News Agency reported Monday.
A Boeing spokeswoman, Yvonne Leach, confirmed the firm orders, which cement parts of a broader preliminary agreement struck in January to sell 60 Dreamliners to six Chinese airlines.
Two of the carriers -- Hainan Airlines and China Southern Airlines -- still haven't signed firm orders, but Leach said Boeing continues to work at completing those agreements.
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